Every time I want to take a break from comparing Tsarist Russia and the Stalinist USSR, some other “brilliant” comment appears in which it is asserted with aplomb that the Bolsheviks ate children and dreamed of, say, extinguishing the Sun. And again you have to roll up your sleeves.

Even taking into account the fact that for tsarist Russia mortality is given only in 50 European provinces, and for the USSR it is taken all mortality, including Siberia and the Far East (where it is significantly higher than in the European part), in 1940 it was still lower than when trend 1906-1913 - 18 versus 20. (I'm already silent about comparing absolute indicators.)

You may think that this is not such a big gap. I recommend taking the population of the USSR and calculating how much it is lives saved. For 1940 alone, it turns out 194,100,000 / 1,000 * (20 - 18) = 388,200 people. And this is still an underestimated number (see all caveats above).

As I said, "liberals" often howl about mythical "millions" destroyed by Stalin (and now the “nationalist” howl about the soldering of the Russian people by “burry Bolsheviks” has also joined them). But never talk about real millions saved thanks to the Bolsheviks.

Who benefits from soldering the population. Our government unequivocally confirms the conclusions made in the article by its actions.

Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rosalkogolregulirovanie to think about changes that can be made to the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to strengthen the administrative liability for illegal circulation of tobacco and alcohol products.

What, the money is running out? Need to replenish your pocket? The sale of alcohol is one of the main sources of state income. We can’t produce anything else, we can only sell natural resources. The fact that the nation is dying out, our rulers seem to spit from the high bell tower.

The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and Rosalkogolregulirovanie will also have to jointly work out the issue of freezing orlowering the level of excises on alcohol and tobacco starting in 2015 and, in addition, assess the health and tax implications of such a decision.

Let's lower the price - let them drink more. Russia already has the cheapest vodka and cigarettes. At one time, excises were raised, which seems to be logical in the current situation. But, apparently, the uncles from the alcohol mafia shook their fingers and everything returns to normal. Drink a man all you like, give birth to freaks. Free up living space for crowds of migrants. Energetic (because non-drinking) Muslims benefit from this scenario.

There is no need to conquer anyone, and terrorist attacks are also useless. Russians are dying anyway. All these suicide bombers are no match for our "rulers", who doom millions of people to death by one decree. Don't they understand? Yes, everyone understands, tea is not fools. Just $$ in the eyes block and shame, and conscience, and morality.

The Prime Minister also instructed the Ministry of Health, Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, together with the federal executive authorities, to think aboutharmonization of the requirements of states in the field of combating tobacco smoking and alcoholization of the population and, if necessary, submit proposals to the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Killed the expression "harmonization of requirements." What nah harmonization?? Has the roof come off completely? It is not necessary to harmonize, but to ban alcohol and tobacco. And right now, before it's too late. By encouraging the sale of cheap vodka and cigarettes, they are hurting future generations, don't you understand? The fact that they will try to ban the illegal production of alcohol is a drop in the ocean, which will immediately be replaced by megaliters of "legal" swill. From its legality, vodka does not become less poisonous.

February 17, 2014 | 07:23

Nothing hypocritical. The state monopoly on the sale of alcohol is a common thing. The moonshiner violates it and therefore is subjected to persecution. Try, say, in the same Finland to arrange a distillery on a farm - just find yourself on a zugunder. And in Russia the same. Well, for internal needs, it seems like it’s possible, but for an excise-free sale they will take it by the collar. Practice shows that they don’t drive very fast - it’s easier to buy. I personally drove in Gorbachev's times. It is understandable: why will I choke myself in lines for bad vodka, if it is better to spend this time not making an excellent pervatch "a? They will retire, it would be necessary to revive production ...

Nothing hypocritical, you say!!??

And the statements "Residents of the metropolitan area do not remain indifferent to the problem of drunkenness" ??

The people are being told that this is how they will fight drunkenness by handing over moonshiners.
I will translate from Belarusian:
The authorities need a reason and justification. So they came up with it - drunkenness.
And the fact that hundreds of people in Belarus die every year from ethyl alcohol is a trifle for them.

to legalize the capture of moonshiners ...
will come up with something else tomorrow
for example, smoking is bad, so cut down all self-garden in the villages ... and increase the price of cigarettes ...

vlaantvomulg February 17, 2014 | 14:13

And what's wrong with catching moonshiners? In many countries this business is banned. Including in those recognized as democratic, say, in the Finland I mentioned, and no one reproaches the Finns for this. Of course, you don’t like this, since you drive moonshine for sale. I sincerely sympathize with you, because in Gorbachev's times I myself dabbled with mash. True, I drove for my own consumption.

My post is not about moonshine recipes.
My post is about hypocrisy.

If the authorities come up with a pretext for "drunkenness" to catch moonshiners, then this is hypocrisy, because the very same authorities give the people cheap ethyl alcohol to drink, from which people die.

vlaantvomulg February 18, 2014 | 19:20

Nothing like this! I tried Belarusian vodka - great product! Emerald buzz after two bottles. And hangovers aren't that bad. Trust the old drunk. And a greedy moonshiner can stir up such a "haze" that it won't seem enough in the morning. Others even insist on chicken droppings with the addition of shag - the mind is knocked off the glass.
And what the state gesheft has from excise taxes is no secret to anyone. It's always been that way. And here there is a contradiction between the two state interests. On the one hand, it is necessary to have sober citizens who pay taxes, on the other hand, to replenish the treasury. I suppose this is not the area where you can find fault with Luka. If there is a set of laws and regulations, they must be respected. They may not be to everyone's liking, but they must be followed until others are adopted. Otherwise it will be a mess.

There won't be a mess, it's already there.
Belarusian vodka is good, but there is shit.
If there is a good one, it does not mean that there is no bad one (diluted alcohol tastes like millet). This is the first.
Secondly, there are no contradictions in the state. Do not try on your holey Russian hat for Belarus. In Belarus, there is a monopoly on the sale of alcohol, and left-handed sales, no matter how ideal the quality of moonshine, is income not for the treasury.
You can put an end to this.

vlaantvomulg February 19, 2014 | 12:33

Russia does not have a hat full of holes, but rather tattered trousers.
There is a conflict of state interests. Get rid of the specifics, no matter how difficult it is for you. Do not specifically consider Belarus, Russia, Ukraine or Sweden. The contradiction is obvious: sober citizens will not bring excise revenues to the treasury. This is harm. But drunken citizens, having replenished the treasury, will harm the state elsewhere. Therefore, this contradiction is solved differently in different countries. The balance of drunkenness and sobriety, so to speak. For example, in the Scandinavian countries, the rules and laws are not set in favor of sobriety. Alcohol is unthinkably expensive and its availability is limited. There is no such thing in Russia. There is more, paradoxical as it may seem, freedom, freedom of choice: I myself can choose between "drinking" and "not drinking." And this creates a stereotype: Russians are all drunks. In fact, it turns out that the Germans, Danes or Scots lap up more than ours, and drunk Finns in St. Petersburg have become a byword.
Now tell me, if Lukashenka establishes rules and laws regarding alcohol, similar to the laws in democratically recognized Scandinavian countries, will your attitude towards the Belarusian leader change?

\\\Now tell me, if Lukashenka establishes rules and laws regarding alcohol, similar to the laws in democratically recognized Scandinavian countries, will your attitude towards the Belarusian leader change?\\\

In Western countries, they are really fighting alcoholism, and not a ban on moonshine. In Germany, in particular, they are registered, they are paid money as if they were sick, etc.

In Belarus, consumerism prevails over civilization and humanity
The people are trash for the president. He himself is from the cattle, he cannot think differently. And why?
Influencing Lukashenka is like milking a goat.

HISTORY OF RUSSIA'S SOLDERING

Arise, Russian man! Stop being crazy! Enough! It is enough to drink a bitter cup full of poison - both for you and for Russia!

Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt

The information war and increased soldering of our Russians led to the fact that most of them really believed in that. that Russians have always been drinking, and do not even suspect that Russia has traditionally been one of the most sober countries in the world.

In accordance with the beliefs of the Slavs, their only alcoholic drink was Suritsa - an infusion of medicinal herbs in spring water with honey, fermented under the rays of the Sun. Its strength was 2-3 degrees. In fact, it was a balm that restores male power. Suritsa was allowed to drink 2 times a year, and even then not for everyone. On the days of the celebrations of the spring and autumn equinoxes, men who have reached the age of 32 and have at least 9 children were allowed to drink one cup of Suritsa. For men who have reached the age of 48 and have at least 16 children, Magus or Rodan solemnly offered one more cup. This norm has been observed in Russia since time immemorial. It should be noted that no one even thought of bringing a cup (even such a low-alcohol drink) to a woman!

During the time of Christianization, our ancestors first became acquainted with wine communion. Not only men, but also women and children. The mechanism of "inoculation" of alcohol dependence at the baptism of a child exactly corresponds to all the laws of neurolinguistic programming of the psyche. Scientists emphasize the fact that even a teaspoon of wine drunk by an infant causes a future predisposition to alcohol. And the church "Cahors" is not 2-3 degrees, like Suritsa's. and all 1 b!1

Prince Vladimir quickly became an alcoholic (for his red complexion he was nicknamed "Red Sun"), and began to actively contribute to the soldering of his people. Getting drunk in the church (and communion is often performed), it was possible to “add” in a tavern (tavern), which was located, as a rule, nearby. Wine drinking of Russians seemed to some people not enough, and since 1552, Ivan the Terrible in Russia first opened the Tsar's tavern for guardsmen, and then for all the people, where they sold not 16-degree wine, but 40-degree vodka!

The German Catherine II opened such a number of taverns in Russia that a third of all receipts to the state treasury came from the profits from the sale of alcohol. To the question of Princess Dashkova: “Your Majesty, why are you drinking the Russian people?” Catherine II cynically declared: “Drunken people are easier to manage!”

This explanation is the main reason for the drinking of Russia: DRUNK PEOPLE IS EASIER TO RULE! But what about the people themselves? Did he quickly become a herd? It turns out not! Fought to the last! The first wave of anti-alcohol riots took place in 1858-1860. Writer and historian NA. Dobrolyubov wrote: "Hundreds of thousands of people in some 5-6 months, without any preliminary excitement and proclamations, in different parts of the vast kingdom refused vodka." The people not only refused vodka, but also smashed the taverns and taverns of fusel poison traders. In 1858 alone, more than 110,000 peasants alone were thrown into prison for the boycott of alcohol and the defeat of taverns (not counting representatives of other social strata of society). What a bitter irony of fate! Our great-grandfathers went to prison only because they wanted to protect their children from alcoholic liquor, and their descendants are now proud that they drink vodka in glasses, and have already come to believe that Russians have always been a drinking people.

The second wave of the temperance movement swept across Russia in 1885. Sobriety societies began to form. One of them was called "Consent against drunkenness." It was led by L.N. Tolstoy, from whose pen came such works as "It's time to come to your senses", "Why do people get intoxicated?", "God or Mammon?", "To young people." In May 1885, under pressure from public opinion, the tsarist government was forced to issue a law “On granting rural communities the right to close taverns within their territories” (!). Tens of thousands of rural communities immediately took advantage of this right. However, in the first decade of the 20th century the situation worsened. Here is what he wrote in 1912. I. A. Rodionov in the article “Is it really death” regarding the financial policy of the tsarist government, which uses alcohol as one of the most important sources of income:

“Is it possible in a state in the age of the heyday of liberalism and humanitarian ideas to make the all-enduring axis of state financial policy people's drunkenness - the most disgusting vice that ruins, corrupts and literally kills the Russian people!

Not only is this horror allowed, for this historical sin, the equal of which is not recorded on the tablets of history, the government clings to it as the most reliable anchor of salvation. The great country, as if possessed by legions of devils, is beating in frenzied convulsions and the whole village life has turned into one continuous drunken bloody nightmare, and the government, like an unclean player with her back against the wall, declares before the representatives of the people that he does not have sufficient data to accurately establish excessive consumption the people of vodka, it does not find that the people are ruined through the tavern and drink themselves from the circle!

This was the third wave of the temperance movement in Russia. At the same time, our compatriots sounded the alarm at the production and consumption of absolute alcohol per capita of less than 3 liters per year! By 1914, this figure had reached an unheard-of level for drunken Tsarist Russia - 4.14 liters per year. In 1914, Prohibition was passed in Russia, and the production and consumption of alcohol were reduced to almost zero: less than 0.2 liters per person per year. This dry law existed in Russia for 11 years and was canceled a year and a half after Lenin's death.

In 1916, the State Duma considered the question "On the establishment of sobriety in the Russian Empire for all eternity." The arrival of a new government prevented the adoption of this law. The Soviet government supported the ban on the production of alcohol for their own safety.

On October 5, 1925, at the initiative of Bukharin (pay attention to the surname), Rykov, who was later declared an enemy of the people, signed a decree on the resumption of the wine and vodka trade. Trotsky supported prohibition, but in polemics with him, Stalin said that "we should not build communism in white gloves and refuse such a large source of income." (This is only later, in the 50s of the 20th century, Academician Strumilin will prove that each ruble received by the country from the sale of alcohol costs 3-5 rubles of loss). Thus ended the sober life in Russia. Vodka, which the people contemptuously called "rykovka", was allowed to drink in the shops, during working hours at the workplace. Moreover, the factories kept an additional staff of workers to replace the drunk! Up to 3 days a month it was allowed to walk during drinking bouts!

The results were not long in coming. The total production of marriage began, the failure to fulfill plans, absenteeism, the decomposition of production, trade union and government personnel. In 1927 alone, more than 500,000 people died or were seriously injured in drunken brawls. The people couldn't take it anymore. The fourth wave of the temperance movement swept across the country. In 1928, the "Society for the Fight against Alcoholism" was created, and the journal "Sobriety and Culture" was established.

In 1929 serious anti-alcohol laws were passed. Schoolchildren staged rallies and demonstrations. On paydays, they picketed the checkpoints of factories and factories with placards: “Daddy, bring the pay home!”. "Down with the wine shelf, give the bookshelf!". "We demand sober fathers!" This has had a tangible effect. The state has reduced the production of alcoholic beverages. Liquor stores began to close. On the pages of Izvestia, M. Krzhizhanovsky stated that "in the second five-year plan, it is proposed not to plan the production of alcoholic products at all."

The fourth attempt of the people to throw off the alcohol yoke ended by 1933 with the abolition of the Society for the Fight against Alcoholism, the closure of the journal Sobriety and Culture, whose position on the pages of the central press was called "narrowly sober, not corresponding to the originality of the current moment." The organizers and activists of the anti-alcohol movement were repressed and sent to jail. By the beginning of World War II, Russians were drinking about 1.9 liters of absolute alcohol per capita per year. During the war, “People's Commissar's” 100 grams appeared at the front, but alcohol consumption in the country fell sharply and reached the level of 1.1 liters per year only in 1952. After the death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the country flew into the alcohol abyss. During the times of Khrushchev and Brezhnev, who themselves were great drinkers, Gosplan was constantly laying the foundation for more and more alcohol production. In order to divert people's minds from their abuse of power, party leaders began to actively solder the people, and by 1980 the production of alcohol in Russia reached 11 liters of pure alcohol per capita per year. three times the alcohol consumption of the 20 most drunken countries in the world (the average consumption of the most drinking countries is 4 liters of pure alcohol per person per year). In 1980, 7.8 times more alcoholic products were sold to the population than in 1940, despite the fact that the population increased only 1.36 times.

In 1985, anti-alcohol regulations were adopted in our country, and in two years the volume of production and sales of alcohol decreased by 2.5 times. In order to turn the people against this decree, in some areas they began to cut down vineyards (instead of giving grapes to children), ostensibly in support of the teetotal policy. In 1988, forces hostile to the policy of sobering up came to power in Russia and launched a campaign of unprecedented drunkenness of the people. Thus ended the fifth attempt to return a sober lifestyle to Russia. In 2000, according to official data, the country produced 18.5 liters of pure alcohol per capita, not counting the large amount of wine and vodka products imported to Russia from other countries.

According to the World Health Organization, with the consumption of 8 liters of alcohol per year per capita, the irreversible extinction of the ethnic group begins. The increase in sales of alcoholic products led to a decrease in the birth rate in the country, but it increased the number of alcoholics, as well as thefts, murders, robberies and other alcohol-related crimes.