Purga

purga

[′pu̇r·gə]

(meteorology)

A severe storm similar to the blizzard and buran, which rages in the tundra regions of northern Siberia in winter.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Purga

 

in many parts of the USSR, the local name for a snowstorm with a strong wind that develops primarily when cold air moves into flat and treeless areas.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.