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Vyacheslav Molotov, 1945. The name "Molotov cocktail" (Finnish: Molotovin cocktail) was coined by the Finns during the Winter War in 1939.[10] [11] [12] The name was a pejorative reference to Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who was one of the architects of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact on the eve of World War II.
The Molotov cocktail is a term coined by the Finns during the Winter War, as a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons. [109] During the Winter War, the Soviet air force made extensive use of incendiaries and cluster bombs against Finnish civilians, troops and fortifications.
Molotov or Molotow may refer to: Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Soviet politician and diplomat, and foreign minister under Joseph Stalin Molotov cocktail , hand-held incendiary weapon
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), birth name Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, Soviet politician and diplomat for whom the Molotov cocktail was derisively named Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (born 1956), President of the Republic of Buryatia (since 2007), a federal subject of Russia
Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Arkansas and Oklahoma in a stolen U-Haul that contained weapons and Molotov cocktails ...
The name "Molotov cocktail" comes from the name of the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V. M. Molotov. According to one version, bottles with a combustible mixture began to be made at Finnish alcohol factories on the orders of the authorities with the wording "We need a liquid ...
CRANSTON − A 21-year-old woman who was accused of joining in an attack with a Molotov cocktail in 2023 is clear of most charges in the matter. At the time, Brianna Wischnowsky, ...
Molotov cocktail is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons. Molotov Cocktail may also refer to: Molotov Cocktail, a quarterly magazine published in South Africa; Molotov Cocktail Party, a 1994 album by post-hardcore band Frodus