THE SOVIET UNION: LOSING THE BATTLE OF THE BOTTLE - Gene H Hogberg - May 1982

Gene H Hogberg

Abuse of alcohol has been rightly called "Russia's hereditary plague." It has transcended time and ideology. Neither the czars of old nor the Communist commissars of the Soviet state have been able to dissuade their subjects from their stubborn proclivity for drink. Drink may be "Russia's joy" - as Vladimir said in the 11th century- but the sobering- or rather unsober-facts reveal that it is also "Russia's sorrow." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library