Aufsatz(elektronisch)#11986
The Soviet government and moonshine, 1917-1929
In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 359-379
Helena Stone, The Soviet government and moonshine, 1917-1929.
The article attempts to explain the epidemic of homebrewing the Soviet society experienced in the 1920's by linking the production of moonshine with the fluctuation in the grain prices and with the Soviet government's policy towards the peasants in general. Moonshine is interpreted as a byproduct of the confrontation between the peasants and the government.