Vodka Politics (112 page)

Brazil,
329

bread,
27
,
185
,
199
,
282

bread wine,
79

See also
vodka

Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of,
205

Bretuil, Baron de,
53

breweries,
79
,
193
,
272

Brezhnev, Leonid,
1
,
24
–
25
,
61
,
239
–
242
,
245
,
254
–
256
,
291
,
300
,
306
–
307
,
312

and corruption,
93
,
239
–
240
,
256
–
257
,
262
,
272
–
273

Brezhneva, Galina,
257

bribery,
92
–
109
,
119
,
123
,
147
,
202
,
213
,
226
,
238
,
269
,
313
–
316
,
328
,
348
,
360
,
365
–
366
,
371
–
372

See also
corruption

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
319

Brokaw, Tom,
230

Brooklyn,
326

Bronshtein, Lev Davidovich (Trotsky).
See
Trotsky, Leon

Bronze Horseman,
49
,
60

Brotherhood of Sobriety,
118

Buchanan, Meriel,
201

buffalo,
173

Bukharin, Nikolai,
217
,
223
–
225
,
230
,
263

Bukhov, Pyotr Pavlovich,
185
,
194

Bulgaria,
231

Bulgars,
77

bureaucracy,
49
,
58
,
94
–
95
,
107
,
278
–
279
,
313
,
347
,
351
,
366
,
373

Burlakov, Matvei,
298

burnt wine,
79
,
410
n
50

See also
vodka

Buryatia,
319

Bush, George H. W.,
280
,
300

Butovo,
228

Buturlin, Ivan,
42

Byzantium,
27
,
67
,
71
–
72
,
77

Cadogan, Sir Alexander,
5

Caffa,
72
–
73

Camp Alexis,
173

Canada,
388

cancer,
13
,
238
,
251
,
329
,
336
,
352

Cancer Ward
,
238
–
239

cannibalism,
154
,
206

capitalism,
65
,
90
–
93
,
123
,
127
–
128
,
210
,
214
,
220
–
221
,
236
,
248
,
292
–
295
,
306
,
312
–
313
,
321
–
328
,
339
,
343
,
351
,
378

alcohol and oppressive characteristics of,
10
,
15
–
16
,
19
,
90
–
91
,
127
–
128
,
138
,
140
,
145
,
147
,
204
,
210
,
220
–
221
,
244
,
247

Capone, Al,
194

cardiovascular disease,
13
,
251
,
258
–
259
,
275
,
306
,
309
,
329
,
331

Carlsberg,
374

Caspian Sea,
205
,
233
,
410
n
5

Cathedral of the Archangel,
35
,
153

Catherine I, Tsarina,
47
–
48
,
54

Catherine II (the Great), Tsarina,
18
,
26
,
49
–
59
,
98
–
99
,
260

bureaucratic reforms of,
49
,
58
,
99

overthrows Peter III,
53
,
55
–
56
,
291

marriage to Peter III,
50
–
51

Catholic church,
71
,
77
,
117
–
119

Caucasus,
5
,
141
,
205
,
272
,
283
–
284
,
303
,
314
,
316
,
321
–
323

caviar,
37

CBS,
326
,
332

censorship,
20
,
61
,
119
–
121
,
125
,
129
,
131
,
135
,
138
,
176
,
202
,
237
,
240
,
248
,
262
,
265

census,
230
,
249
,
336

Central Asia,
205
,
321
,
323

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
285
–
286

cerebral palsy,
336

Ceylon,
163

Chad,
92

Chamberlin, William Henry,
219
,
226

champagne,
3
,
57
,
65
,
156
,
159
,
162
,
169
,
173
,
201
,
233
,
272
,
294
,
300

charka
,
155
–
157
,
160
,
167
,
175
,
232
,
425
n
31

Charles II, English king,
78

Charles XII, Swedish king,
50
,
403
n
43

Chechnya,
133
,
283
,
300
–
304
,
306
,
328
,
339
,
342
–
343
,
346
,
348
,
350

Cheesefare,
85

Cheka.
See
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counterrevolution and Sabotage (Cheka)

Chelyshev, Mikhail,
177

chemistry,
70
,
73

Cherkasov, Nikolai,
22
–
23

Chernaya River,
159

Chernenko, Konstantin,
258
–
261
,
269
,
307

Chernigov,
269

Chernobyl,
280
–
281
,
283

Chernomyrdin, Viktor,
348
,
351

Chernyaev, Anatoly,
239
–
240

Chernyshevsky, Nikolai,
129
–
136
,
140
,
143
–
149
,
386

Chevalier d’Éon,
52

Chicago,
194

Child Health Census,
336

China,
70
,
92
,
160
–
167
,
196
,
236
,
239
,
287
,
327
,
329
,
374

Chodasiewicz, Robert Adolf,
155
–
157

cholera,
109
,
206

Christian, David,
xiv
,
xvi
,
64
–
65
,
78
,
91
,
114
,
122
,
196

Christmas,
43
–
44
,
84
–
88
,
116
,
214

Chudov Monastery,
73
,
174

Church of the Savor on the Spilt Blood,
143
–
144

Churchill, Winston,
4
–
5
,
28
,
78
,
215
,
221
,
227
,
233
,
434
n
9

circling dances,
86
–
87

civil liberties,
175
,
345
,
349

civil society,
xiii
,
9
–
11
,
17
,
124
,
139
,
176
–
177
,
207
,
209
,
248
,
346
,
360
,
365
,
379
,
385
–
390

Clinton, Bill,
300
–
301
,
306
,
348
,
358
,
452
n
41

coal,
163
,
166
,
222

Coca-Cola,
67

Codrington, General,
159

Cody, Buffalo Bill,
173

Cohen, Stephen F.,
310

cognac,
65
,
78
,
166
–
167
,
170
,
269
,
272
,
294
,
344

Colbert, Stephen,
145
,
363

Cold War,
93
,
236
,
251
,
274
,
285
,
287
,
292