During the aftermath of World War II, it was common for the Politburo of the Soviet Union to conduct its affairs at resplendent dachas situated throughout the Russian countryside. On such occasions, Nikita Khrushchev and Alexander Poskrebyshev (a Red Army major general) would habitually seize Grigory Kulik (deputy people’s commissar for defense), and fling him … Continue reading Vodka as a Political Lever: Little Water Part II