RED
ARMY VODKA
Short
Historical Background
In 1917, a small band of exiled Russian
citizens changed the face of their nation and the course of world
history. These were the young, proud men of the famous Red Army. They
were workers, students, soldiers, bonded with a common goal. Led by only
a few, they rose up against the oppression of a Czarist Russian
government, fighting in horrific conditions. They were countrymen armed
with only two weapons. The first was their undying commitment. The
second was vodka.
From the Russian word for
"water," vodka became the lifeblood of the Red Army. Passed
out among the troops before battles, vodka gave these young men the
courage to fight and was an anesthetic for their pain. It bonded them as
brothers-in-arms in times of victory.
As Joseph Stalin rose through the ranks
of the Russian Military, he began to twist the principals on which the
Red Army was founded into a vicious hate machine. Fear replaced freedom.
A republic became a monarchy. But Stalin knew the only way to control a
country was to control its army. And to control an army, it had to be
kept happy.
According to legend, Stalin ordered the
creation of a new Russian royal vodka, but not just any vodka. Stalin
demanded a quality of vodka that was unprecedented at the time. Standard
vodkas left soldiers reeling from impurities, but this vodka was
exceptionally filtered and supremely smooth. Made from only the finest
grains under strict supervision, this ultra-premium vodka was produced
in small batches and simply labeled "Red Army."
Today, the cold war is over and the Red
Army is disbanded. As the walls of communism came down and waves of
freedom swept over the Motherland, the recipe for this secret vodka was
re-discovered. Recently, a recreation of this formula has been developed
and is being imported by Le Vecke Corporation for High Point Group, Inc.
in San Diego, California for distribution in the United States.
A vodka to commemorate the courage of men
who stood up in the face of oppression.
An uncommon vodka, for the common good.
