Below is a stitched together narrative from many Twitter tweets in Russian (translated by Google) of the rescue of this black cat named Maruska by her rescuer.

I found her on the street in December ’13. It was minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit) and she was lying on the porch of the office, apparently 6-8 hours. Her paws are frozen to the porch tile. She no longer screamed, but wheezed when I found her. Gently, I began not to lift, to make sure that the stomach is not frozen. And when she realized that only the pads would suffer, she abruptly tore them off the tile. This was the best option. Then I put it under the blanket. I palpated and made sure that there is a heartbeat. The cat breathed slowly and rarely. It only remained to wait. Then it turned out that her tail was broken. Most likely, some people on purpose … had to remove half, because sepsis would begin. The fracture and tissue necrosis were discovered by my friends…She was taken to a vets She was injected with antibiotics and told to feed and water. And observe. After the second operation and antibiotics, Maruska lay under the sofa for a couple of weeks. Now it is a fat funny kitty. I love her. I wanted to put her in because I have an allergy. But no, this is my cat and I will be with her until the end.
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