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 ... Moscow was built on ... Moskva River in ...
twelfth century. Today it is ... world's sixth largest city with a population
of almost 10 million.

... St Petersburg is ... most northerly place of ...
world's biggest cities and has five million inhabitants. The city is situated on
forty- four islands in delta of ... Neva.

As both Hitler and Napoleon discovered, ... winter can
be extreme¬ly cold with ... temperature dropping as low as a record -42 °C in
... Moscow.

There can be nothing more Russian than the crisp
frost1 of ... win¬ter, ice on ... Neva and snow falling upon ... golden cupolas
['kjurpabz] of ... Moscow's churches.

Probably ... best time for a winter trip to ... Russia
is from ... late November to ... early January before the strong winds of ...
February and the slush2 of ... March.

In the warmer season, ... August and ... July can be
very hot in both ... Moscow and ... St Petersburg. ... air is fresher around
... May and ... September and if ... weather holds, these are perhaps ... most
attractive times in ... year. To catch the legendary St Petersburg White
Nights, when... sun never sets and ... whole city celebrates, plan your trip
for...end of ... June or ... beginning of ... July.