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A winter swimmer holds a Soviet flag as he bathes in the icy waters of a pond in Victory Park, with an air temperature of about minus one degree Celsius, in Saint Petersburg, on January 29, 2017. The participants, including fans of winter swimming, known as "walruses", as well as World War Two veterans, gathered on January 29 to mark the 73rd anniversary of the liberation after the 900 day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg. / AFP / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images)

A winter swimmer holds a Soviet flag as he bathes in the icy waters of a pond in Victory Park, with an air temperature of about minus one degree Celsius, in Saint Petersburg, on January 29, 2017. The participants, including fans of winter swimming, known as "walruses", as well as World War Two veterans, gathered on January 29 to mark the 73rd anniversary of the liberation after the 900 day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg. / AFP / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images)
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