The King of Vodka (40 page)

prohibition and, 277

renamed Leningrad, 309

renamed Petrograd, 275–76

Smirnov operations in, 157–58

unrest and riots in, 237–38, 269–70, 272, 281–85

Vladimir's new life in, 254–60

vodka monopoly and, 170, 206

serfs emancipation of, 32–33, 51, 54, 55, 71–72, 113, 114, 138, 235

self-made moguls as former, 56–57, 191

self-ransom of, xxii, 8, 9, 11, 14

Smirnov's background as, xix, xx, 5, 56

status and life of, xix, xx, 5–9, 14, 17, 29

vodka boycott by, 46–47

Sergey Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke, 239

Sergiyev Posad, 19–20

Shards
(magazine), xxvi, 124–26

Shchukin, Pyotr, 101

Shchukin, Sergey, 102, 310

Shekhobalov, Aleksey, 57

Shekhtel, Fyodor, 207

Sheremetev, Dmitriy, 30

Sheremetev, Nikolay, 28–30

Shkuro, Andrey, 300

Shtriter, Aleksander, 64, 68, 122

Shukhov, Vladimir, 173

Shustov vodka, xxv, 124, 267, 268

Sipyagin, Dmitriy, 218

Skripitsyn family, 7

Skriptisyn, Mikhail, 9–10

Smirnoff vodka, 309, 313, 316, 318–25

annual sales of, 330

label of, 322, 323, 333, 336

Smirnov descendants and, 332–33, 335–37

U.S. rights to, 321–24, 327–30

Smirnov, Aleksey Petrovich (son), xxix, 192, 207–8, 220, 232, 252–53, 278, 301, 335

Bolshevik regime and, 290

death of, 308

guardian of, 209, 223–24

Smirnov, Andrey, 336, 337

Smirnov, Arseniy (father), 7–8, 11–16, 27–28, 58, 68, 88, 91

death of, 104–5

merchant license and, 35–36, 39–44, 47–50, 52, 53

religious icon of, 143–44

self-ransom of, 33

Smirnov, Arseniy Petrovich (Pyotr Petrovich's son), 265, 266, 267, 268–69, 279, 330

Smirnov, Boris (Aleksey's great-grandson), 86, 335–37

Smirnov, Boris (Pyotr Petrovich's grandson), 288, 290, 293, 314, 315, 332, 336

Smirnov, Dmitriy Venediktovich (cousin), 206, 228–29, 230

Smirnov, Grigoriy (uncle), 9–15, 26, 43, 61, 86

Smirnov, Ivan (uncle), 14, 16, 22–27, 36, 43, 48, 68, 73, 82, 90, 91, 93

Smirnov, Nikolay Petrovich (son), xxiv, 135, 221

birth of, 86–87

Bolshevik takeover and, 301, 308–9

father's will and, 192, 197, 208n, 219–20

guardianship of, 229–30, 253–54, 279

lifestyle of, xxix, 207, 209–10, 255–60

marriages of, 190, 208, 226, 253–54

problems of, 160–61, 207, 225–30, 232, 243–44

Smirnov business and, 190, 205–6, 223–24, 225, 244, 322, 332

Smirnov, Nikolay Venediktovich (cousin), 61, 160, 197, 206, 230, 253

Smirnov, Oleg (Sergey's son), 211, 252, 277, 332, 333, 335

Smirnov, Pyotr (Arseniy Petrovich's son), 330

Smirnov, Pyotr Arsenievich achievements of, xxiii, 129–32, 178

aging of, 156–57, 191

ambition of, 14–15, 27, 56–57, 62–65

aristocratic lifestyle of, 102

awards and honors of, xxiii, 72, 92, 103–4, 128, 129, 130, 131–32, 143, 159, 175, 187, 251, 266

background of, xix, xx, xxii, 5–6, 7

birth and youth of, xx, xxii, 4–6, 11–22, 56

business instincts of, xxii–xxiii, xxvi, 13, 59–61, 69–70, 74–78, 159–60, 163–64

children of.
See specific names

commemorations of, 196–97

death and funeral of, xvii–xix, xxiii–xxiv, xxix, 49, 195–97, 204

deaths in family and, 30, 48–49, 78, 87–91, 104–5

first wine cellar of, 49–50

icon collection of, xxii, 143–44, 295

image cultivation by, 50, 70–71, 73, 79, 142–43

legacy of, 179, 192, 325

mansion of.
See
Cast Iron

Bridge mansion merchant license of, 52

move to Moscow by, 17–31

personal traits of, xx, 25, 27, 36, 61, 71, 88, 102, 142, 158

philanthropies of, 70–72, 90, 96, 128, 132–33, 143, 166–67, 179, 180, 189

Purveyor to the Court title and, xxiii, 62–65, 68, 70, 128, 129–36, 142, 159–60, 175, 187–88, 267, 336

religious devotion of, xxii, xxiv, 6, 49, 61, 142, 143–44, 145, 166–67, 184–85

respectability of, xix, xxviii, 50, 67–68, 102, 106, 126

social unrest and, 106–8

surname acquired by, 6

vodka empire of.
See
Smirnov

Trading House wealth of, xxii–xxiii, 78, 93, 129, 159–60, 191–92, 197, 220

will and estate of, xxviii–xxix, 191–93, 196–97, 208n

wives of.
See specific names

Smirnov, Pyotr Petrovich (son), xxiv, 184, 225, 278

birth of, 61–62

brother Nikolay and, 227–29, 230, 243–44, 254

brother Sergey and, 209, 221, 222–23, 251

brother Vladimir and, 244–45

business mind of, xxix, 134, 145, 247, 248–51, 259–60

death of, 261–64

as father's successor, 145, 157–59, 160, 189–90, 205–6, 223–24, 225

father's will and, 192, 197, 208n, 219–20

lavish lifestyle of, 207

marriage of, 158

sole control of business by, 244–45, 315, 333

Smirnov, Sergey Petrovich (son), xxix, 52, 192, 207–8, 211, 232

break from family of, 220–23, 251–52

death of, 252, 253

guardian of, 209, 221

Smirnov, Venedikt (uncle), 18–22

Smirnov, Viktor (Sergey's son), 211, 252, 277, 335

Smirnov, Vladimir (Vladimir's son), 210, 231, 301, 309

custody of, 257–58, 270–72

life in Soviet Russia of, 319–20, 330–31

Smirnov, Vladimir Petrovich (son), xxiv, 161–65, 254–60, 269–72, 301–25

birth of, 102–3

Bolshevik takeover and, 286, 287, 293, 294–98

brother Nikolay and, 226–28, 243–44, 254, 308–9

brother Pyotr and, 244–45

brother Sergey and, 221, 222–23

death of, 324–25

as émigré in Nice, 311–16, 317–25

escape from Russia by, 301–2, 303–10

father's will and, 197, 208n, 219–20

lifestyle of, xxix, 161–65, 207, 209, 210, 226, 228, 231, 239–44, 255, 256, 258, 270, 279

love for Valentina of, 255–57, 259, 307–8, 313, 314

marriages of, 190, 208, 230–33, 257–58, 312–16

memoirs of.
See under

Smirnova-Maksheyeva, Tatiana personality of, 135, 160, 161

Smirnov brand revival by, 306–9, 315, 316, 317, 318–25, 333, 336

Smirnov business and, 190, 206, 215–16, 223–24, 225, 244–45

tombstone for, 338

Smirnov, Yakov (brother), 6, 11–12, 13–14, 16, 22, 36

Smirnova, Aleksandra (daughter), 48–49, 158, 176, 179–86, 191, 210–11, 261, 277

family property and, 219–20

fate in Soviet Russia of, 331

Smirnova, Aleksandra (Vladimir's second wife), 210, 220, 238, 257–58, 270–72, 301, 309, 321

Smirnova, Anna (daughter), 78

Smirnova, Darya Nikolayevna (Nikolay's first wife), 190, 226

Smirnova, Eugeniya Ilyinichna (Pyotr Petrovich's wife), 261, 288, 290, 292–93

affair and marriage of, 158

death of, 331–32

as émigré in Nice, 314–16

Smirnov company ownership and, 245, 264–69, 278–79, 336

Smirnova, Glafira (daughter), 180

Smirnova, Kira (Vladimir's granddaughter), 163

Smirnova, Mariya (daughter), 192

marriages of, 180

Smirnova, Mariya Gavrilovna (Vladimir's first wife), 190, 209, 230–33

Smirnova, Mariya Ivanovna (Nikolay's second wife), 253–54

Smirnova, Mariya Nikolayevna (third wife), xxiv, xxix, 95–98, 100–101, 109, 157, 176

daughter of, 179–86

death of, 197–99, 204

husband's death and, 196

husband's will and, 192, 208n

Smirnov board and, 160, 190

social life of, 100, 102, 134

sons of, xxix, 102–3, 161–65

Smirnova, Matryona (mother), 5, 78

Smirnova, Nadezhda (first wife), 27, 28, 29

Smirnova, Nataliya (daughter), 180, 192, 197

Smirnova, Nataliya (second wife), 48, 49, 53, 58, 68, 78, 100

childbirth death of, 84, 86–88, 89–91, 98, 160

Smirnova, Olga (daughter), 78, 192

Smirnova, Tatiana Mukhanova (Aleksey's wife), 253

Smirnova, Tatiana Petrovna (Pyotr Petrovich's daughter), 158, 288, 314, 315, 332

Smirnova, Vera (daughter), 98, 180, 192

Smirnova-Maksheyeva, Tatiana (Vladimir's third wife), 312–17

Vladimir's memoirs and, 95, 99, 109–12, 120, 134, 144, 161–62, 164, 195–96, 209, 215–16, 239–40, 286, 294, 295, 296–99, 307

Smirnov Trading House

advertising and, xxvi, 119–22, 126–27

board of directors of, 160, 190, 205–8

Bolshevik takeover of, 290–91, 308

competition and, 57, 68, 118, 121–22

dominance/success of, 59–60, 77–78, 83, 92–93, 99–100, 118, 137–38, 149–50, 174–75, 206, 265–66

employees of, 100, 108–11, 118, 145–46, 188, 265, 268

establishment of, 49–50, 53–65

financial straits of (1914), 278

future fate of, 274

heirs and, xxix, 135, 157–59, 189–90, 192–93, 205–8, 219–24, 244, 279, 333

label of, 266–68

losses of, 216, 232, 268

marketing by, xvi, 68–70, 74–80, 91–92, 104, 109, 119–21, 173–75, 187, 215–16, 267

non-Russian markets of, 163–64

prices and, 77–78, 83

product array of, xxviii, 77, 170, 215, 265

production process of, 57–59

prohibition effects on, 278, 281

pure vodka production of, 174

reputation for quality and taste of, xxviii, 57, 58, 59, 119, 149–50, 186, 187

restructurings of, 159, 160, 208, 224, 232

revenues of, 138, 174, 265, 268

sole owner of, 245–46, 247–51, 265–66

state emblem privilege for, 104

state vodka monopoly effects on, xxviii, 141, 142–46, 155–56, 165, 169–70, 186–88, 189, 206, 208, 214–15, 216, 244, 260

vodka #21 fame of, xxviii, 122, 124, 125, 150, 169–70

vodka recipe of, 59, 186

worth of, xxii–xxiii, 93, 129, 139, 160

Smirnov vodka brand, xxvi, 69, 109, 118, 122

Vladimir's revival of, 304–10, 311, 315–16, 318, 321–24

See also
Smirnoff vodka

Société Pierre Smirnoff Fils, 309, 322–24

Solovyov, Aleksander, 111

Stalin, Josef, 283, 285, 309, 310n, 324, 330

Stanislavskiy, Konstantin, 211

State Vodka Monopoly, xxviii, 106, 139–52, 154–56, 165, 167–70, 192, 208, 213–20, 244, 258–59

accelerated rollout of, 186–88, 206, 208

arguments for, 139–41, 147–51, 186, 236–37

bootlegging and, 216–17, 281

boycotts and riots against, 237

critics of hypocrisy of, 169, 237

fiscal motivations for, 148, 156

fiscal returns from, 169, 170, 186, 217–18, 236, 237, 247, 259, 273, 334

government curbs on, 274

launching of, 168–70

lobby against, 249–50, 262–63

negative effects of, 186, 206, 213–18, 236–37, 247–48, 273

public opposition to, 247, 248, 260

reinstatement (1925) of, 308

repeal (1992) of, 336

rescinding of (1914), 274

revival (2005) considered for, 338

Stolypin, Pyotr, 259

surnames, 5–6

 

taverns, xxii, 10–12, 47, 74, 118, 128

rules for, 25n

Smirnov's marketing to, 76–77

vodka monopoly closing of, 204, 213, 214, 217

tax farming, 45–47

abolition of, 51, 54, 55, 113

Tchaikovskiy, Pyotr, 39, 61, 114

teahouses, 217

temperance groups.
See
anti-alcohol movement

Timiryazev, K. A., 173

Tolstoy, Lev, 31, 38, 44n, 57, 61, 79, 114, 169, 209, 286