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'Living Water': Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation Book

'Living Water' : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198222866 : 0198222866 : 11 Oct 1990 : A study of the social, economic and political role of vodka in 19th century Russia. It focuses on the "Great Reforms"" of the 1860s, in some ways a parallel period to the glasnost of the 1980s, when vodka went through a transitional period, with the abolition of vodka tax."Read More

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    This is a study of the social, economic, and political role of vodka in nineteenth-century Russia. Since the "Green Serpent" first appeared in sixteenth-century Muscovy, it has played a vital part in Russian life. Vodka became an essential ingredient in all working class celebrations--personal, religious, and commercial. By the nineteenth century, it was generating one third of government revenue. The individual and governmental dependence on vodka has endured into the Gorbachev era, yet until now, the phenomenon has largely been ignored by historians. Drawing on original research in Soviet archives, this lively volume will provide an indispensable analysis of the importance of the vodka trade to all aspects of Russian life.

  • 0198222866
  • 9780198222866
  • David Christian
  • 26 July 1990
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 462
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