Russia' s Cold Climate.
Ki>m\ being f-uch an extremely cold climate, wood i<- the piincipal commodity, j and iU production atloids employment foi j n large percentage of the people. Foi *uile= along the river here and at St. j Peter.-burg are >>tack? of wood, and \\ood barges ai'e unloadincf during the entire time the streams are open for navigation. Wood i> burned in the huu-e for heating purposes during e\ery month in the )ear. I have worn a hea\y o%eicoat during the middle of the day at St. Petersburg in August, and then was chilly. The jricatwonder is where vegetation get^ sufiicient warmth to propagate it. Occasionally there is a warm day, when the thermometei will go up to 75deg, or 80deg., but it i^ rare.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 6
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127Russia's Cold Climate. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 6
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