 First edition softcover, featuring 19th-century lubok | |
| Author | William Pokhlyobkin |
|---|---|
| Original title | История водки |
| Translator | Renfrey Clarke |
| Language | Russian |
| Series | Популярная кулинария (Popular Cookery) |
| Subject | Priority of vodka production and other Russian alcoholic beverage issues |
| Publisher | Inter-Verso |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | former Soviet Union |
Published in English | December, 1992 (Verso Books, hardcover) |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 288 (1991 edition) |
| ISBN | 0-86091-359-7 (1992 edition) |
| OCLC | 28183139 |
| 663/.5 20 | |
| LC Class | TP607.V6 P6513 1992 |
| Preceded by | Urho Kaleva Kekkonen |
| Followed by | Foreign Policy of Rus, Russia and the USSR for 1,000 Years in Names, Dates and Facts |
A History of Vodka (Russian: «История водки», Romanized: Istoriya vodki) is an academic monograph by William Pokhlyobkin, which was awarded the Langhe Ceretto Prize. Although the work had been finished in 1979, it was published just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In his book, in particular, Pokhlyobkin wanted the Russian vodka to be legally produced only from the rye stuff.