But that first taste occurred in Moscow, in the middle of a bleak Russian winter, in 1979.
At the Dome, he will perform Wave The Old World Goodbye from Simply Red's latest album Love And The Russian Winter, alongside the group's guitarist Mark James and saxophonist Ian Kirkham.
Weather conditions similar to 2012 occurred in the winter of 1942, when the U.S. Midwest was unusually warm, and when the Wehrmacht encountered the formidable forces of "General Frost" in a Russian winter not unlike the one Russians just had.
In the winter Russian mortality is always substantially higher and fertility substantially lower.
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This winter the Russian parliament relaxed rules on foreign ownership of shares, which trade as American Depositary Receipts.
Having captured Moscow but with the Russian army having withdrawn and winter approaching, the emperor realised he had to turn back.
The Russian is undefeated in the winter indoor season, winning seven out of seven competitions in the Czech Republic, Russia, Germany and Slovakia.
Its commercial focus is looking ahead two years to the Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi and the Youth Olympic Games in China's Nanjing and two years after that to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The Nets were just 14-14 after a December slump, prompting Prokhorov, their billionaire Russian owner, to cut short a winter vacation and fire Johnson.
The recent announcement that the Russian team will march into the 2014 Winter Olympics stadium in Sochi, Russia wearing uniforms made in the United States is a stark contrast to the flap caused by Ralph Lauren last week when it was discovered that the United States team will march into the 2012 Summer Olympics stadium in London, England wearing uniforms made in China.
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At Christie's, Boris Kustodiev's iconic 1923 painting "The Coachman" depicts a jolly Russian in a voluminous, bright-blue winter costume, arms out in a welcoming gesture.
The Black Sea resort city of Sochi will host the Winter Olympic Games and the reinstated Russian Grand Prix in 2014, and Russia will host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, with many hotel chains around the country investing in anticipation.
But he and his generals underestimated the endurance and valor of the Russian people, as well as the bitterly cold winter conditions under which they would be fighting.
Takahashi took more time out in 2011 when he had to have the bolt from that knee surgery removed, but he recovered the following year to win his first Grand Prix Final -- which was held in Sochi, the Russian resort city that will host next year's Winter Olympics.
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In 2014, Formula One visits the Winter Olympic city of Sochi, for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix.
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