Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow. The Smirnoff company dates back to its creation in the 1860s by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov.His distillery was the first in the world to use the charcoal filtering process. By 1886 the Smirnov factory received the official purveyors to the Imperial Russian court mark. Piotr Smirnov died in 1910 and was succeeded by Vladimir Smirnov. The company flourished and produced more than 4 million cases of vodka per year.However, the Great Depression made Vladimir Smirnov sell the brand to an American, Rudolph Kunett, in 1934 who moved the company to the USA. Thanks to the introduction of Vodka Cocktails and successful advertisement campaigns Smirnoff Vodka is the best selling vodka in the world. It is now owned by British drinks giant Diageo.
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