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 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (1890)A leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s until 1957, Molotov rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin. He became prime minister in 1930 and later served as foreign minister. Though he first negotiated a treaty with Hitler's Germany—the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact—after the 1941 German invasion, he worked to strengthen Soviet ties with the West. Why is the Molotov cocktail, a makeshift bomb made of a breakable container filled with flammable liquid, named for him? More...
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Hmm. In reading up on the history of the Molotov cocktail, which I think has become a sort of romanticized weapon thanks to the film industry, I discovered the existence of the Molotov bread basket. What an entertaining tale for two such deadly devices.
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Never order a Molotov cocktail from a bar. It tastes awful.
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Despite of general belief that Finns invented the Molotov cocktail it was done by Spanish in their Civil War. Finns just gave the poor man's anti-tank weapon its name.
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