The fall of governments is not established by temporal proximity to alcohol restrictions. National stereotypes, anecdotal quantities and 2017-era statistics are not current evidence.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Russia
Courtly coercion and alcohol revenue are used to interpret relations between rulers and drinking, including the 1914 ban.
chap. 17, “Russia”
chap. 17, “Russia”
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Evidence
Courtly coercion and alcohol revenue are used to interpret relations between rulers and drinking, including the 1914 ban.
Location and context
Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 17, “Russia”. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
The fall of governments is not established by temporal proximity to alcohol restrictions. National stereotypes, anecdotal quantities and 2017-era statistics are not current evidence.
Verification
Faithful attribution checked; historical truth not thereby established.