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Vodka

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the national spirit, downed with zakuski toasts

Russia Wine & spirit

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

Grain or potato spirit; the state ran vodka monopolies from the fifteenth century onward, and it funded much of the imperial budget.

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What is Vodka?

Vodka is a wine & spirit from Russia: the national spirit, downed with zakuski toasts. Grain or potato spirit; the state ran vodka monopolies from the fifteenth century onward, and it funded much of the imperial budget.

Made with

wheatpotato

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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