wtat is it hard winter I like winter, but it is too bad, that the daylight hours are very short. The daylight begins in 9am ends in 5pm. But it is not the shortest day. The shortest day will be the twenty second of december. I think the daylight will begin in 10am ends in 4pm. But this day is the shortest only in central Russia. In nothern areas of Russia polar night comes. It begins in december, ends in february. All this time people can see only snow, strong wind and some animals. If windstorm begins it can go on during one week and more. After the polar night the daylight comes day after day. The first day daylight go on 5 minutes, the second - 10 minutes and so on. In this way the polar day begins. It begins in july ands in august. The darknes never comes at this time. And the Sun never fall below the horisont. But it is not very hot still. The snow melts only in june and fall down in october again. That's hard region. p.s.: friends, come to this region and don't forgot to correct my notes, please )