Зоопарк, слоны и Менделеев: почему водка «не сладка»

A lighthearted, non-political stream: two "sunny" topics—one about animals and one about people. On February 12th, two events occurred in different years that unexpectedly connected: in 1864, a zoological garden (the future Moscow Zoo) was founded in Moscow, and in 1865, Dmitri Mendeleev defended his dissertation on combining alcohol with water—thus giving rise to the enduring myth of the "creator of vodka." On the air, we recall the menageries of Russian monarchs, elephants led to watering holes in St. Petersburg, the "elephant dose," and a funny archival recording about how vodka is "uncomfortable for elephants—because it's burnt and not sweet." We also hear the story of Chekhov's mongoose, a discussion of zoos (and why a "good zoo" is a separate topic), and, of course, the legendary ending about "the brave man in the cart." Support our work: Make a one-time donation (1,000 rubles): https://u.to/t37nIQ Make a standing payment (300 rubles): https://u.to/-H7nIQ Make a standing payment (500 rubles): https://u.to/MX-nIQ Make a standing payment (1,000 rubles): https://u.to/aX-nIQ Buy merch https://ozon.ru/t/bepddwW and here http://t.me/LLCNewSalesBot/Catalog Read our texts here https://novayagazeta.ru YouTube has slowed down, subscribe to our video channel on Telegram http://t.me/nomediarussia For advertising inquiries on the channel, write to [email protected] The YouTube channel "NO.Media from Russia" is a project of independent journalists who have remained in Moscow Timecodes: 00:00 "Missed you?" — beginning 00:07 Two warm topics: animals and people 00:18 February 12: two interconnected events 00:44 Founding of the Moscow Zoo (1864) 01:09 Where is the largest zoo in Russia? 01:30 Menagerie vs. Zoo: What's the difference? 02:01 Hunting under Russian monarchs 04:06 About "cultural hunting" and wild boars 06:22 Exotic gifts: elephants and diplomacy 08:02 Mendeleev and the myth of the "father of vodka" 09:12 What exactly did Mendeleev study (contraction, density, etc.) 10:20 Why 40° is about tariffs, not "taste" 12:45 "Rykovka" and Bulgakov on vodka 14:23 About "drinkability" and "richness" 15:49 Poll: Would you like a personal lion? 16:39 Elephants, alcohol, and "since... it's not sweet" 20:10 An elephant "angry about females" and an escape in St. Petersburg 21:43 Elephant Street / Suvorovsky Prospekt 22:44 Zoo tickets: how much did the pleasure cost? 24:14 About "customs confiscation" and animals 25:42 Chekhov, mongooses, and "such is the effect of freedom" 30:09 Meeting a wolf on a hike 31:55 Mongoose transferred to a zoo 32:28 Zoo debate: arguments in favor 37:41 Why petting zoos are a bad idea 39:21 The story of Mansur the bear 44:30 Announcement of the next stream 45:42 A joke about a "cart" and the ending