Rus: Distilled Spirits - Part 1
Origins, history and mythos of vodka, the Spirit of the Rus. Home » Travel » Russian Culture » Rus: Distilled Spirits - Part 1 Vodka's origin is Ukraine, Kyivian Rus, where the original name was and still is, horilka. It is a distilled [... more]
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Solomon Volkov
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James Billington
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History Of Vodka
 amazing historical treatise: A very comprehensive survey of Russia's most popular drink. Reads like a fine novel, intelligent and charming. Every detail is put into historical perspective. Although Pokhlebkin did not drink himself, he managed to pur just [... more]
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The Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt from Russia, ...
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Expanded Universe
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Alexander Men: A Man for Our Times
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Lenin: A Biography
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Icon and Axe: An Interpretative History of Russian Culture
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Madness and the Mad in Russian Culture
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture
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