What did the leaders of Russia and other countries often use? Peter I - red wine and vodka, Nicholas II - Madeira and cognac. Stalin preferred home-made dry red and white, sometimes mixed. He called the young Georgian "Majari" "children's juice", and he liked to make his guests drink more of him. and listen to what they started talking about (and shut up). Cognac Kieslier was sent to Churchill. One day they "drank as equals", but Stalin remained seated, and Winston had to lead in his arms. Lenin drank vodka in exile because "my party does not forbid it". But more often I chose a dark beer. Napoleon drank Chambertin - the great Burgundy wine - and diluted it with ice water. A modern sommelier will kick such a customer out of the restaurant. Washington loved Madira, porter, rum and whiskey punch, often mixed together. His distillery then produced almost 11,000 liters of whiskey a year - he boasted that he had provided the young republic with more than just the constitution. Truman respected the Old Fashioned and would start the day with bourbon. Eisenhower drank Calvados, Kennedy drank Daiquiri. Brezhnev could drink bottles of Zubrovka. Yeltsin drank everything he could - but more often vodka. Churchill generally existed in his alcoholic universe - sherry before breakfast, whiskey and soda before dinner, champagne with meals, old brandy before bed. All the time - cigars and conversations until two or three in the morning. Eleanor Roosevelt wondered, “How can a man drink and smoke so much and not die? ". Margaret Thatcher could sit with her aides at night drinking whiskey and soda. The logic was perfect - gin and tonic in the middle of the night is unacceptable and forbidden, but whiskey "gives energy". George Bush preferred bourbon with beer and spirits on top. Bill Clinton loved whiskey and evening puffs - but swore he was "always a smoker, but never took a puff". Tony Blair always ended the day with whiskey or gin and tonic, then wine. Boris Johnson whipped an Italian Tignello, then told how he "just whipped him". Keir Starmer is used to pubs and drinking IPA, beers and white wine.

What did the leaders of Russia and other countries often use? Peter I - red wine and vodka, Nicholas II - Madeira and cognac. Stalin preferred home-made dry red and white, sometimes mixed. He called the young Georgian "Majari" "children's juice", and he liked to make his guests drink more of him. and listen to what they started talking about (and shut up). Cognac Kieslier was sent to Churchill. One day they "drank as equals", but Stalin remained seated, and Winston had to lead in his arms. Lenin drank vodka in exile because "my party does not forbid it". But more often I chose a dark beer. Napoleon drank Chambertin - the great Burgundy wine - and diluted it with ice water. A modern sommelier will kick such a customer out of the restaurant. Washington loved Madira, porter, rum and whiskey punch, often mixed together. His distillery then produced almost 11,000 liters of whiskey a year - he boasted that he had provided the young republic with more than just the constitution. Truman respected the Old Fashioned and would start the day with bourbon. Eisenhower drank Calvados, Kennedy drank Daiquiri. Brezhnev could drink bottles of Zubrovka. Yeltsin drank everything he could - but more often vodka. Churchill generally existed in his alcoholic universe - sherry before breakfast, whiskey and soda before dinner, champagne with meals, old brandy before bed. All the time - cigars and conversations until two or three in the morning. Eleanor Roosevelt wondered, “How can a man drink and smoke so much and not die? ". Margaret Thatcher could sit with her aides at night drinking whiskey and soda. The logic was perfect - gin and tonic in the middle of the night is unacceptable and forbidden, but whiskey "gives energy". George Bush preferred bourbon with beer and spirits on top. Bill Clinton loved whiskey and evening puffs - but swore he was "always a smoker, but never took a puff". Tony Blair always ended the day with whiskey or gin and tonic, then wine. Boris Johnson whipped an Italian Tignello, then told how he "just whipped him". Keir Starmer is used to pubs and drinking IPA, beers and white wine.