Record snowstorm blankets Moscow

A bulldozer shovels snow from Red Square during a storm in Moscow on Feb. 4.

A bulldozer shovels snow from Red Square during a storm in Moscow on Feb. 4.

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Feb. 5, 2018 12:44 PM PT

A day and a half of snow brought more than 22 inches of the white stuff to the center of Moscow by Feb. 5. That’s the equivalent of a month’s worth of typical snowfall in 36 hours, making it the biggest accumulationl in the city since meteorological records began, Russian media reported.

Record snowstorm in Moscow

Traffic moves slowly after a snowstorm in Moscow on Feb. 5.

(Pavel Golovkin / Associated Press)

Record snowstorm in Moscow

A man walks under a tree that fell on a car after a heavy snow in Moscow on Feb. 5.

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Record snowstorm in Moscow

A woman walks through the Botanical Garden during heavy snowfall in Moscow on Feb. 4.

(Maxim Marmur / Associated Press)

Record snowstorm in Moscow

People cross a bridge as heavy snow falls in Moscow on Feb. 4.

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Record snowstorm in Moscow

Children slide down a slope during heavy snowfall in Moscow on Feb. 4.

(Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. / Associated Press)

Record snowstorm in Moscow

A car drives along a street as snow blankets Moscow on Feb. 4.

(Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr. / Associated Press)

Record snow storm in Moscow

Russian honor guards march in the snow at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin during a heavy snowfall in Moscow on January 31.

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