Well, if "Higher Scientific Research Institute of the Fermentation Products Division of the Central Department of Distilling of the Ministry of the Food Industry of the USSR" itself said so - there is no way, and it must be true. :-)))===
It is historian Willam Pokheblkin said that Russia has a proority in design of Vodka. But Poland pretend to against. SO Poland stole the design in 16 century:).
Read the whole article - the historian working on purchase order of the Institute.