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Men were particularly hit hard: according to a U.N. National Human Development Report, Russian males born in 2006 had a life expectancy of just over 60 years, or 17 years fewer than western Europeans, while Russian females could expect to live 13 years longer than their male counterparts. [22] After 2003, alcohol use in Russia began to drop as ...
Zapoy or zapoi (Russian: запой, ) is a term used in Russia and other post-Soviet states to describe alcohol abuse behavior resulting in two or more days of continuous drunkenness. In 2007, about 20% of Russian men demonstrated behaviours associated with hazardous drinking, and about 30% of working-age male deaths could be attributed ...
Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 1995) [4] was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States.
Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigners. An only child, he was raised mostly by his grandmother and a grandfather who, according to Dmitri, was a war veteran suffering from alcoholism. [1]
Russian media reported that Vitsin had declined into alcoholism and vagrancy but these reports were false. [8] During the last seven years of his life Georgy Vitsin did not act in films and appeared only in comic concerts of the Theatre of Film Actor. He died on 22 October 2001 at 4:30 p.m. He was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow. [9]
Vodka is Russia's national alcoholic drink, and the country leads the world in vodka consumption per capita, and so Russians are viewed as drinking vodka on a daily basis or in heavy doses. [3] Vodka has been blamed for 8,000 alcohol related deaths in Russia.
Vasily the Barefoot (in Russian: Василий Босоногий) was a Russian wanderer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He gained great popularity among his contemporaries through his charitable practice, his campaign against alcoholism and profanity, and the construction of a temple in his native village, for which he raised funds during his travels throughout the Russian Empire.
Russian alcoholic drinks (3 C, 3 P) Russian distilled drinks (2 C) Russian wine (2 C, 6 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Alcohol in Russia" The following 5 pages are in ...