Kubanskaya

Kubanskaya is a Russian, flavoured brand of vodka or nastoyka with a lemon flavour. It contains 40 percent alcohol, and the bottle volume is 0.5 litres (0.13 US gal). The label on the bottle depicts a Cossack on a horse. Kubanskaya was first produced by the Kristall vodka factory in Moscow, where Stolichnaya vodka was produced.

Kubanskaya was popular among expatriates living in Moscow during the 1990s. The 1998 Russian financial crisis triggered an exodus of the Moscow expatriates, and Kristall ceased production. Kubanskaya vodka continued to be produced in lesser-known factories; its taste resembles that of the original Kristall brand.

The vodka was mentioned in the novel Moscow-Petushki, and a song by the Zelenograd rock group NTO Retsept was called "Kubanskaya".[1][2]