Bormotukha (Russian бормотуха) and chernila (literally ink) were colloquial names for cheap flavored fortified wines, commonly named "port wine" or "vermouth", that were produced in the Soviet Union.[1][2][3] Examples of bormotukha were Agdam (named after a city in Azerbaijan)[4] Solntsedar[5] and Port wine 777 (colloquially called "Three Axes").[2]
During Gorbachyov's anti-alcohol campaign, production of legal bormotukha brands stopped, and the corresponding brands didn't recover.[6]
In 2010 a Russian businessman tried to register the trademark "Solntsedar". The application was rejected with the rationale: "The applied designation reproduces the name of a cheap surrogate alcoholic drink, widespread in the USSR from the late 50s to the mid-80s, which received a household name as an image and sign of the era of stagnation, and therefore registration of this designation as a trademark will be contrary to public interests."[5]
In Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko declared production of beer to be an element of "national food security", because beer "pulls people away from drinking bormotukha and hard liquors".[7]
See also edit
- Jabol, Polish equivalent
References edit
- ^ Zemtsov, Ilya. Encyclopedia of Soviet life - Google Book Search. ISBN 978-1-4128-2256-5. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ a b ВЕЩИ ЭПОХИ : «Три топорика» (портвейн «777»)
- ^ СУРРОГАТЫ АЛКОГОЛЯ. Ч. IV, Dzen.ru, October 15, 2019
- ^ Levin, Gregory Moiseyevich (2006). Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanist ... - Google Book Search. ISBN 978-0-9649497-6-8. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ a b Самый убийственный алкоголь в СССР — из алжирского винограда: «Термоядерный удар под названием…» Солнцедар!, Sport24, October 2023
- ^ "Gorbachev and his revolution - Google Book Search". Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ Лукашенко объявил пиво элементом национальной безопасности