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from Russia at The Royal Academy
You%26rsquo;d want to be a spring or summer bride in St Petersburg, really you would.
Instead of doing your celebratory round of the sights - Peter the Great%26rsquo;s
statue near the river Neva, the sugared-almond fa%26ccedil;ade of the Hermitage, the
pretty Palace Bridge, the twin Rostra columns on Vasilevsky Island - wearing
a flimsy wedding dress in temperatures that would freeze a champagne
cocktail in two minutes, you might be lucky and get 8C in April, a tropical
16C in May.
It%26rsquo;s symbolic, as well. In Old Russia, they saw winter as an old crone chasing
away the young woman of summer, only to be hustled off in her turn by the
urgent youth and fertility of spring.
%26ldquo;It%26rsquo;s funny, I never really notice the ice on the Neva breaking up,%26rdquo; says
Natasha, a friend who lives in the city. %26ldquo;It just seems to happen overnight
and you wake up to this incredible green, vibrant world.%26rdquo;
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