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Russian bottler uses Stalin to sell lemonade

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-29 08:52

The face of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will adorn bottles of a soft drink to go on sale next month in Russia, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported this week.

Russian bottler uses Stalin to sell lemonade

This photo taken on Octorber 7, 2009 shows a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow, Russia. [Agencies]

The Stalin drinks are part of a special batch of beverages being released to mark the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the World War II battle of Stalingrad.

The Pivovar beverage plant in Volgograd, as Stalingrad is now called, will make a limited quantity of the Stalin lemon-flavoured fizzy drink, alongside two other drinks featuring portraits of famed Soviet World War II commanders.

"All three military commanders were significant historical figures. And each of their names is closely tied with Volgograd," Pivovar chief Boris Izgarshev said.

Stalin is admired by many Russians for his role in leading the Soviet Union to victory against Nazi Germany.

AFP