His family got rich of the vodka since they basically had the monopoly on the vodka trade, they earned a shit ton of money of Russian state liquor. And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power. Kinda ironic that his alcohol ban probably started political unrest and eventually the fall of the empire.
His family got rich of the vodka since they basically had the monopoly on the vodka trade, they earned a shit ton of money of Russian state liquor. And by keeping the populace in a constant drunk state it made sure they stayed in power. Kinda ironic that his alcohol ban probably started political unrest and eventually the fall of the empire.
It’s a good thing we don’t do that anymore.
Sarcasm, I’m being sarcastic everyone
Ah yes, all Russians are brainwashed
- a brainwashed subject of Western genocidal dictatorships with a democracy mask
But even after the fall the ban was kept in place.