Life In Russia Series I, 9263
A Blizzard, the dread of the Russian Traveler. These sudden and fierce storms are frequently met with on the plains of central Russia and especially in winter time. The Wind blows with hurricane force and the air in laden with snow and sleet rendering progress difficult and well high impossible; terror seizes the horses and off times despair lavs hold on the man, so that unless help is bear both are doomed to miserable end." |