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Vodka is a strong alcoholic drink with main components is ethanol spirit (appropriate 40 percents) and specially prepared water (~60%). But if you just mix your ethanol spirit with water in the appropriate proportions you get a diluted spirit – not vodka (Russian sometimes drink same mix owing it’s cheaper and in other reasons).

There you see one of famous and wide known brands of Russian vodka and some meal to snack and drinks to wash up

In the way to gain real vodka it’s required to conduct a special complicated process on the special distillery.

It’s also Russian home-made alcohol called SAMOGON – something amidst vodka and whiskey. Samogon can be very strong almost like a spirit is. Some prefer it up to 60%. Wow!!!

By the way some people in Russia even can drink pure spirit with no washing it down nor having a snack (I new some of same guys from medical stuff and some men of arms).