As the world prepares to herald in the arrival of 2015, we look back at the winter celebrations of the Soviet yesteryear.

A murder probe had been launched after Stepan Ludannyi went missing.

Children aged 7 to 11 miss classes, but older students still expected to attend.

Tributes to the dead and prayers for the 34 injured including 27 students, acrobats with a Nefteyugansk sports club.

With Russia on Covid-19 lockdown, 77 houses were burned down in Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions.

It's minus 25C but Vlad and Sasha find a scenic spot to practice, inspired by the Winter Olympics.

Acrobats from a sports club were killed after driver lost control in poor weather and hit oncoming truck.

Overhead high voltage cables at touching level for children, foals are slaughtered because mares too weak to feed them. 

Crown Prince's spaniel saw the Romanov family gunned to death before his epic escape.