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[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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?

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago

the royal family owned all the vodka companies/manufacturing before the revolution. it's always been a tool to fill state coffers

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Tsar Nicholas ordered prohibition in 1914. RSFSR retained it after revolution until it was abolished in 1925.

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