There has long been an opinion that there is no such thing as female friendship. This is partly true, of course, but sometimes there are exceptions to the rules.
Victoria and Polina have been friends for as long as they can remember. We went to school together, making our way through the snowdrifts of the local winter, generous with precipitation, and swam in the river together, enjoying life, in an attempt to grab the tail of the short, like an instant, taiga summer.