Cows Look Like Maps to [email protected] • edit-211 months agoA tsarrible ideaimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down121file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1817arrow-down1imageA tsarrible ideaCows Look Like Maps to [email protected] • edit-211 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareunalivejoylinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-211 months agoWasn’t it Lenin who banned vodka, then Stalin started a state run vodka company after he took over? Or did Lenin just reinforce the ban?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•11 months agothe royal family owned all the vodka companies/manufacturing before the revolution. it’s always been a tool to fill state coffers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•11 months agoTsar Nicholas ordered prohibition in 1914. RSFSR retained it after revolution until it was abolished in 1925.
Wasn’t it Lenin who banned vodka, then Stalin started a state run vodka company after he took over? Or did Lenin just reinforce the ban?
the royal family owned all the vodka companies/manufacturing before the revolution. it’s always been a tool to fill state coffers
Tsar Nicholas ordered prohibition in 1914. RSFSR retained it after revolution until it was abolished in 1925.