This is the typical BS.
[Edit] Are you expecting Zhukov, the top Russian commander, to drink vodka where it is not appropriate?
I couldn't stop be amused at how much Westerners' image of the world is distorted.
[Edit] Are you expecting Zhukov, the top Russian commander, to drink vodka where it is not appropriate?
I couldn't stop be amused at how much Westerners' image of the world is distorted.
Did you mean to point out that "drinking vodka in public is always appropriate" or that "anytime the top soviet commander drank vodka it was a public event"? Or something else entirely?
Zhukov couldn't drink Coke when others drink vodka. For one thing, vodka is not consumed from individual bottles; the same bottle is shared. Second, it is considered impolite to drink and do not offer it to the guest.
Zhukov may have had an idea of introducing Coke as a popular drink, but Stalin wouldn't allow it. Stalin knew that colour is not important; essence (and origin) is.
Thats the only reason why i brought ip up..okay the Wikipedia entry might be inaccurate, but am i to judge that ?