Stolichnaya
Stolichnaya () is a vodka made of wheat and rye grain. It originated in the Soviet Union in 1938. There are two versions of the vodka: the version found outside Russia is made in Latvia, while the version found inside Russia is made there. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the ownership of Stolichnaya has been disputed between the Russian state-owned company FKP Soyuzplodoimport and SPI Group, a private company chartered in Luxembourg. SPI Group have sold their version as Stoli since 2022.
Key facts
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- File:Anchorage Alaska Museum Russia Exhibit - Stolichnaya vodka.jpg
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- Bottles of Stolichnaya vodka
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- Vodka
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- 40%
- Beverage.proof
- 80
- Beverage.manufacturer
- FKP Soyuzplodoimport SPI Group in Riga, Latvia
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- Soyuzplodoimport SPI Group
- Beverage.origin
- Russia
- Beverage.variants
- Stolichnaya ElitStolichnaya Flavoured Premium vodka
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- List of vodkas
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Name and logo
- Production process
- History
- Trademark ownership and production rights
- Russia
- Austria
- Benelux
- Other European states
- United States
- Varieties
- Marketing
- 2013 boycott
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Stolichnaya () is a vodka made of wheat and rye grain. It originated in the Soviet Union in 1938. There are two versions of the vodka: the version found outside Russia is made in Latvia, while the version found inside Russia is made there. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the ownership of Stolichnaya has been disputed between the Russian state-owned company FKP Soyuzplodoimport and SPI Group, a private company chartered in Luxembourg. SPI Group have sold their version as Stoli since 2022.
==Name and logo== The name Stolichnaya is pronounced in Russian . The word is the adjectival form of столица (stolitsa), meaning "capital city". The Soyuzplodoimport bottle label features the words "Stolichnaya Vodka" in gold cursive script over a drawing of a Moscow landmark, the recently rebuilt Hotel Moskva.