Birthday of Russian vodka

January 31, Wednesday

Birthday of Russian vodka
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The event that caused the informal establishment of the birthday of vodka took place on January 31, 1865. On this day in St. Petersburg, Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev defended his famous doctoral dissertation "On the combination of alcohol with water", on which he worked in 1863-1864. The dissertation is kept in the museum of the great scientist - at St. Petersburg State University.

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