“About the beer tendency and mercantile deviations”: alcohol trade in Leningrad in the 1930s. Cover Image

«О пивном уклоне и торгашеских извращениях»: торговля алкоголем в Ленинграде 1930-х гг.
“About the beer tendency and mercantile deviations”: alcohol trade in Leningrad in the 1930s.

Author(s): E. D. Tverdyukova
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Leningrad; alcohol; trade; consumption

Summary/Abstract: Article studies the issues of alcohol policy in Leningrad in the 1930s. It is shown that alcohol consumption increased during the 1930s, but the expenses on alcohol remained at the same level. Attempts to restrict availability of alcohol did not act because the financial interests of state were priority.

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 88-99
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian