Much of this is still true:
"The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here
whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly
suppressed. But, all the way to St. Petersburg, the Finn will drink
himself into forgetfulness, lose his money, horse, bridle, and return
home poorer than a church rat."
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Life's Little Things
(Saltykov-Shchedrin visited Finland in 1886)
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