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Oct 22, 2020 · The infamous Molotov Cocktail got its start in the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 when Soviet-backed forces with a large number of tanks were met by forces wielding glass jars with blankets or drapes wrapped around the lid and set on fire. But the improvised weapons wouldn’t get their name until the Winter War […]
The name's origin came from the propaganda Molotov produced during the Winter War, mainly his declaration on Soviet state radio that incendiary bombing missions over Finland were actually "airborne humanitarian food deliveries" for their "starving" neighbours.
The name Moloko comes from the narcotic-filled milk drink, Moloko Plus, in the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, [3] based on the Russian for milk, "молоко" ("moloko"). The group signed to Echo Records and released their single "Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?"
No less than four motives for a story on Moloko: the band formed 30 years ago (1994), disbanded 20 years ago (2004), had their first big hit 25 years ago (1999) and within a few days Róisín Murphy, original Moloko singer, comes to Amsterdam for her 2024 solo tour.
Burgess invented the slang language 'Nadsat', itself the Russian suffix for "teen", an argot that consisted of combinations of words from different languages, mainly Russian ("Moloko" is Russian for Milk, "Devotchka" is Russian for "Girl") and English ("clockwork orange" is an oldish Cockney slang English expression), as well as words that are a...
Feb 28, 2022 · Molotov cocktails take their name from the Russian politician Vyacheslav Molotov, who was the foreign minister of the Soviet Union during World War II.
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May 9, 2022 · The first known use of a Molotov cocktail was during the Spanish Civil War. Yet, they gained their fame and new name during Finland’s attempts to repel the Russian invasions of World War II in 1939 and 1940, according to the late American historian William Trotter.
