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Originally Posted by Jay
No. Average January temperatures are -8°C in St. Petersburg, -27°C in the West Siberian Plain, and -43°C at Yakutsk (in east-central Siberia, at approximately the same latitude as St. Petersburg).
Moscow and St Petersburg share similar summer temperatures, both averaging around 24°C. Moscow is frozen by the end of November, with snow remaining until early April, and has an average January temperature of around -12°C.
Moscow is relatively warm when compared to northeastern town of Oymyakon, which just happens to be the coldest inhabited place on earth. Its winter temperatures drop to -65°C.
-65 is way colder than -12.
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Yeah, I agree with you that it doesn't make much sense to fight at Oymyakon, or even Yakutsk in winter.
These places are quite north and worthless to fight from military point of view. The real fight will happen along Russia/China/Mongonlia borders, which are pretty south.
The Russia stronghold in Siberia is Irkutsk, which is not that cold. It will be the key place in a fight. Same thing happens to US. If Us invades Canada, they won't fight at North Pole, meaningless.
Anyway, I won't think any war between Russia and China will happen, impossible.