Vodka Vinnitsa special bitter 1990 ussr. From Stervetskaya to Solntsedar

In Taste of a Parallel World...

In 1938, the recipe and trademark were registered in the USSR vodka "Capital". Vodka began to be produced only a few years later, in 1941, while the first bottle of Stolichnaya was released in Leningrad.

Since 1971, vodka has been sold in the United States. The rights to distribute vodka were given to the American company PepsiCo (we all know Pepsi-Cola!), in exchange for the right to build a plant for the production of carbonated drinks in Novorossiysk. In America, our "Capital" received the stable name Stoli.
In post-Soviet times, there was, and is happening now, a terrible confusion with the owners of the Stolichnaya brand. At the moment this vodka is boycotted by gays and lesbians in the USA and England (as a Russian product), and vodka is produced in Latvia. There is no official production of this brand of Russian vodka in Russia.

Moscow special vodka or just Moscow vodka
is the national brand of Russian vodka, introduced in 1894 by the Russian State Vodka Monopoly. Its production was stopped (along with other spirits) with the introduction of a ban in Russia after the outbreak of the First World War. The brand was restored in the Soviet Union in 1925. Throughout its history, the Moskovskaya bottle has been characterized by the green color of the label.

In addition to water and alcohol, the standard recipe for Moscow includes small amounts of baking soda and acetic acid. Moskovskaya is the only sort of Soviet vodka made from grain alcohol.

Vodka "Wheat"
The history of Wheat Vodka dates back to the 1970s. In fact, this is a new brand designed for domestic consumption. It was on this vodka, according to Leonid Parfyonov, that the screw cap was first used, only with this vodka did the understanding begin that the bottle could not be finished drinking, leaving "for later".

The label of this vodka was decorated with a picture, according to the same Leonid Parfyonov, "simply copied from the primer". The same native expanses, the same fields, stacks and village ... Everything is completely in the Russian style.

Siberian vodka
Appeared, like Pshenichnaya, in the 70s. It was distinguished by an increased strength in comparison with the "Wheat" and, like the "Wheat", had a wrapping cork. Initially intended for domestic consumption, it has found excellent overseas markets. The traditional design with a trio of faults, the name associated with the wild Russian region, or something else - now it’s hard to say for sure. However, it was at Sibirskaya that the technology for purifying vodka with activated carbon was first tested and then put into mass production.

Kuban
Although it was officially called vodka, it has always been a bitter tincture. At first, the label said "Russian vodka", but then, in the process of development, the words about vodka disappeared. And there was "bitters".

Russian
Let's just say it was a mass model. This vodka had a sharp and unpleasant taste and smell, despite all attempts to flavor the product with cinnamon. But it was produced everywhere, each republic had its own "Russian". Interestingly, it was also exported. The brand decayed and dilapidated, deteriorated. but... But the reincarnation of Russian vodka is currently taking place. And it's not the alcohol producers' fault. The Sochi Olympics are the main catalyst. I don’t say anything more, I suggest looking at the photo:

On the pictures, one mumbled. And where are you going to Stark, Herods?

And a lot more missing:

1. Vodka "Moscow Special" - this is a 40% drink prepared with purified alcohol with the addition of soda and acetic sodium.

2. Capital Vodka 40% And "Ukrainian Gorilka" 45%- prepared on alcohol of the highest purity. Sugar was added to the capital's vodka, and honey was added to the vodka. Both drinks have a mild taste and smell of vodka.

3. Vodka 56% And Vodka 50%- both drinks are prepared on the highest purity alcohol and are distinguished by a burning taste and a pungent odor.

4. "Soviet Rum" 45% and "Soviet whiskey" 45%- rum was made from sugar cane, and whiskey - from rye and barley malt.

5. "Kursk White" tincture 40% And Kuban Amateur 40%- both drinks are prepared on aromatic alcohol. Flower petals were added to the "Kursk tincture", and citrus peels to the "Amateur" one.

6. Caraway bitters 30% And Cinchona Bitters 40%- "Caraway" tincture is prepared on the aromatic alcohol of caraway seeds with the addition of juniper infusion, which gave it a bright taste and aroma. "Hinnaya" - made from cinchona peel and spices.

7. Stark 43%- tincture of leaves of certain varieties of apples and pears with the addition of cognac and port wine.

8. Tincture "Excellent" 40%- prepared with cumin essential oil with added sugar. It has a sweet taste and vinous aroma.

9. "Rowan on cognac" 24%- sweet and sour tincture, prepared on an alcoholic infusion of mountain ash with the addition of sugar and cognac.

10. Sea buckthorn tincture 20%- a sweet and sour drink with a pronounced smell of sea buckthorn, prepared on an alcoholic drink of fresh sea buckthorn.

11. Ukrainian Slivyanka 18% And "Ukrainian cherry liqueur" 20% - sweet and light liqueurs made from fruit and alcohol tinctures.

12. Cherry plum liqueur 20% And Cornel liqueur 18%- prepared on natural alcohol juices.

13. "Raspberry liqueur" 18% And "Black-currant liqueur" 20% - prepared on natural alcohol juices of berries.

14. Liquor "Transparent" 40% And Liquor "Crystal" 45%- "Clear" liquor made with essential oils of cumin, coriander and lemon. "Crystal" - on aromatic alcohol from seeds of cumin, coriander and orange peel, the bottle is decorated with sugar crystals.

15. Liqueur "Benedict" 43% And Chartreuse liqueur 44%- strong liquors prepared with aromatic alcohol with the addition of herbs and other types of aromatic raw materials.

16. Cherry plum liqueur 25% And Cornel Liqueur 25%- liqueurs with a rich color, prepared with alcohol juices.

17. Liqueur "Jubilee" 27%- fragrant liquor, prepared on aromatic spirits of lemon and orange peels.

18. Spicy Liqueur 39%- prepared on aromatic alcohol and 12 spicy herbs.

19. "Almond liqueur" 27%- a liquor prepared with the aromatic alcohol of bitter almonds, lemon peel, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon.

Let's remember what alcoholic drinks we have
always stood on festive tables in the Soviet years.
Many of them have not been
are produced, but their taste is still preserved in memory.

At first I wanted to call this part in the spirit of the previous ones - "What We Drank".
But that's why I thought about it and decided that this is a little not correct :)
The first time I tried alcoholic drinks at the age of 15,
and for the first time seriously got drunk at the age of 16, on New Year's Eve. "Port wine 777".
Fortunately, I did not become addicted to the "green serpent" and still consider it evil.
If in excess. But quality vintage wines,
cognacs and viskariki occasionally respect.

I had one hobby as a child. Collected wine (vodka, cognac) labels.
Agree, quite an innocent hobby for a child. And I was just a fan.
You might find a bottle on the street, bring it home, put it in a bowl of hot water,
15 minutes - bang! and a new label in the collection. Friends (mothers) helped
- they looked for treasured bottles of the deep-Soviet period in the cellars / attics and gave them to me.
For several years, an impressive pack has accumulated
. Then the hobby suddenly disappeared, as did the collection itself. But, fortunately, she was later found.
I carefully scanned it and now I want to show you :) Labels for me -
one of the doors to childhood memories.
Soviet drawings, fonts, prices, "I belt, II belt", "Price with the cost of dishes", containers,
kilometer-long queues for wine and vodka, coupons...
Crimea, the sea and the vine, after all.

Do not be lazy, take your time, look at each label -
She has a lot to say and remember.

So what was still on our tables and in refrigerators 20-30 years ago?

I'll start with aperitifs.

The lion's share of wine production in the USSR came from the Moldavian SSR. The inscription "MOLDVINPROM"
will be found in almost every third label.

Sherries and vermouths:

And "GOSAGROPROM" - on every second :)

One of the pearls of my small collection is Hungarian vermouth.

Very popular in the 90s, live bottled beer from our native Ulyanovsk plant (R.I.P):

And this is the same Ulyanovsk plant, but still in the 80s:

The pride of our brewery!

Our plant soldered not only Ulyanovsk, but also neighbors :)

Classics of the genre!

Now this is also happening. But it's not like that anymore...

Hello from China. Their beer. This is the crazy 90s.

We are done with aperitifs, let's move on to table wines, of which there were a great many in the USSR.

Table (dry, semi-dry and semi-sweet) wines:

Guys, this is Checheningushvino! Pretty rare label.

Rkatsiteli is a popular light wine made from a highly valuable grape variety.

Greetings from Volgograd!

Azerbaijan:

Black Sea pink, with the inscription on the boat "Abrau-Durso". It looks like it was made in the same factory.

This small bottle was brought by us from my first trip to the Crimea, in 1991:

Such a small bottle of wine stood in our sideboard for a long time.
Until the wine turned to vinegar.
I have many childhood memories associated with her:

In particular, the dream of the sea began with her.

Abkhazia. By the way, the label is now reanimated and can be seen on the shelves.
This one is from those Soviet times.

Here is a modern label of Abkhazian wine:

Bulgaria has always been distinguished by expensive printing of labels.

Bulgaria 90s:

Algerian wine. I think that ordinary people did not have this on their tables:

Fortified wines:

A pack of the next two "zero" labels, the boys and I found in some basement.
Apparently, someone hid there for an underground workshop.

This one has a very uneven print. Apparently self-made. I will not believe,
that "Abrau-Durso" could afford such a hack.

Did I mention that I had my first drink at 15? I lied.
In church, they poured a whole spoonful of diluted Cahors into us children :)

Well, who does not remember the liqueur Amaretto, popular in the 90s? :)) Sold in every "lump".

Like this fortified Moldovan wine:

Remember that troubled time when alcohol could be bought anywhere,
just not in the store ... In the "lumps", "at the granny" ... Horror.

Here is something else sweet and foreign from those times. More like chocolate.

Odessa Mama!

I like these monsters: "Glavuprpischeprom GOSAGROPROM RSFSR ROSSPIRTPROM"

Probably those who worked there, always gathered for a long time with an answer to the question about the place of work.

Cossack wine:

Flavored wines:

And here even the counter-label with the cocktail recipe has been preserved:

Ports

I have always associated ortwine with something cheap and unworthy
self-respecting person. Like a triple cologne.
"Mom is anarchy, dad is a glass of port." Unfortunately,
the opinion was established with the first experience of intoxication of a strong degree,
what happened to me after the chiming clock in 1996. Bottle "777"
was destroyed almost in one gulp, for two with a friend
- hurried to friends (Vityok, if you read me, then hello). Hmm...

"Agdam" is still Soviet:

"Agdam" is no longer Soviet. And the price went up. Holiday prices....

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And another variation:

Moldovan :)

Georgian port bag "Three bananas":

Sparkling wines (Champagne - New Year is coming soon!):

Champagne in the late 80s and early 90s, like everything else, was not easy to buy.
By some tricks they got a box or two for the wedding.
And it was even necessary to show a certificate from the registry office that it was really for the wedding.
For it’s not good to celebrate for no reason when the “dashing” are in the yard
- drink vodyaru on coupons ...
I didn't like champagne. No, not because it's not like that.
It’s just that bottles from under it were very rarely accepted.
We can say that they did not accept at all. From under vodka and beer - without ceremony.
And the champagne bottles were dead weight in the sheds and on the balconies.
Their only use is slingshot shooting. The glass is strong
did not fly apart the first time, prolonging the pleasure for the second and third hit.
And they also mixed carbide with water in them, plugged them with a native cork and ran into the "bunker".
Yes, motorists stored all sorts of liquids in them, such as solariums, oils and electrolytes. Reliable capacity.

Here they are, dear to every Soviet citizen, labels.

Made and poured everywhere.

Azerbaijan SSR:

Tolyatti:

What had no right to be called "champagne" was called "sparkling".

Abrau-Durso, the king of Soviet champagnes:

And note, one price - 6 rubles 50 kopecks with the cost of dishes. How simple and clear...

Cheap Moscow "pop" for two pee:

Imported from Bulgaria:

From Hungary:

Friends, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist :)

It is modern, "New World". I haven't tried anything better...

Strong tinctures:

End of 10th grade. We are all very adults now, we can decide for ourselves what to drink and how much :) The choice has always fallen on this:

0.5 for 10 people - cool, walk! :) Why lemon?
Apparently, on a subconscious level, they chose a compromise between childhood (lemonade) and supposedly already adult life (vodka).
The rubbish is still the same, but it was impossible to show it. And don't forget that this is 1996...

For some reason, tinctures were then made similar to lemonade. Have you attracted children? :)

The only inscription "bitter" said that it was not tasty.

Strong tincture "Zubrovka": Made on the basis of bison herb, it has a mild, slightly burning taste and aroma of bison.

And the price is already a whole red gold piece.

Cognacs:

Our parents were lucky - they could still drink normal, "not burned"
cognacs from Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
How many kinds there were! But not everyone can afford it. More expensive than vodka by 5 rubles.

Moldavian SSR:

I found this bottle in some old cellar, half full. Naturally, the liquid was immediately drained to the ground :)
But it was someone's stash.

What is not now. Georgian cognacs:

Azerbaijani:

Cognac of the Dagestan ASSR. Produced at the Moscow Inter-Republican Winery.

Disgusting cognac drink "Strugurash": But for lack of a better one, he also went:

Vodka was as it is now - cheap and expensive.

The cheap one was almost always sold in lemonade bottles - "cheburashkas", with a lid made of thick foil, with a "tail":

Darling - in long bottles, with a screw cap:

And this is how vodka was bought in the USSR:

First they handed over the old container, then they took a new one with this money. If enough :)

"Gorbachev's loop":

If there was not enough vodka, then they took port wine. When it ended and he went to a nearby store for this:

Interestingly, the same brand of vodka could be both cheap and expensive at the same time.

I'll start with the cheap ones. This was usually paid with a tractor driver in the spring, for arable work in a summer cottage:

This was usually put on the table on ordinary holidays:

The capital was not available (in any case, with us).
Prepared on the highest purity alcohol with the addition of sugar in the amount of 0.2 g per 100 ml.

And finally, the king of vodka! Siberian:

Fortress - 45%, the price is almost like that of cognac - almost 12 rubles!
This was ordered for weddings.

Kuban tincture, with a sacramental inscription RUSSIAN VODKA.

Gin, whiskey, brandy, rum:

The fact that they usually didn’t drink in the USSR, because. did not produce. But no one canceled business trips to fraternal countries,
so you could find these drinks:
It is likely that in the "Birch" you could buy.

But this, apparently, was brought in barrels from friendly Cuba and bottled with us.

Bulgarian brandy "Sunny Beach":

By the way, it is produced with the same label to this day. Recently a friend brought it, used it :)

Scotch Whiskey!

So what do you think? :) What did they drink from it?

I, as a person who drank deeply in the past, became interested not only in terms of the nostalgic component, but simply in the opportunity to highlight the not-so-gloomy period of our history, our recent past, which was presented by our partners exclusively as a hat with earflaps, vodka and balalaika .

When I was young, I heard that in New York alone you can buy about two thousand varieties of whiskey. This surprised me a lot. Well, how can this be, when the still unforgettable Ostap Bender, the one who knew four hundred relatively honest ways of taking money, knew one hundred and fifty ways of making moonshine, even from a stool, and he was, one might say, an expert in this matter. It was he who discovered and sold the secrets of the motherland to two citizens of the city of Chicago, tormented by dry law, or as they are now commonly called, our partners, these recipes, after which the era of home-brewing in the United States acquired truly epic proportions... From several recipes with the help of enterprising Americans, the quality of a simple Russian pervacha tm turned into a quantity, namely two thousand varieties of whiskey in one city......

Not to be unfounded, here are some recipes, here are some recipes, from the lost notebook of the Grand Schemer

Moonshine SUGAR

Take 6 kg of sugar, 200 g of yeast, pour 30 liters of warm water and mix well, add a bunch of dry dill and currant leaves for smell.

Insist in a warm place for 6-7 days, then overtake.

Output - 6 liters.

It is widely believed that 1 liter of moonshine is obtained from 1 kg of sugar. If you use efficient devices, 10 liters of good moonshine is obtained from 7 kg of sugar.

Excess sugar in this case is not required, since it will go to waste anyway.

STUDIO STARCH

Take 10 kg of starch, dilute with 20 liters of water and brew like jelly, add 500 g of yeast and 1 kg of sugar.

Insist 3-5 days. Then overtake.

The output is 11 liters.

No, of course, there were other attempts to take parties of moonshine from Odessa to overseas democracy, but they ended in failure .... and I'm not talking about that .....

The 80s... What nostalgia for this time is experienced by everyone who caught it. Who remembers. Who knows what I will talk about today.
Before turning directly to the subject of our today's memories, I really want to look at least with one eye there ... Into the past, at a time when ... But this is WHEN everyone has their own.

But the city was completely different. And in this other city, everything was different. Although it is certainly ours, modern, but it seems to be from a parallel reality. What are these types worth:

Having inhaled the air of a parallel world, it's time for us to feel its taste... A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then, the taste has always been tried to be faked - but it remains. The same, and forever. And so that our tour does not look too superficial, I am ready to provide tastes with a little “peppercorn” of history. So, let's begin:

In 1938, the recipe and trademark were registered in the USSR vodka "Capital". Vodka began to be produced only a few years later, in 1941, while the first bottle of Stolichnaya was released in Leningrad.

Since 1971, vodka has been sold in the United States. The rights to distribute vodka were given to the American company PepsiCo (we all know Pepsi-Cola!), in exchange for the right to build a plant for the production of carbonated drinks in Novorossiysk. In America, our "Capital" received the stable name Stoli.
In post-Soviet times, there was, and is happening now, a terrible confusion with the owners of the Stolichnaya brand. At the moment this vodka is boycotted by gays and lesbians in the USA and England (as a Russian product), and vodka is produced in Latvia. There is no official production of this brand of Russian vodka in Russia.

Moscow special vodka or just Moscow vodka
is the national brand of Russian vodka, introduced in 1894 by the Russian State Vodka Monopoly. Its production was stopped (along with other spirits) with the introduction of a ban in Russia after the outbreak of the First World War. The brand was restored in the Soviet Union in 1925. Throughout its history, the Moskovskaya bottle has been characterized by the green color of the label.

In addition to water and alcohol, the standard recipe for Moscow includes small amounts of baking soda and acetic acid. Moskovskaya is the only sort of Soviet vodka made from grain alcohol.

Vodka "Wheat"
The history of Wheat Vodka dates back to the 1970s. In fact, this is a new brand designed for domestic consumption. It was on this vodka, according to Leonid Parfyonov, that the screw cap was first used, only with this vodka did the understanding begin that the bottle could not be finished drinking, leaving "for later".

The label of this vodka was decorated with a picture, according to the same Leonid Parfyonov, "simply copied from the primer". The same native expanses, the same fields, stacks and village ... Everything is completely in the Russian style.

Siberian vodka
Appeared, like Pshenichnaya, in the 70s. It was distinguished by an increased strength in comparison with the "Wheat" and, like the "Wheat", had a wrapping cork. Initially intended for domestic consumption, it has found excellent overseas markets. The traditional design with a trio of faults, the name associated with the wild Russian region, or something else - now it’s hard to say for sure. However, it was at Sibirskaya that the technology for purifying vodka with activated carbon was first tested and then put into mass production.

Kuban
Although it was officially called vodka, it has always been a bitter tincture. At first, the label said "Russian vodka", but then, in the process of development, the words about vodka disappeared. And there was "bitters".

Russian
Let's just say it was a mass model. This vodka had a sharp and unpleasant taste and smell, despite all attempts to flavor the product with cinnamon. But it was produced everywhere, each republic had its own "Russian". Interestingly, it was also exported. The brand decayed and dilapidated, deteriorated. but... But the reincarnation of Russian vodka is currently taking place. And it's not the alcohol producers' fault. The Sochi Olympics is the main catalyst. I don’t say anything more, I suggest looking at the photo:

So we remembered the tastes from the old world. The forbidden doors opened for a second, but alas, it's time for us to move on. Where to go?

1. Initially, it was planned to depict knights on the label of "Russian"

2. Double label with a collar from a souvenir bottle

3. The classic label of "Russian" - the so-called "heroic"

4. The second classic option. This label has been produced unchanged for a quarter of a century.

5. "Russian" - "two stripes"

6. A label with a printing defect also went into business

7. Label of the Gaidar times - without medals and indication of the manufacturer of vodka

8. Label for a 0.33 Pepsi bottle

The first vodka in the top row produced by Asfalt JSC!

Post-Soviet "Russian" in all its diversity

1. "Moscow special" - one of the first options

2. First medal: Bern, 1954

3. Classic label "Moscow special"

4. "Moscow special" - a rare Central Asian version of the 1960s

5–7. Export options

8. When label printing couldn't keep up with prices, they put a stamp

9. Another classic label. Vodka with such labels was produced in all Soviet republics

1. "Moscow Special" from a special series released for the 850th anniversary of Moscow

2. Label of the last year of the existence of the USSR. Due to the lack of normal paper, it was printed almost on a blotting paper

3–8. Post-Soviet Labels. At first the label was recognizable, then new design solutions came

9. "Mordovian special" ... An example of mimicry for a well-known brand

1. Classic label "Wheat"

2. A special "Wheat" was produced for restaurants

3–6. Post-Soviet metamorphoses of "Wheat"

7–9. Vodka on the idea of ​​"Wheat"

1. Initial - strict - version of the "Capital"

2. The classic version of the label.

3. Option with "two stripes" - and even with a quality mark!

4. Special vodka for Aeroflot

5–8. "Capital" for export

9. "Stolichnaya" from a special series released for the 850th anniversary of Moscow

Post-Soviet variations on the theme of "Capital"

1. Classic label "Ambassadorial"

2–7. Post-Soviet labels, including those with "two stripes", which were absent on the Soviet "Posolskaya"

8. Ladies' "Ambassatory"?

9. This, of course, is not "Ambassatory", and yet ...

1–2. "Golden Ring" - one of the most successful Soviet labels

Label and back label

3–7. Modern label options

8. Vodka "Podmoskovnaya" - mimicry under the "Golden Ring"

1–6. Soviet variants of Zubrovka

7–9. Modern "Zubrovka"

1–3. Starkey labels from the 1960s and 1970s

4–5. Stark in the 1970s and 1980s

6 Stark 1990s

7–9. Post-Soviet vodka "under the" Starka "

1. One of the first variants of "Kubanskaya"

2. Classic label

3–4. Soviet "Cossack" drinks

5–6. post-soviet vodka

7–9. Soviet variants of Lemonnaya. Each republic produced its own

1. All-Union version of "Lemon"

2–8. Post-Soviet "Lemon" - and the classic 40 degrees, and "ladies'" 28 degrees, and 63-degree infusion ...

1–6. Soviet "Pepper"

7–9. Modern varieties of "Pepper" with a reinforced fortress. In fact, this is no longer "Pepper" ...

1–2. Soviet "Pepper"

3–4. Post-Soviet "Peppers" in Russian and Moldovan performance

5–9. Modern variants of tinctures of the type "Pepper"

1. Classic label "Hunting"

2. Classic label "Hunting". Export version

3–5. "Hunters" 1960-1970s

6. Post-Soviet Arkhangelsk "Hunting"

7–9. Variations on the theme of hunting

More hunting options...

1–4. 50 degree vodkas

5–9. "Drinking alcohol". Labels 1960-1980s

1–6. "Drinking alcohol" during perestroika

7. Forty-degree "alcohol"

8–9. Variants of alcohol "Royal"

10. American alcohol

1. 56-degree vodka. Thanks to the label, it was popularly called "Cloud"

2. Vodka at 3.62. The legendary "Crankshaft"

3. Andropovka

4–5. Simultaneously with the "Crankshaft" was released a new vodka of higher quality - "Extra" on 4.12

6. Label from "Raiska" from a bottle with a capacity of 0.33

7–9. Vodka "Jubilee" and "Strong" trace their history since 1937

1–5. Transformations of the "Moscow special" in the post-Soviet space

6–9. Metamorphoses of "Russian"

1. Ukrainian vodka "Rosijska" (that is, "Russian") with a knight at a crossroads ...

2–5. "Capital" in post-Soviet Ukraine and Belarus

6–9. "Wheat" in Ukraine and Belarus

1–2. Ukrainian vodka from Soviet times. In the export version, it is designated as "Russian vodka"

3–6. post-soviet gorilka

7–8. Post-Soviet Belarusian vodkas

9. Export version of the "Original Belarusian"

1. Estonian vodka "Viru Valge" of Soviet times

2–4. Soviet-era Lithuanian vodkas

5. "Lietuvishka Kristadine" 1960s

6–7. "Lietuvishka kristadine" 1970-1980s. Label and back label

8. "Lietuvishka Kristadine" ... Crimean production. 1990s

1–2. Latvian vodka "Crystal dzidrais" of Soviet times

3. "Crystal dzidrays" of Kyrgyz production

4. Ukrainian "russian vodka" "Crystal dzidrays"

5–6. Post-Soviet - real, Latvian - "Crystal dzidrais"

7. Post-Soviet transformation of "Crystal Dzidrays" into Uzbek arak

8. "Crystal dzidrays", bottled in Rostov-on-Don

9. Forty-degree wine drink "Crystal Kuban", suspiciously similar to "Crystal dzidrays"

1–6. Bilingual Soviet labels

7–8. Post-Soviet Russian "Capital" without the Russian language in the Baltics

9. Turkmen "Rus aragy"

1–7. Varieties of the modern Kazakh "Russian"

8. Kazakh "Russia"

9. Kazakh "russian vodka" "Rodina"

1–2. Tajik "Capital"

3. "Capital" Kazakh

4–6. Uzbek "Capital" with different labels

7–8. Uzbek "Capital" and its transformation into the "Star of the East"

1–2. Kazakh and Uzbek labels, they are also lottery tickets

3–5. Uzbek number labels on paper with watermarks

6. Uzbek label of Osobaya vodka with Humo bird

7. Tamerlane on the label of Uzbek vodka

8–9. Uzbek labels with Tashkent chimes

1. Tajik vodka "Sim-sim holiday"

2–8. Modern Uzbek vodkas

1. One of the first Gzhelka labels

2. The label "Gzhelka", which has become a classic

3. "Gzhelka" winter. Varieties of "Gzhelka" were released for each season

4. New Year's "Gzhelka"

5. Vodka named after one of the main fighters for the Gzhelka brand

6–8. Mimicry for a successful brand: dessert drink "Fabulous Gzhel" and vodka "Gzheliya"