Vodka Politics
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 2014
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780199755592
Description: "Unique political history of Russia through the lens of alcohol. Filled with colorful stories of how rulers from Peter the Great to Stalin used alcohol to control their courts. Utilizes archival evidence from entire spectrum of Russian history, from the Tsars to Putin. Closes with a powerful look at the debilitating impact of alcoholism on contemporary Russia."--