Another strange name is Moscow Mule. As of person who was born, raised, educated and lived in Moscow, Russia I have no idea why this names comes up. We don't drink anything like this. And we drink a lot... If you walk into LCBO, while it is 40+ outside and see anyone who would buy Wiskey, just speak Russian to them. We drink it as single shot.
The only white drink we have is known as Pervatch. But it is almost forgotten now.
https://www.liquor.com/recipes/white-russian/#gs.8lqk62
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russian_(cocktail)
The traditional cocktail known as a Black Russian, which first appeared in 1949, becomes a White Russian with the addition of cream. Neither drink is Russian in origin, but both are so named due to vodka being the primary ingredient. It is unclear which drink preceded the other.
And according to wikipedia vodka isn‘t even a russian beverage but polish 😀https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka
Beautiful images! Where is that service station? I don't recognize it.