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Atlasâ€ºRussiaâ€ºSamogon

Samogon

home-distilled grain, sugar or beet spirit

Russia Wine & spirit

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed · Updated September 2026

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History

Home distilling surged during the 1914 imperial prohibition and again under Gorbachev’s 1985 anti-alcohol campaign, when sugar vanished from shops.

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What is Samogon?

Samogon is a wine & spirit from Russia: home-distilled grain, sugar or beet spirit. Home distilling surged during the 1914 imperial prohibition and again under Gorbachev’s 1985 anti-alcohol campaign, when sugar vanished from shops.

Made with

🌾wheat 🍬sugar beetroot

Cooked

distilled

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