This book is about six years from the five hundred-year history of Russian vodka, which fell on the years of reign in the USSR M.S. Gorbachev. This short segment was full of epoch-making events. Among them is the introduction of Prohibition in 1985. It is believed that it was he who led to the popular riot of 1991, followed by the collapse of the USSR, the coming to power of B.N. Yeltsin, the creation of a mafia "family," and the foundation was laid for today's breathtaking corruption.