Heatwave in Moscow.

It happened in summer 2010 in Moscow. There were a few weeks of an incredible heatwave. The roads were melting in some areas because of the scorching rays of the sun. I was a probationer in a breadboarding studio which was situated in an old formal factory building. There was no air-conditioning and it was very hard to work. Also, it was extremely hot at home though most of the windows gave on to the northern side* and they all were opened. It was hot at nights, too. Two of the most popular goods in the shops were fans and split-systems.
But the other terrible thing was that all peat bogs surrounding Moscow were burning and the whole city was covered with suffocating smoke. Moscow looked like Beijing. It was hard to breathe outside. A lot of people died that summer, especially those suffering from asthma and strokes.
The only rescue I had was to spend the weekends at my parents' countryside house/dacha. It was in an area surrounded by forests and there were not so many peat bogs, so our place wasn't covered with smoke like in the city. We had a swimming pool at our site where I could spend all day, cooled from the insufferable heat. The temperature of the air was about 40 degrees and the water in my pool warmed up to 30 degrees! It was the only time when the water in my pool was that warm and it felt like freshly drawn milk!

*or, most of the windows faced north. Your English is perfectly good, too, but infrequently said.

Very well written!

Heatwave in Moscow.

It happened in the summer of 2010 in Moscow. There were a few weeks of an incredible heatwave. The roads were melting in some areas because of the scorching rays of the sun. I was a probationer in a breadboarding studio which was situated in an old formal factory building. There were no air-conditional systems and it was very hard to work. Also, it was extremely hot at home even though the most of the windows were on the northern side and they were all opened. It was hot at nights too. Two of the most popular goods in shops were fans and split-systems (what is a split system?).
But the other terrible thing was that all of the peat bogs surrounding Moscow were burning and the whole city was covered with suffocating smoke. Moscow looked like Beijing. It was hard to breathe outside. A lot of people died that summer, especially people suffering from asthma and strokes.
The only rescue I had was that I spent weekends at my parents' countryside. It was in an area surrounding forests and there was not so many peat bogs, so our place wasn't covered with smoke like in the city. We had a swimming pool at our site where I could spend all of the daytime staying out of the impossible heat. The temperature of the air was about 40 degrees and the water in my pool warmed up to 30 degrees! It was the only time when the water in my pool was so warm and felt like fresh-drown milk!