Born in Kazan, Russia. Despite quite a few Germans and Poles and who knows who else among my ancestors I’m 100% ethnic Russian:

• wear ushanka in winter (these eleven months colder than the remaining one),
• prefer vodka to any other alcoholic beverage (fun fact: in Russia, you can't drink it during the winter, you have to gnaw it with your teeth),
• often just can't resist the urge to play balalaika for my domestic bear.