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An estimated 2mn Russians plunged into icy waters on Monday night and yesterday to mark the Christian holiday of the Epiphany, when Orthodox believers take part in an outdoor purification ritual. People stripped down to their swimsuits and took dips in cross-shaped holes cut into frozen rivers, lakes and ponds, a ritual that commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Some 90,000 people took part in the celebrations yesterday in Moscow, undeterred by temperatures that dropped to around minus 8 degrees centigrade, authorities said. Mobile pools filled with icy water were set up on the central Revolution Square near the Kremlin to accommodate city dwellers.
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