>> One word of warning if you go to Moscow in late May/early June and suffer
>> from hay fever; I knew that I was allergic to Birch pollen, but in Moscow,
>> pukh from the Poplars nearly suffocated me. I hadn't known that I was allergic to
>> Poplar. Apparently, Stalin ordered the greening of Moscow back in 1934, so the city was
>> planted with female poplars. Consequently, every spring there are clouds of white unfertilised seeds and
>> many Muscovites suffer as a result.
>>
Ah, Stalin Snow. Can get a foot deep in places in my experience. As you say, did my hayfever no good at all.
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Holidaying in Russia 
Holidaying in Russia 