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Owing their cultural traditions and historically Russians used to consume alcohol. In some period It‘s often were vodka or meads and now it’s one of the most popular Russian drinks for different reasons and occasions.

Good hot meal and snack for alcohol – shchi (cabbage soup)

As to why it’s exact vodka and strong 40 percent vodka – I think it’s because of Russian cold climate in winters. Vodka became 40%, say few decades ago, and before that it was much softer drinks like meads.

It’s even special Siberian vodka which is 45% (and few decades ago it was even 50—55%). By the way if you leave your vodka on the cold it can be broken bottle if the temperature became colder than your alcohol degrees. So, in Siberia even 40% vodka bottle can burst when it’s colder than -40C.

So when you drink strong alcohol it helps you to warm you up as well as help you to digestion of difficult-to-digest meal like meat or mushrooms.

The main reason is traditions but the traditions are settled on practice and environment.