Vodka Politics (122 page)

baptism of.
See
Russian Orthodox church, conversion of Slavs to

literature in,
18
,
129
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133
,
139
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140
,
237
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248

opinion polls in,
xi
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xii
,
3
,
91
,
190
,
362
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368
,
389

as viewed by foreigners,
xi
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28
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113
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115
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120
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159
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161
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162
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167
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168
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180
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195
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208
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209
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249
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253
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300
,
401
n
7

Russia, Forward!
360
,
372

Russian Christian Labor Temperance Organization.
See
All-Russian Labor Union of Christian Teetotalers

Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
15
,
201
,
205
–
206
,
210
,
232

“Russian cross,”
326
–
333

See also
Demographics, post-Soviet crisis

Russian empire.
See
imperial Russia

Russian Federation,
25
,
113
,
283
,
287
,
291
,
303
,
321

Academy of Sciences of,
364

Accounts Chamber of,
355
,
357
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358

Anti-Monopoly Agency of,
365

Border Service of,
314
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315

control of alcohol in,
312
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319
,
346
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353
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356
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366
–
375

corruption in,
92
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93
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110
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312
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316
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319
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320
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345
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346
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351
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356
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360
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364
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365
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379
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380
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383

debt default of (1998),
306
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318
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320
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344
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345

economic collapse of (1990s),
292
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297
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304
,
307

and economic recovery,
345
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346
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351
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352
,
364

election protests in,
xii
,
92
,
379
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380

Federal Security Service (FSB) of,
344
,
462
n
28

financial reliance on petrochemicals,
320
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340
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341
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345
,
352
–
354
,
360
–
364
,
371
,
374
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376
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383
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384
,
389

financial reliance on vodka,
312
,
318
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320
,
340
–
341
,
356
,
372
,
374
,
384
,
389

Interior Ministry of,
303
,
343
,
366

media freedom in,
306
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307
,
320
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342
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349
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350
,
379

migration in,
380
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381
,
383

military in,
151
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296
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297
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303
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304
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336
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348
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363
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364

Ministry of Agriculture of,
314
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319

Ministry of Defense of,
296
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297
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303
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352
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353

Ministry of Finance of,
354
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357
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364
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373
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377
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382
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387
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388

Ministry of Health and Social Development of,
365
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368
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370
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373
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375

Ministry of Trade of,
316
,
355

National Sports Foundation of,
315

Presidential Administration of,
351
,
361
,
367

Public Chamber of,
367

regionalism in,
133
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283
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300
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304
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306
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317
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320

Security Council of,
351

State Council of,
351
,
354
,
367

Tax Police Service of,
316
,
339
,
341
,
345
,
357

“virtual economy” of,
319
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323

1995–6 elections in,
299
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304
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306
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312
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348

1999–2000 elections in,
xii
,
63
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306
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339
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340
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349

2007–8 elections in,
349
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350
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362
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364
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375

2011–2012 elections in,
xii
,
92
,
364
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376
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379
,
387

Russian Judo Federation,
358

Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund (ROOF),
xvi

Russian Orthodox church,
17
,
27
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29
,
38
,
42
,
50
,
77
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78
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82
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85
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108
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118
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119
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139
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177
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193
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315
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327

conversion of Slavs to,
77
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78
,
134
,
255
,
290
,
384

corruption and,
104
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108
,
315

drinking and,
85
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89
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104
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108
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118
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119
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139
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140
,
213

Russian Revolution.
See
Bolshevik Revolution

Russians of To-Day
,
125

Russkaya mysl
(magazine),
250

Russo-Japanese War,
160
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168
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174
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179
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186
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187

Rutskoi, Aleksandr,
295
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297
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302

Ryzhkov, Nikolai,
267
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271
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280
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281
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294

Ryzhkov, Vladimir,
372

SABMIller,
374

Sakhalin Island,
167

Sakharov, Andrei,
241
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242
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245
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257
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264
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268
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296

Sakharov, Dmitry,
291

Salerno,
71

salt,
27
,
403
n
40

salt tax,
54
,
95
,
109
,
112
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113

Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail,
95
,
105

Samara,
177
,
206
,
211

sambo,
378

samizdat
,
241
–
244

Samson-Himmelstjerna, Hermann von,
108
–
109

samogon. See
vodka, home-brewed (
samogon
)

San Francisco Bulletin
,
200

Sarajevo,
178

Saratov,
135
,
204

Sardinia,
121
,
155

Saversky, Aleksandr,
365
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366

Save the Children Fund,
208

Scandinavia,
27
,
68
,
75
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76
,
386

Schaeken, Jos,
xvi
,
70

Scherbov, Sergei,
381
–
382

Schlüsselberg,
144

“scissors crisis,”
225
–
227

Sclavonians,
28

Scotland,
62
,
78

Scottish Exchequer Roll,
62

Scott, James C.,
16
–
17

scurvy,
109

“Secret Speech.”
See
Khrushchev, Nikita, and de-Stalinization

Segal, Boris,
85
,
232

Seglin, Boris,
66

Semashko, Nikolai,
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218

Semenovsky regiment,
39
–
40
,
204

Sen, Amartya,
207

Senegal,
92

Serbia,
178

serfdom.
See
imperial Russia, serfdom in

Sergei Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke,
171
–
177

Sergeyev Posad,
38
,
319

Sevastopol,
155
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159
,
162
,
175

Sevastopol Sketches
,
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158

Seven Years’ War,
53

Shannon,
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302

Shcherbakov, Aleksandr,
7

Sheridan, Philip,
173

Sherman, William Tecumseh,
173

Shevardnadze, Eduard,
260
,
272
,
314

Shevtsova, Lilia,
354
,
390

Shingarev, Andrei,
192
–
193

Shinkevich,
220

Shlapentokh, Dmitry,
191

Shmelev, Nikolai,
283

“shock therapy,”
295
,
308
,
321

shoe polish,
190
,
211
,
282

Shrovetide,
43
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44