Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.
Clocks change for the final time, except in Kemerovo, Kamchatka and Chukotka. Confused?
Stunning new Danish-designed buildings will offer new hope to orphans and their adoptive families.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
From the Urals to Pacific people this week joined the rest of Russia in marking the massacre in which 334 were killed.
Heavy snow falls in recent days cause mayhem in Russia's 'San Francisco'.
Roads blocked, planes diverted due to low visibility, schools shut, people advised to stay home.
Children aged 7 to 11 miss classes, but older students still expected to attend.
Drifts have reached one metre in height with schools closed, cars abandoned and even a military tank pulling out stranded drivers.