Mike Tommasi > wrote:

>> = plum brandy

> Used as liquid fuel for the Soyuz space program. Some gets
> burned to get into orbit. The rest is not wasted.

I got a bottle of Ukranian(?) ***** "KOHbRK" (the "R" is mirrored,
tail to the left) = KOGNAK as a gift. The brand name is "XAH-XAK"
(where the "X" has an additional vertical middle |). Luckily they
identify it in the logo as "Jean-Jack" - which I find a very
curious Anglo-French concoction.

M.