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The St Petersburger*
3 Zhukovskogo Street
190000 St Petersburg Russia
Tax and company number 1047833012523
Phone: +7 (812) 272-5737
The *St Petersburger is a subsidiary to The Northerner
(founded in 1998) of Sweden with Swedish tax and company number 556559-1699.
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Russian Vodka *From Saint-Petersburg with Love*
Russian Food: Vodka
On our site we offer real Russian souvenir! It is Russian Vodka set consists of 4 vodka bottles -Special,Sinopskaya, Saint-Petersburg and Russian Balsam.
The word «vodka» has been known since the 17th century and is most likely a derivative of «voda» (water).It is thought that the drink itself, or rather its ancestor, a strong drink called aqua vitae (Latin for «water of life»), was first brought to Russia by Genoese merchants on their way to Lithuania. They travelled via Moscow, where the foreign guests had an audience with Prince Dmitry Ivanovich, called Donskoy. However, our ancestors were not much impressed with this distilled fermented grape juice. Mead and beer were more popular in Russia at the time.
Time passed and in 1429, foreign visitors brought aqua vitae to Moscow once again; this time it was served as the universal cure.As the drink was too strong, it was normally diluted with water. It is likely that the idea of diluting alcohol (that is what aqua vitae actually was) with water was the starting point for manufacturing Russian vodka that was produced from grain, which was abundant in Russia. In the 15th century the monasteries of Russia began producing grain vodka.
As early as the beginning of the 16th century «burning wine» was brought not to Russia, but from it. It was the first experience of the Russian export of vodka that later would take over the whole world.
Throughout Russian history, the manner of vodka production and sales has changed many times.In the middle of the 18th century, vodka was produced not only by state-owned distilleries, but also by land-owning aristocracy.
It is also interesting to note that home-made vodka, unlike that of the state distilleries, was mostly flavoured. During the process of making home-made vodka, the alcohol was distilled three times, water and various plant flavours were added, and then the vodka was distilled once more for the fourth time!
In Russia, the system of vodka production and sale kept changing. After the reforms, first, the excise system was introduced, then the ideas of the best way to sell bread wine were considered. Before 1885 vodka was sold only in buckets (12.3 litres); now bottles became more widespread.
In conclusion, it is necessary to say that only vodka from Russia is the true vodka.
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| Vodka *From Saint-Petersburg with Love*, 4 bottles |
500 gr (18 oz) |
£ 7.90 |
€ 11.60 |
$ 13.80 |
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