Posed.the life of a Russian tavern from Ivan the terrible to Boris Yeltsin

"Russia has a fun drink that can't already be" - so said the great Prince of Kiev Vladimir Svyatoslavich in 988 to the invitation to accept Islam, which forbade the consumption of strong alcoholic drinks. Since then this phrase has often served as an argument in favor of debates over primordial Russian drinking traditions and "Russian spirit" with his prowess and immensity.
On the basis of medieval Chronicles and acts, official documents and testimonies of contemporaries, statistics, journalism, data press and literature the authors show, where, how and what our ancestors drank; as developed in Russian drinking tradition; what was "drinking policy" of the state and how to respond to her subjects - from ancient times to recent times.

The book of famous Moscow historians addressed to the General reader, as the subject in varying degrees, affects a large portion of the Russian population.