Long and Tough Winter
This winter is hard for me (to stand). First of all, it doesn't seem winter at all\look like winter at all. I can't remember a year when the January temperature\the temperature of January would be so high. There's no snow; the ground is bare and the sky is grey and cloudy - and so everything looks for months. I even haven't put on my winter coat yet - there's no need for that. However this mild winter effects us even worse than normal. Considering the statistics which say that in St. Petersburg we have just around 50 sunny days annually, one can imagine how tough winter is here, especially the winter we have this year.
Perhaps that's why the time when spring is coming here is one of the best seasons in St. Petersburg. Everything and everyone become(s?) alive again as if we all have been imprisoned\jailed for a long time and then released. Dostoevsky brilliantly described this time period and the atmosphere of it in his "White Nights". Surely, we'll soon see it again. I hope so.
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Long and Tough Winter
I hated this Winter. First of all, it didn't seem winter at all. I can't remember a year when the January temperature was so high. (I can’t remember a January that has been so warm). There has been no snow; the ground is bare and the sky is grey and cloudy - and so everything looks for months. (and it has stayed like that mor months). I haven't even put my winter coat on yet - there's been no need for it. However this mild winter effects us even worse than normal. Considering the statistics which say that in St. Petersburg we have just around 50 sunny days annually, one can imagine how tough winter is here, especially the winter we have this year.
Perhaps that's why Spring-time is one of the best seasons in St. Petersburg. Everything and everyone becomes alive again as if we all have been imprisoned for a long time and then released. Dostoevsky brilliantly described this time period and the atmosphere of it in his "White Nights". Surely, we'll soon see it again. I hope so.
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Long and Tough Winter
This winter is hard for me to stand. First of all, it doesn't seem winter at all\look like winter at all. I can't remember a year when the January temperature\the temperature of January would be so high (I would simply say when January was so hot). There's no snow; the ground is bare and the sky is grey and cloudy - and so everything looks for months. I even haven't put on my winter coat yet - there's no need for that. However this mild winter effects us even worse than normal. Considering the statistics which say that in St. Petersburg we have just around 50 sunny days annually, one can imagine how tough winter is here, especially the winter we have this year.
Perhaps that's why the time when spring is coming here is one of the best seasons (maybe - that's why spring's beginning is one of the best times here in St. Petersburg. As originally written, it sounds wrong and grammatically wrong, but I am not sure if you wish to preserve this nuance of a a season) in St. Petersburg. Everything and everyone becomes(maybe. second-guessing myself) alive again as if we all have been imprisoned\jailed (either is correct) for a long time and then released. Dostoevsky brilliantly described this time period and the atmosphere of it in his "White Nights". Surely, we'll soon see it again. I hope so.
Present tense in your opening sentences was fine and doesn't need to be changed.
Недавно улыбающийся русский парень сказал, что русские любят страдать. Ваша запись убедила меня, что он был прав. The winter was strange here as well. But few of us want a longer winter, even if it means the spring is more beautiful.
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