In the village of Oymyakon in Yakutia, on the first day of winter, the temperature was recorded as minus 53 degrees minus 53 degrees. Frost is mentioned on the website of the regional hydrometeorological center.
As reported by TASS with reference to the Oymyakon administration, on Wednesday, December 1, all pupils of grades 1-10 were released from classes. In total, 93 children did not go to school, they added there.
In addition to Oymyakon, a temperature of 49 degrees below zero was recorded in the village of Ust-Nera, 48 degrees below zero in the city of Verkhoyansk. Forecasters also report 45 degrees of frost in the villages of Olenek and Kyusyur.
Earlier in the Ust-Aldan region of Yakutia, children rode a carousel at minus 48 and amazed foreigners. Readers of the Polish publication Wirtualna Polska called Russian children “supermen” and said that they themselves did not leave the house even at minus five degrees.