Russian History for the MTV generation

Vodka is an agricultural product, in case you were wondering

In answer to the question of what people think of when they think of Russia, no one put the fine movie Cargo 200 or the Bulgakov book ‘Master and Margarita’. However Peter the Great and Stalin came in tops, followed by communism, Lenin and and 19th century literature. And the country of Tchaikovksy, Rostropovich and Pussy Riot got but one vote for music.