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The mythological world of the legend of vodka takes is not important, but not the last place. Vodka - our curse and our heritage. History of vodka in the national consciousness - in some degree our history. And few people know that vodka by historical standards - the drink is not just the young - young. Enough to dive into the study of Russian distillation, and it becomes obvious that a true national strong alcohol in Russia was not vodka, born only in the late nineteenth century, and a completely different drink, now forgotten - bread wine, or Polugar. But most importantly: the true story, based on virtually all available sources, much more interesting than any of legends.