Cold frost and sunshine: day of wonder!

These words arise in the head of almost every Russian person who sees a similar landscape: Snow filled with sunlight (like on the pictures in this post)

What do you think is the reason for the same thinking? Well, make you guess, and you will see the answer under the next picture ;)

Here is the answer: Cold frost and sunshine: day of wonder! - is the first line of probably the most popular verse of the famouse russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Lots of people in Russia know this line because they were studied this poem in school. Do they know the whole poem? I doubt it. For example, I don't remember the whole verse. But I always remember the first lines when I see snow and sun :D

Here is the text of this poem translated from Russian to English by Mikhail Kneller.

Winter morning

Cold frost and sunshine: day of wonder!
But you, my friend, are still in slumber —
Wake up, my beauty, time belies:
You dormant eyes, I beg you, broaden
Toward the northerly Aurora,
As though a northern star arise!

Recall last night, the snow was whirling,
Across the sky, the haze was twirling,
The moon, as though a pale dye,
Emerged with yellow through faint clouds.
And there you sat, immersed in doubts,
And now, — just take a look outside:

The snow below the bluish skies,
Like a majestic carpet lies,
And in the light of day it shimmers.
The woods are dusky. Through the frost
The greenish fir-trees are exposed;
And under ice, a river glitters.

The room is lit with amber light.
And bursting, popping in delight
Hot stove still rattles in a fray.
While it is nice to hear its clatter,
Perhaps, we should command to saddle
A fervent mare into the sleight?

And sliding on the morning snow
Dear friend, we’ll let our worries go,
And with the zealous mare we’ll flee.
We’ll visit empty ranges, thence,
The woods, which used to be so dense
And then the shore, so dear to me.

The translation was taken from this site. Here you can also read or listen it in russian and english.

All pictures were taken by @reinikaerrant in Russia