This is a very interesting thought, and it expressed very well the huge geographic difference between our countries. I have a friend in Kemerovo and she often shows me videos, and we make jokes about this topic.
I lived some years in the north of Italy and we tried the "Siberian storm" in 2018: snow everywhere, very low temperatures like -18°C, etc. It was more difficult but, as you said, it was the most intense winter in my life and it made the "awakening" more intense too. I particularly enjoyed that spring.
About Sardinia, the winter is not particularly cold, but the strong and cold wind from the north penetrates the bones and its action seems to erase every smell from the nature.
When you can smell in the air the scent of myrtle, juniper, basil and wild rosemary, moss... well, this is what spring means for us. The sun makes all the rest :)
Very nice to meet you, Aleksandr!