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| Translator's Note | ||
| Foreword | ||
| How and Why this Book Came to be Written | ||
| 1 | The Origins of Alcoholic Liquors in Russia | 1 |
| Vodka in Its Social Context | ||
| The Terminology of Alcoholic Liquors | ||
| The Meaning of the Word Vodka | ||
| Old Russian Terms for Alcoholic Liquors | ||
| Russian Terms for Alcoholic Liquors in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries | ||
| References to Alcoholic Beverages from the Ninth to the Fourteenth Century | ||
| Techniques for the Production of Alcoholic Drinks in Russia in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries | ||
| The Earliest Forms of Technical Equipment before the Rise of Vodka Production | ||
| 2 | Vodka from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century | 41 |
| The Rise of Distillation | ||
| Factors Expediting or Signalling the Advent of Vodka | ||
| The Social, Moral and Ideological Consequences of the Appearance of Alcohol Distilling in Russia | ||
| Where Was Vodka First Made? | ||
| The Political and Military History of the Moscow State during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries | ||
| Economic and Social Conditions in the Moscow State at the End of the Fourteenth and during the Fifteenth Century | ||
| Why Do the Chronicles and Account Books Tell Us Nothing? | ||
| Fixing the Date | ||
| 3 | The Terminology of Grain Spirit from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century | 100 |
| Distinguishing Grain from Grape | ||
| The Terminology of Grape Wine from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century | ||
| Trade and Everyday Terms for Grain Spirit from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century | ||
| Figurative and Slang Terms for Grain Spirit in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries | ||
| Industrial and Technical Terms for Grain Spirit and Its Quality | ||
| The Historical Significance of Terms for Grain Spirit | ||
| The History of Liquid Measurements in Russia | ||
| The Rise and Development of the Term "Vodka" from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century | ||
| 4 | Vodka Production and Its Control | 145 |
| The Evolution of the Technology of Vodka Production | ||
| Raw Materials | ||
| Formulas | ||
| Methods of Purification | ||
| The Equipment and Technology of Distilling | ||
| Chronology of the Rise and Development of Russian Vodka Production | ||
| The Five Vodka Monopolies | ||
| 5 | Vodka and Ideology | 175 |
| Vodka under the Tsars | ||
| Vodka after the Revolution | ||
| The Anti-Alcoholism Campaign | ||
| Vodka as a Positive Influence | ||
| Appendices | 189 | |
| 1. The Gastronomic Significance of Vodka, and How It Should Be Consumed | ||
| 2. Modern Vodkas of Russia and the Other Republics | ||
| 3. The Alcoholic Strength of Wines and Spirits | ||
| 4. The Effects of Alcohol on the Human Body | ||
| 5. The Raw Materials and Production Techniques of Other Principal Spirits of the World | ||
| Afterword | 208 | |
| Notes | 210 |
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Gary Mazin
reviewed History Of Vodka on July 05, 2010
History Of Vodka
In the autumn of 1977, a dispute arose between the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union over the origins of vodka and who was allowed to trade under that name on the world market. Aided by friends in the "free world," Poland sued in the World Trade Court to strip Soviet vodkas of the right to the appelation, arguing that real vodka originated in Poland and that only "polish-style" vodka deserves the name.
The Soviet Union put one of its great historians on the case, and the History of Vodka is the result. Pokhlyobkin argues that Russia's first grain-based vodka was distilled in a Moscow in the 15th century, beating out Poland by a hundred years or so. And while this version of events seemed to settle matters in the 70s, the vodka war in Europe has brokem out again.
Today's fight pits Poland, Finland, Sweden and the Baltic countries against Italy, France, Britain and the Netherlands. The "traditioanlists" argue that only vodka made exclusively from grains, potatoes and sugar-beet molasses should be called vodka. They are pressing for legislation in the European Union to force producers who puts "foregin" elements in their vodkas (particualrly grapes) to say so on their labels. The "newcomers" have formed the European Vodka Alliance, and are lobbying for a more liberal definition, contending that vodka's ingredients do not affect its taste. Naturally, the Alliance denounces the proposed legislation as a ploy by the Nordic and Baltic countries to monopolize the $12 billion global vodka market.
Europe has already imposed geographic naming restrictions on hundreds of products. For example, only Greek companies that use goat milk and special production methods can market and sell feta cheese within the bloc, much to the annoyance of producers in Denmark and France. Belgium and Britain spent two decades arguing over what fat to allow in chocolate: Britain wanted to allow any vegetable fat; the Belgians demanded only cocoa butter.
Today, of course, there is no Soviet Union. Meanwhile, the U.S. drives the global vodka market, accounting for close to a billion dollars each year in European vodka exports.
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