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A Vodka museum in Russia, located in Verkhniye Mandrogi, Leningrad Oblast. The first written usage of the word vodka in an official Russian document in its modern meaning is dated by the decree of Empress Elizabeth of 8 June 1751, which regulated the ownership of vodka distilleries. By the 1860s, a government policy of promoting the consumption ...
Youri Dolgoruki vodka is sold in a frosted-glass bottle, with an image of St. Basil's Cathedral visible on the back of the bottle through a see-through window in the packaging, along with an image of Yuri Dolgorukiy, who founded Moscow in the 12th century.
Pages in category "Russian vodkas" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. ... Shustov vodka; Smirnoff;
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This is a list of vodka brands. Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol , sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains , potatoes , or sometimes fruits or sugar.
Pages in category "Vodka brands" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Russian Standard (vodka) S. Savvy Vodka; Smirnoff; Sobieski (vodka ...
The marketing claims that, "In 1894, Dmitri Mendeleev, the greatest scientist in all Russia, received the decree to set the Imperial quality standard for Russian vodka and the 'Russian Standard' was born", [9] or that the vodka is "compliant with the highest quality of Russian vodka approved by the royal government commission headed by Mendeleev in 1894."
Alcoholism in Russia has, according to some authors, acquired a character of a national disaster [2] [3] and has the scale of a humanitarian catastrophe. [4] Starting in the early 2000s, Russia has implemented a variety of anti-alcoholism measures, such as banning sales at night, raising taxes, and banning the advertising of alcohol. These ...