I used to wonder why Russians are so addicted to vodka. The proverb says that on a winter night, a bachelor in Russia is more willing to hold a bottle of vodka than a wife, and a person with a wife becomes a bachelor the next day.
It is only now that I really realize that vodka is their heartwarming wine. The strong desire of the Russians to survive and the coldness of Siberia are tempered by each other. Probably only it can resist this harsh natural environment and help them survive this long winter...
Bahatia Village, a village located in the center of Siberia, with only a few hundred people, has a vast land the size of a country, and is surrounded by endless fields. What life gives back to them is the endless coniferous forest, and the beautiful scenery of the cold land that no one except them has the chance to enjoy. This is probably the most priceless treatment of God.
The icefield environment and family life are handed over. When winter comes to spring, you will find that the passage of time is insignificant here. When spring comes, the ice is thawed, and the entire glacier flows in the largest Yenisei River in Siberia, you will also be moved by why people live so vigorously under the beauty and cruelty of nature...
All the people collected an entire room of ready-to-go in the bitter cold land, and when the polar night was over, they broke the rhizome and inserted an iron flower. So the heart beats alive again, instead of starving to death, freezing to death in this "rich" place forgotten by the gods...
—"Happy People". Feelings
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