Winters are freezing but summers can even be hot. The lowering population density as you travel northwards. Long summer days and winter nights. This is Continental climate.

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Post-Soviet city

Post-Soviet city

While Soviet (Socialist) regimes of 1920s-1940s conquered vastly different cities, they have received many similar features since: styleless prefab apartment micro-districts, megalomaniac centers, common urban culture and experiences.

Cyrillic script

Cyrillic script

Cyrillic is the script of many Eastern European Orthodox nations, most famously the Russians. Cyrillic is similar to Latin and some letters even look the same (but there are more of them).