Thick snow crunching beneath my boots ... one Russian anecdote, Russian women simply cannot understand how a man with two kidneys can claim that he cannot afford to buy his wife a new fur coat ...

Fur hats and coats have long been a symbol of prestige among Russians, with the most expensive furs, such as sable, considered the most prestigious. "Fur is a symbol for a Russian woman ...

From Soviet-era spies wrapped in sheepskin coats and sporting fur hats to leather-jacketed ... There are as many stereotypes about Russian men as about Russian women, but the former phrase does ...