Back in 1972, the Soviet Union did something incredible — it signed an agreement with the American company PepsiCo to bring the world-famous soda to the country. But here's the problem — they couldn't pay for it in dollars! 💵🤔 So a barter agreement was concluded: the USSR supplied the US with Stolichnaya vodka, and in return received concentrate for the production of Pepsi. Yes, vodka for soda — how do you like that exchange? 😄 For this exchange, the company received millions of liters of Pepsi in the Soviet Union. Just imagine: by 1989, 1 billion bottles of Pepsi had been sold for this entire barter! 😮🥤
But the story didn't end there. In 1989, when the Soviet appetite for Pepsi grew, they proposed a new barter... with a fleet! 🚢 Submarines, a cruiser, and several ships became part of the deal! PepsiCo temporarily became the owner of one of the largest fleets in the world. True, they quickly sold everything for scrap metal, because the main thing for them is to sell soda. 😎🥤
What an unexpected turn in world history! Who would have thought that an ordinary bottle of Pepsi could "cost" an entire fleet and crates of vodka? 😅
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