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03 February 2006
By Anna Malpas
An army of snowmen gathered on the Arbat this week, sculpted by artist Nikolai Polissky and a team of helpers. While Moscow has no shortage of snow, the sculptor used a snow machine to make the human-sized figures because it was too difficult to transport enough snow to the pedestrian street. Around a cubic meter of snow is used for each sculpture, and as of last week there were around 150 of them - the artist doesn't keep an exact count. By the time the show closes on Sunday, there will be as many as 300 snowmen. Photograph by Vladimir Filonov.
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