Russia's capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement"January was a cold and unusually snowy month in Moscow," the university said on social media. "By January 29, the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory had recorded almost 92 mm of precipitation, which is already the highest value in the last 203 years," it added. Snow piles on the ground reached as high as 60 centimetres (24 inches) in some parts of the capital on Thursday. The record snowfall was "caused by deep and extensive cyclones with sharp atmospheric fronts passing over the Moscow region", the observatory said.