September 01, 2000

125 Russophiles in Search of the Perfect Vodka


“Nobody in the world knows what [vodka] is made out of, and the reason I tell you this is that the story of vodka is the story of Russia. Nobody knows what Russia is made of, or what it is liable to cause its inhabitants to do next.”

— Will Rogers, writing about his

little-known visit to Russia in 1924.


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