At that time, Suifenhe River had just been opened to Russia, which coincided with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the social unrest in Russia, the lack of materials, everything and nothing. As long as it is made in China, Russian profiteers flock to it like a flood! That's an eye-opener. A Russian profiteer got dozens of hemp bags, down jackets, sports shoes and leather jackets! Take them all down. These Russians left some deep impressions on me. Male, very strong, hairy, average height not less than 175, red skin, driving a big truck, like crazy, with heart disease, don't get in his car if you are timid, which scares you to death! ! A Russian woman, with a very young figure, very tall, blue or green eyes, fair skin and blond hair, really looks like a doll. No, dolls should be born from other people's homes and grow old slowly. That's really ... ! The waist is as thick as a water tank ! ! It's no exaggeration. These Russians, men, women and children, can drink, not just ordinary. They don't need any kind of snacks to drink, just a handful of peanuts and a few melon seeds for a bottle of vodka. Once, I just got up in the morning and went for a walk in the street. I saw two Russian girls sitting on the roadside, each holding a handful of peanuts and a bottle of red wine, talking and laughing. God, it's only seven o'clock in the morning, and they started drinking. What an exaggeration! ! I never drink. Seeing this scene, I can only describe it as surprise! Drinking from morning till night is really a drunken dream! So, for those guys who want to marry Russian girls, don't blame me for not reminding you that these dolls are not simple. You have to pass the vodka before she can drink it. You have to drink more than her, or she will drink too much. She is 1.8 meters tall, and she will fan you under the table as soon as she comes up! ! Hahaha! !
Anyway, Russians can really drink because of the climate, personality and so on. It is said that the tsar wanted to establish Islam as the state religion, but Islam banned alcohol and had no choice but to establish the Orthodox Church! This is enough to show how much Russians drink! ! Drinking, drinking for health, and alcoholism have seriously affected this country. Russia has a low life expectancy, a shrinking population and a declining domestic economy. Can only be maintained by selling oil. It can't be said that it is greatly influenced by alcoholism. Imagine that people all over the country are drunk and living in dreams all day. If this country wants to develop rapidly, it is really a dream! ! Take your neighbor as a warning to remind people not to drink too much. Drinking too much will get in the way and harm others and yourself! ! Remember, remember! !
20 1 1 A post about interesting facts about Russia written by a Canadian English teacher living in Moscow began to circulate on the Internet. Some of them have been questioned by Russians, for example, Russians are rude and can't say "please" and "thank you", but no Russians have ever questioned Russians drinking.
Russians' love for drinking can be traced back to before Russia existed. At that time, Russians did not have vodka, but drank wine and mead, which is a strong drink made of honey. According to historians, vodka first appeared in Russia in the16th century and quickly became one of the symbols of this country.
So why do Russians drink so much wine? One of the answers is that, due to heredity, Russians, like Europeans, will slowly metabolize alcohol into the toxic chemical acetaldehyde, leading to hangovers and other unpleasant effects.
Another factor leading to the high consumption of alcohol in Russia is related to the way the state controls alcohol. Historian Alexander Pi Zha Kov said that in16th century and17th century, the czar introduced the national pub system. Pub owners are required to remit a certain amount of money to the Ministry of Finance, regardless of how much vodka or wine is actually sold or consumed, which encourages the sale of as much wine as possible. The government made huge profits from selling alcohol, and Russians gradually got used to drinking. "The authorities systematically accustom people to bars." Pi Zha, he concluded.
With the passage of time, the Russian authorities began to realize the harm of alcoholism to the country. /kloc-The prohibition movement developed rapidly in the 20th century and the 20th century. 19 14 After the outbreak of the First World War, Nicholas II completely banned alcohol. When the Bolsheviks came to power in 19 17, they obeyed the ban, but it was not until 1923. Later, the Soviet Union carried out several prohibition campaigns, the biggest one being 1985- 1990 under the leadership of Gorbachev. During this period, shops were only allowed to sell wine for five hours a day, and the price went up and the vineyards were destroyed.
Throughout history, Russians continue to drink heavily, although the amount of drinking has decreased in the past five years. According to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 20 10, Russia's per capita alcohol consumption is the fourth in the world, which is 15. 1 liter per year, second only to Belarus (17.5), Moldova (16.8) and. But by 20 16, Russian Rospo trans zor's data listed that the per capita alcohol consumption in Russia "exceeded 10 liter". Although the exact figure is not given, it means that this figure has dropped below 15 liter per year.
I am a famous alcoholic and Brewmaster in China, but since I went to Russia for the first time in 2008, I feel that my drinking capacity in Russia can only be dwarfed.
The first time I cut trees on the mountain, the Russians offered to raise money to buy wine down the mountain, and I also offered 500 rubles. An hour later, the Russian who bought the wine came back and bought 10 bottle of "Bayalesnik", a small plastic bottle of wine, like a small bottle of Beijing Erguotou. First, pour alcohol into an empty beverage bottle, and then mix it with warm water before drinking. That's just "fuck". Everyone sat in a circle around the bonfire. One person poured the bottle, one handed it down, and a dozen people came down in a circle. A bottle of wine is turned upside down, and then a bottle is blended with warm water. No matter how old the people present are, Russians really cannot live without alcohol and tobacco. When there are few cigarettes, they also smoke half and give the other half to another person. After alcohol blending, it gets 60 degrees. A cup of 22 cups must be bottomed out. I can't stand it without food. I feel dizzy after drinking, and the Russians are fine. They drink a glass of wine, take a piece of frozen bread and put it under their noses to smell or take a bite. This is just an appetizer. Some people actually sip wine directly. This is the first time I have felt the Russian spirit of drinking. I had a terrible headache the next day, but the Russians should work as if nothing had happened. I really don't understand. Are their stomachs and livers made of iron? Since then, I have never drunk "Baya Lesnik". Later, I heard that Il Kuske drank this wine and killed dozens of people, only to know that this wine was used by Russians to sweat after drinking it in Russian sauna.
There is an interesting thing to show. In the 1990s, when Tianfu Coke went to Russia (Soviet Union) to build a branch factory, the Russian side sent a high-standard reception group to meet Chinese personnel at the airport and stopped the car halfway. Russian personnel took out vodka from the car, and asked Chinese personnel to drink it first! No food, no drunk driving, and the result is almost that Russia is drinking! At that time, Russia was still a planned economy, and vodka was limited. This time it was a special reception wine.
The temperature of Russians is always 2.5℃ higher than ours, because they are not bleeding, but 40% vodka.
1. Alcohol gives life to Russia.
Russians believe in God, but they don't think that the beginning of heaven and earth is chaos, at least there is vodka in chaos. In this extremely cold world, all life comes from vodka and everything belongs to vodka. So vodka means "water of life" in Russian.
This wine is not sweet, astringent or bitter at the entrance, but it is just as exciting as a flame, with a very high degree. It is the first drink that Russians love to the bone and a well-deserved national wine.
The most popular toast in Russia is "to health!" For your health, you must drink more. According to statistics, Russians consume an average of 15 kg of liquor per person every year, and more than150,000 people die of alcoholism or freeze to death on the roadside every year, and at least half of them drink vodka.
Because of vodka, Russians have become alcoholics, but without vodka, the Russian people can't do anything.
Russia has a vast territory and a sparse population. Most areas belong to the cold zone, with long and cold winters. Wine can not only make the body warm up quickly, resist the cold, but also refresh the mind and spirits. It is an indispensable good product in the war. This wine accompanied the Russians through Russian rule, the October Revolution, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and even during World War II, there was a shortage of domestic food. However, the government still insists on brewing vodka from grains and delivering it to the front line on time and accurately to ensure that soldiers can drink100g of vodka every day. After the victory of the war, Russians thought that it was vodka that gave soldiers courage, and vodka was their pride.
So far, the Russian people firmly believe that what they drink is not wine, but their soul and spirit.
Photo: The Russian old man drank three bottles of vodka.
2. Wine culture is deeply rooted.
The ancient emperors of China rewarded their ministers with high officials, such as generous salaries, gold and silver jewelry, and the highest treatment was "gold medal for avoiding death".
But in Russia, wine is also a good reward. When Peter the Great, he moved a "Medal of Free Drinking for Life" to the Minister of Meritorious Service. This medal has no gold content, because it is not made of metal, but directly branded a mark under your jaw. From then on, no matter where you go, you can drink all the wine for free as long as you look up and pat your throat.
This has always been a nation addicted to alcohol and has not changed for hundreds of years.
Photo: "Putin" brand vodka
3. Russian wine panic
At present, the life expectancy of Russian men is decreasing, only 58 years old, while that of China men is 74 years old. In addition to the short life expectancy of men, high divorce rate and declining infant health rate, a series of social problems are closely related to alcoholism. The government has long been aware of this problem, and Gorbachev promulgated the prohibition of alcohol as early as the Soviet era.
How does this make Russia, which is addicted to alcohol, survive? The water of life is gone. It's like an ordinary person walking in the desert without drinking water for three days and nights. If you put a bowl of unknown liquid in front of you, would you drink it?
The Russians gave the answer. There was really no wine to drink, so I drank cologne, shower gel, hair softener and even brake oil. Because of the cold weather, these products will also have a certain alcohol content.
This is the news that more than 60 people died in Russia after drinking bath water.
Moreover, people began to buy a lot of sugar to make wine in their own homes, and the whole domestic sugar began to be in short supply, so they could only distribute it in limited quantities after encountering a shortage.
The power of alcohol is far greater than Gorbachev imagined. At that time, there was another joke:
Russians are lining up to buy vodka,
A man can't take it anymore, he said. I'm going to the city hall to kill Gorbachev.
An hour later, he came back and continued to line up;
People asked him: Did you kill Gorbachev?
He replied: Kill him? The line over there is longer than here.
In the end, the prohibition was cancelled.
At present, there are still many people drinking in Russia, and their capacity for drinking is quite strong. But it can't be said that all Russians have drunk too much. After the media demon blew, it seems that drinking is going to ruin the country. In fact, there are many people who don't drink in Russia, and most Russians like sports very much.
Russia, a brave and lovely fighting nation, makes people appreciate and laugh.
Leave comments and coordinates, and have a drink together sometime.
I was in Kazakhstan on business and drinking with a Russian. I wonder if it's Russian. I tried to get him drunk, but I ended up drinking a few bottles of vodka and red wine. I really can't stand it. I asked my colleagues who used to drink with him how much he could drink. My colleague applied for a finger, and I said it was a catty, a bottle or a large bottle. As a result, my colleagues said that I had been drinking, and I was devastated. ...
Although our country can make wine and drink, there are not many alcoholics and few alcoholics. There is such a country in the world, which not only has more than 2 million alcoholics every year, but also drinks like water!
This country is Russia. When it comes to Russia, the first thing that many people think of must be the "fighting nation". Russians are not only tough, but also famous for drinking. Men, women and children all drink. They often carry canned wine with them, and sometimes they take a sip on the way out and stand by.
Doesn't that sound a little strange? According to statistics, there are more than 2 million alcoholics in Russia every year, and 50,000 people will suffer from alcoholism. This data is not much in our country, but it accounts for a large proportion in sparsely populated Russia.
Moreover, in Russia, people are drunk on the side of the road every day because of drinking too much. Walking on the streets of Russia, you can also see many drunken people.
Seeing this, you can't help wondering why Russians love drinking so much. Is it because the wine tastes good? In fact, Russians love drinking not because it tastes good, but because it has become a habit. Drinking is like drinking water, so there are so many alcoholics.
Moreover, the weather in Russia is cold, and in order to keep warm, they will choose to drink.
Because there are too many drunkards in Russia, the government has no choice but to introduce a wonderful regulation, that is, to set up a "hangover station." As the name implies, the sober-up station is for those drunkards to sober up. There are special policemen and nurses in the sober-up station to help the drunk take a bath and change clothes.
Although there are sober-up stations everywhere in Russia, it is really visual, and collective sober-up is really exciting! But for such a country where men, women and children drink daily, it still seems a bit insufficient. These drunkards will not change their drinking habits because of the hangover station.
The poor in Russia can't afford to buy alcohol, so they can only find some alcohol substitutes to meet their own needs.
What are the alternatives? Attention! Attention! You can't imagine.
... shower gel, antifreeze, cologne, aftershave, window cleaner, car antifreeze, rose water (розоваявода) and even medical glue!
What is the market size of this thing? According to the survey, the consumption of Russian alcohol substitutes accounts for 20% of the country's alcohol market.
That is to say, this product is not used for bathing at all, but a medicine extracted from plants or a chemical with an extract. Of course, the extract here is high-concentration alcohol. In China, there are many similar things, such as drinking alcohol, that is, using drugs containing ingredients for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis in alcohol.
Drinking bath water can be imagined as drinking wine directly.
The use of alcoholic products is not a recent problem. XXX said that 90% of alcoholic drugs sold in pharmacies, such as shower gel and liniment for external use, are used for drinking.
In 20 16, Russia sold nearly136,000 bottles of various kinds of this bath liquid, that is to say, 90%- almost120,000 bottles were used as drinks. In 20 15 years, the brand sold nearly 20 million bottles of shower gel.
Generally, a bottle of bath lotion (30ml) costs about 25 rubles (about RMB 2.7 yuan), but there are more affordable ways. For example, this "killing bath" is about 25 ml, but each batch is about 5.5 rubles (6 cents). If the bath is balanced to the level of vodka, it is equivalent to 150g vodka. That is to say, if you buy an ordinary bottle of vodka, the cheapest bottle will cost nearly 185 rubles (about RMB 20 yuan), while if you replace it with the same level of bass, the price will only be 55.5 rubles (about RMB 6 yuan).
These poor people have no more money to buy vodka, so they can only get a little pleasure in this way. From selling nearly 20 million bottles of this bath every year (20 15), we can see how many people at the bottom are willing to harm their health in order to spend less money. You know, in China, even medical alcohol is absolutely not drunk!
In China, the price of a bottle of 52 Erguotou is 300ml/3.5 yuan, which means that a bottle of vodka can be bought in China only by 3.5 yuan, which is cheaper than drinking bath lotion in Russia.
Generally, these baths contain a lot of chemicals besides alcohol, which will do great harm to human body. If you eat these things for a long time, it will cause serious health problems. On the other hand, the Russian government forbids private brewing (самогон). Once a fine is found out, it will be jail time. Ordinary families have no conditions to make private brewing, so the poor who have no choice can only get a little poor pleasure in this way. Do you think they all want to take a bath? But there is really no way out, so we have to do it. Like ordinary people, family members can try to bribe doctors to issue certificates and buy some medical alcohol and water to drink. Although medical alcohol is not a good thing, it contains many ethers and aldehydes other than alcohol. Long-term use will lead to serious health problems, but it is better than drinking bath liquid. But the poor can't afford to bribe doctors, or even inferior wine such as medical alcohol.
According to the latest news, this bath has killed 7 1 person, because these people thought it contained ethanol as before, but this time it was replaced by methanol. These people didn't expect that, because they were used to it before, they bought it and poured it directly into their mouths. It turned out to be methanol this time. ....
More than 20% of the people who died in Russia in recent ten years died of various accidents caused by alcoholism, many of them died of methanol poisoning, because eating industrial alcohol by mistake led to blindness, and many people's brains were burnt out.
Poor people usually secretly go to pharmacies or small supermarkets to buy shower gel. I personally saw a poor Russian enter a small shop next to the station, bought five bottles of shower gel for 150 rubles, and then began to drink in the street. I asked the shop assistant what it was, and he said it was a shower gel, containing 75% alcohol, but I didn't say much, because it was generally not allowed to be sold. While waiting for the bus, we watched the old man finish five bottles of shower gel, and then sat in the snow and cried. It's very loud I don't know why, it looked painful, but we didn't go up to help him because we knew we couldn't. The problem lies in this country.
There are too many poor people like Russia ... behind the glamour of this country, you have no idea how these people lived and died.
Passers-by are often stopped by some people in the street, asking for a dozen or twenty rubles to take a bus. Most of them want to buy a bottle of bath water to drink. Drink in the shower!
A bottle of shower gel costs 30 rubles. It tastes terrible, strong, full of wine and bitter taste, but you don't know how many people in Russia consume it every year.
A Russian friend told me a story. His neighbor's grandfather likes it very much and needs to drink four bottles of high-concentration alcohol to take a bath every day. Later, his family advised him that he could not buy normal vodka for him to drink. He said if he didn't drink, the degree was too low. Later, he died before he was 60 because he drank too much bath water. When he died, he could hardly speak because of long-term bathing, and he forgot the name of the famous family, but he still asked for a bath every day.
Some people are curious, why does Russia restrict such alcoholic products so much? I think the main reason is that economic degradation has caused many people at the bottom to lose their jobs. Many people have no choice but to drink after losing their jobs (there are really many at the bottom). Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia's real economy has been deteriorating. In the past, the Soviet Union and various tariff protection policies developed their own industries. Therefore, even if the product quality and style are not good-looking, it can still be used. Although these domestic industries are inefficient, they have solved the employment problem of a large number of laborers. Like Volga, Rada, Moscow, Red October Chocolate and Kiev Camera (the Soviet Union used to be the second largest camera producer in the world), each brand has solved the employment of tens of thousands of laborers. And these poor people now were all workers with proper jobs at that time, but after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there was nothing. I will talk about the specific reasons later. My good Russian friend said, "всоветскоевремя, увсе"
(The last night when the Soviet flag hung in the Kremlin)
However, because many people started drinking, the government had to raise the tax rate on alcoholic products, which made the poor people unable to afford even a bottle of vodka. In the end, they had no choice but to find some substitutes for alcohol. Do you think they want to drink it themselves? No, they were also forced to go this way. Not just them.
Bath, a favorite alcohol substitute for the poor in Russia.
Vovski is a 24-year-old international student. I studied Russian at school for a few days, so my unit appointed me as a life guide for Russian students. To tell the truth, my Russian level is limited to the simple language of life. I have seen the Chinese version of Silent Tang and Chekhov, and that's all.
Vovski and I had drinks twice. Once, he went home with his girlfriend Leah to discuss giving him extra points in the final exam. After communicating with other teachers, the effect is ideal. As Leah is at home, considering the current harmonious Sino-Russian relations, I took out a bottle of Volga blue bottle made in Sweden.
It was winter at that time, and the warm temperature at home was half hot but not hot, so I needed to wear sweaters and pants. Vovski and Leah are also wearing down jackets. They took off their coats when they saw vodka. It was just a thin shirt they wore in summer. They can't help thinking: these little people are in good shape.
In order to make the best of the friendship of the landlord, according to the etiquette of China people, it is too boring to entertain guests without eating and drinking, so we go to the kitchen to scramble eggs with peanuts or something. This kung fu is only about 20 minutes. Food into the living room, a bottle of wine only an empty bottle, two people are talking to each other.
In my panic, I went to look for wine again and took out rum and gin. After they filled it, they drank it at once. (Two glasses), they gave me a look at my buddy, and then they chattered, as if to say that Liya was confused with a buddy in Vovski. Leah criticized Vovski for flirting with her best friend. ...
It turns out that things between men and women in the world are so unclear.
Then, the two began to sing together, and then they burst into tears and kissed each other. ...
Vovski and Joe drank beer for the second time at this year's graduation dinner for foreign students. After drinking for a while, Joe Vovski came over and told me that he would come to my house to drink that pirate rum. I decisively refused without thinking.
Mainly a few bottles of foreign wine hidden at home, which he and Liya drank last time. ...
That time I was drunk for three days, and I vomited when I drank water. The next day, they were full of energy and radiant.
It's also because of my timidity.
I stayed in Russia for a year, and there was no one who didn't drink except children. Sometimes you meet an alcoholic in the shop and he won't let you go. You only need to spend dozens of rubles to buy him a bottle of wine, and he will sing for you. Very interesting. Once I went to the lake, I saw two Russian girls building their own tents and carrying six cases of beer from the car. A colleague said that girls here can drink more than men and fight like bears.