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Maslenitsa: The Slavic Mardi Gras
Maslenitsa, also known as Butter Week or Pancake Week, is orginally a Slavic pagan holiday that marks the end of winter and the beginning of
3BR Distillery
Feb 21, 20232 min read
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How the USSR Made Pepsi a Naval Power
For about three months in the ‘80s PepsiCo had the sixth-largest navy on the planet.
D.S. Rose
Dec 7, 20202 min read
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The History of Soviet Prohibition
There aren’t many things that evoke as immediate an association with Russia as vodka.
D.S. Rose
Oct 13, 20203 min read
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What is with the Russian wall rug?
Its mere presence inspires questions: aren’t Persian carpets usually meant to be used, well, on floors?
D.S. Rose
Sep 12, 20203 min read
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