HOME-DISTILLED VODKA IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETY AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE OF THE UDMURTS
The article analyses the role of home-distilled vodka in the Udmurt traditional society and contemporary life. An account of bans and permissions for the Udmurts to distil vodka at home is presented. The article demonstrates the transformation of the status of home-distilled vodka after October 1917 and in the post-Soviet period as well as the fatal consequences of this phenomenon.