Use the definite article where necessary to complete the text. ... Moscow was built on ... Moskva River in ... twelfth century. Today it is ... worlds sixth largest city with a population of almost 10 million. ... St Petersburg is ... most northerly place of ... worlds 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 ... Moscows 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.

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