It is the Russians' joy to drink; we cannot do without it. — Vladimir the Great

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text, written by Nestor, translated by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor. Medieval Academy of America, 2012, annal for the year 987.

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Primary Chronicle, written by Nestor. c. 1113, annal for the year 987.