Vodka-drinking groups - some with small children - can be seen at lakes and ponds in and around the Russian capital where the current three-week heatwave may set a record of 98.6F (37C) this weekend.
"Russia's Emergencies Ministry is very worried by the current situation. In the last day alone, 49 people drowned (in Russia), including two children, Vadim Seryogin, a department head at the ministry, told a news conference.
More than 1,200 people drowned across Russia in June this year, he said, including 233 between July 5 and July 12.
"The majority of those drowned were drunk," he said. "The children died because adults simply did not look after them."
Last week six children drowned in the Sea of Azov in southern Russia because the summer camp employees who were minding them were drunk.
Weather forecasters say the heatwave will last another week.
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