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Authors: Mark Lawrence Schrad

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Vodka Politics (122 page)

baptism of.
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Russian Orthodox church, conversion of Slavs to
literature in,
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opinion polls in,
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xii
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as viewed by foreigners,
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Russia, Forward!
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Russian Christian Labor Temperance Organization.
See
All-Russian Labor Union of Christian Teetotalers
Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
15
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206
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“Russian cross,”
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333
See also
Demographics, post-Soviet crisis
Russian empire.
See
imperial Russia
Russian Federation,
25
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113
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283
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287
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291
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303
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321
Academy of Sciences of,
364
Accounts Chamber of,
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Anti-Monopoly Agency of,
365
Border Service of,
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control of alcohol in,
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319
,
346
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375
corruption in,
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debt default of (1998),
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economic collapse of (1990s),
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297
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and economic recovery,
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352
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election protests in,
xii
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Federal Security Service (FSB) of,
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n
28
financial reliance on petrochemicals,
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financial reliance on vodka,
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Interior Ministry of,
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media freedom in,
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307
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320
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342
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350
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379
migration in,
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381
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military in,
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348
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Ministry of Agriculture of,
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Ministry of Defense of,
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Ministry of Finance of,
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Ministry of Health and Social Development of,
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Ministry of Trade of,
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355
National Sports Foundation of,
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Presidential Administration of,
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367
Public Chamber of,
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regionalism in,
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,
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304
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Security Council of,
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State Council of,
351
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354
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367
Tax Police Service of,
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339
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357
“virtual economy” of,
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1995–6 elections in,
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1999–2000 elections in,
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2007–8 elections in,
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2011–2012 elections in,
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Russian Judo Federation,
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Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund (ROOF),
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Russian Orthodox church,
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conversion of Slavs to,
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255
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290
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corruption and,
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108
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315
drinking and,
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89
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104

108
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119
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139

140
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Russian Revolution.
See
Bolshevik Revolution
Russians of To-Day
,
125
Russkaya mysl
(magazine),
250
Russo-Japanese War,
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168
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Rutskoi, Aleksandr,
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297
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Ryzhkov, Nikolai,
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Ryzhkov, Vladimir,
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SABMIller,
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Sakhalin Island,
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Sakharov, Andrei,
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Sakharov, Dmitry,
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Salerno,
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salt,
27
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n
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salt tax,
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Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail,
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Samara,
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sambo,
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samizdat
,
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Samson-Himmelstjerna, Hermann von,
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109
samogon. See
vodka, home-brewed (
samogon
)
San Francisco Bulletin
,
200
Sarajevo,
178
Saratov,
135
,
204
Sardinia,
121
,
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Saversky, Aleksandr,
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Save the Children Fund,
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Scandinavia,
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Schaeken, Jos,
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Scherbov, Sergei,
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Schlüsselberg,
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“scissors crisis,”
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Sclavonians,
28
Scotland,
62
,
78
Scottish Exchequer Roll,
62
Scott, James C.,
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scurvy,
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“Secret Speech.”
See
Khrushchev, Nikita, and de-Stalinization
Segal, Boris,
85
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Seglin, Boris,
66
Semashko, Nikolai,
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Semenovsky regiment,
39

40
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Sen, Amartya,
207
Senegal,
92
Serbia,
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serfdom.
See
imperial Russia, serfdom in
Sergei Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke,
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177
Sergeyev Posad,
38
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319
Sevastopol,
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159
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Sevastopol Sketches
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Seven Years’ War,
53
Shannon,
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302
Shcherbakov, Aleksandr,
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Sheridan, Philip,
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Sherman, William Tecumseh,
173
Shevardnadze, Eduard,
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Shevtsova, Lilia,
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Shingarev, Andrei,
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Shinkevich,
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Shlapentokh, Dmitry,
191
Shmelev, Nikolai,
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“shock therapy,”
295
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shoe polish,
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Shrovetide,
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