It was a crazy time in the former Soviet Union, and especially in Russia. Everyone there drank it, and it was as Soviet as the Bolshoi Ballet, Sputnik, and dancing bears.Īnd we mean everyone in the Soviet Union drank it.īut then, in 1991 the Soviet Union suddenly broke up. So, we have no financial interest in presenting you our:Ĭomplete History of Stoli Vodka as Told by GIFsĬreated sometime around 1950, Stolichnaya vodka was an iconic brand of the Soviet Union. So, the BYGays are here to help set the record flamboyantly straight.īefore we get started, we should point out that BYT has a wonderful working relationship with Diagio, which owns rival vodka brand Smirnoff and all it’s uber-delicious Smirnoff brands.
Unfortunately, Savage and his friends couldn’t be more wrong about Stoli (which is not a Russian vodka).
One group, led by sex columnist/guy-we’d-totally-sleep-with Dan Savage is even leading a #DumpStoli boycott of Stolichnaya vodka because it is Russian. A lot of anger has been directed lately at Russian vodka due to Vladimir Putin’s horrible anti-gay laws.
