The Vodka King
Subtitle: the life and times of Pyotr Smirnov
By: Linda Himelstein.
Publisher: Collins; Harper
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780060855895
Subjects: Smirnov, P. A; Smirnov (Firm); Distillers -- Russia -- Biography; Vodka industry -- Russia -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hello; title: Moscow; title: The land of darkness; title: The vodka maker; title: "Demand Smirnov vodka"; title: To Vienna and back; title: Mariya; title: Vodka wars; title: The Vodka King; title: From pursuit to preservation; title: Monopoly capitalism; title: The Tsar and 3,000 flashing bottles; title: Twilight; title: Two dead bodies; title: A new century, a new reality; title: Monopoly madness; title: From bad to bizarre; title: A war, uprisings, and then there was one; title: Life and death and love and death; title: Sudden chaos; title: Revolution; title: Escape; title: Smirnov with an 'f'; title: The end is a beginning.