Tens of thousands of Russians jumped into holes cut in ice on Monday night and Tuesday morning on the holiday of the Epiphany, when Russian Orthodox believers take part in a baptism ceremony.

为庆祝主显节，数万名俄罗斯东正教信徒参加了冰水洗礼仪式，在本周一晚间和周二清晨跳进冰窟中沐浴冰水。

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America and Europe have been afraid of Russians alone for the past sixty years (meaning the USSR and, later, the Russian Federation) but those phobias were based on a risk of war.

美国和欧洲在过去60年里一直害怕俄国人(指前苏联和后来的俄罗斯联邦)，但那些恐惧主要是基于战争的危险。

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Tens of thousands of Russians jumped into holes cut in ice on Monday night and Tuesday morning on the holiday of the Epiphany, when Russian Orthodox believers take part in a baptism ceremony。

为庆祝主显节，数万名俄罗斯东正教信徒参加了冰水洗礼仪式，在本周一晚间和周二清晨跳进冰窟中沐浴冰水。

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