These images depict the harshness of the Russian winter, yet they are incredibly beautiful.

The northern winters are chilling, but if you get to experience winter in Russia, you'll definitely feel lucky.

The forest was covered in a blanket of white snow.

The frozen surface of the river looked like a road on land.

A scene from the city of Norilsk, located near the Arctic Circle and considered one of the most isolated cities in the world.

The Christmas atmosphere is filled with white snow in the capital city of Moscow.

Getting lost in a snow-covered forest like that is certainly not a pleasant experience.

Snow and ice covered the flowers in the city of Vladivostok.

The entire landscape was a pristine white of ice and snow.

Ice flowers blanket the Kama River.

The consequences after each snowstorm are devastating.

The cars look like they've just been taken out of the refrigerator.

The shape of an ice flower crystal.

Ice flowers "bloom" on the surface of the frozen lake.

A romantic winter day in Altai Krai

Despite the cold weather, the scenery here is undeniably enchanting.

Lenticular clouds are usually quite rare, but in Russia, they seem to appear quite frequently.

This is a lenticular cloud covering the summit of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.