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From: byker@do~rag.net
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https://tinyurl.com/yzskod5m> sina.com.cn
| .. We all know that Russia is in a very cold region. In cold weather,
| they will drink to warm up their bodies ..
And they will drink, as they have for centuries, to blot out the
hopelessness and helplessness of their existence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7l55ZOVIc
"Throughout Russia's turbulent history, vodka has been the ultimate remedy
for people to forget their troubles. Author Viktor Erofeyev, who has studied the history of the drink, calls it 'the Russian God.' 'Other countries they
can drink. In Russia, it is not drinking. You are drinking not vodka. You
are drinking your soul.' He said Russia's history would have been very different if it hadn't included vodka.":
https://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/10/russia.vodka.anniversary/index.html
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