Russia

=== Climate ===
{{Main|Climate of Russia}}
[[File:Russia Köppen.svg|thumb|upright=1.38|[[Köppen climate classification]] of Russia]]
The size of Russia and the remoteness of many of its areas from the sea result in the dominance of the [[humid continental climate]] throughout most of the country, except for the tundra and the extreme southwest. Mountain ranges in the south and east obstruct the flow of warm air masses from the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and Pacific oceans, while the [[European Plain]] spanning its west and north opens it to influence from the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.<ref name="Climate">{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/russia/24.htm |title=Climate |editor=Glenn E. Curtis |year=1998 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Federal Research Division of the [[Library of Congress]] |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409063700/http://countrystudies.us/russia/24.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of northwest Russia and Siberia have a [[subarctic climate]], with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of northeast Siberia (mostly [[Sakha Republic|Sakha]], where the Northern [[Pole of Cold]] is located with the record low temperature of {{convert|-71.2|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}),<ref name="Arctic"/> and more moderate winters elsewhere. Russia's vast coastline along the Arctic Ocean and the [[Russian Arctic islands]] have a [[polar climate]].<ref name="Climate"/>

The coastal part of [[Krasnodar Krai]] on the Black Sea, most notably [[Sochi]], and some coastal and interior strips of the [[North Caucasus]] possess a [[humid subtropical climate]] with mild and wet winters.<ref name="Climate"/> In many regions of East Siberia and the Russian Far East, winter is dry compared to summer; while other parts of the country experience more even precipitation across seasons. Winter precipitation in most parts of the country usually falls as snow. The westernmost parts of Kaliningrad Oblast and some parts in the south of Krasnodar Krai and the North Caucasus have an [[oceanic climate]].<ref name="Climate"/> The region along the Lower Volga and Caspian Sea coast, as well as some southernmost slivers of Siberia, possess a [[semi-arid climate]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beck |first1=Hylke E. |last2=Zimmermann |first2=Niklaus E. |last3=McVicar |first3=Tim R. |last4=Vergopolan |first4=Noemi |last5=Berg |first5=Alexis|author6-link=Eric Franklin Wood |last6=Wood |first6=Eric F. |title=Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution |journal=Scientific Data |date=30 October 2018 |volume=5 |page=180214 |doi=10.1038/sdata.2018.214 |pmid=30375988 |pmc=6207062 |issn=2052-4463 |bibcode=2018NatSD...580214B}}</ref>

Throughout much of the territory, there are only two distinct seasons, winter and summer; as spring and autumn are usually brief.<ref name="Climate"/> The coldest month is January (February on the coastline); the warmest is usually July. Great ranges of temperature are typical. In winter, temperatures get colder both from south to north and from west to east. Summers can be quite hot, even in Siberia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Drozdov |first1=V. A. |title=Ecological and Geographical Characteristics of the Coastal Zone of the Black Sea |journal=GeoJournal |year=1992 |doi=10.1007/BF00717701 |volume=27 |page=169 |issue=2 |last2=Glezer |first2=O. B. |last3=Nefedova |first3=T. G. |last4=Shabdurasulov |first4=I. V. |s2cid=128960702}}</ref> [[Climate change in Russia]] is causing more frequent [[Wildfires in Russia|wildfires]],<ref>{{cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Putin urges authorities to take action as wildfires engulf Siberia |url=https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/10/as-wildfires-engulf-russian-region-putin-urges-authorities-to-take-stronger-action-to-prev |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612224644/http://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/10/as-wildfires-engulf-russian-region-putin-urges-authorities-to-take-stronger-action-to-prev |url-status=live }}</ref> and thawing the country's large expanse of [[permafrost]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075108299/why-russias-thawing-permafrost-is-a-global-problem|title=Why Russia's thawing permafrost is a global problem|work=[[NPR]]|date=22 January 2022|access-date=7 July 2022|archive-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706124322/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075108299/why-russias-thawing-permafrost-is-a-global-problem|url-status=live}}</ref>