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Malatov Cocktail, after the famous reformer
Huh? If you are referring to the Molotov cocktail, the most common explanation of its origin is that it was named "in honour of" the Russian Foreign Minister of the same name, a gesture of defiance by the Finns who used the home-made petrol bombs with considerable effect in the Finno-Russian War, early in WWII. If I am mistaken on this, I look forward to correction.
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