Cherenkov Vodka is a vodka company featured in the HD Universe of the Grand Theft Auto series.
Description[]
In Grand Theft Auto IV, bottles of Cherenkov Vodka are used as Molotov Cocktails in the game. Cherenkov Vodka is also a sponsor in the Venturas Poker Challenge.
During the opening cutscene of the mission, Do You Have Protection?, Mikhail Faustin can be seen drinking Cherenkov Vodka. Playboy X also talks about how he loves Cherenkov Vodka in the mission Blow Your Cover, as he talks about Russians, incorrectly believing that Niko Bellic is Russian.
In Broker, there is a storage warehouse on the eastern side of Iroquois Avenue (near Roman's Taxi Depot) in Hove Beach appearing to be an old distribution warehouse with a sign for Cherenkov Vodka on top of it. The second "E" and the "N" are missing, making the sign read "Cher Kov", which is meant to be pronounced like "jerk off", a slang term for masturbation. The warehouse is used to host Weazel's Channel 15 in 2009.
In Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, Cherenkov Vodka can be found inside 24/7, Limited Service and Rob's Liquor stores.
Four variants of Cherenkov Vodka exist, each in different colored bottles. The two Cherenkov liveries for the Schlagen GT uses the blue and purple variant colours.
The Variants are:
- Red (Regular version)
- Blue
- Green
- Purple
In Grand Theft Auto VI, Cherenkov's brand image has received a rebranding with new colors and a touched up logo. Only two variants of Cherenkov can be spotted on store shelves in GTA VI.
These being bottles with:
- Blue bottle cap
- Green bottle cap
Influence[]
It appears to mostly be a parody of Smirnoff Vodka and their branding. Due to the heavy Latvian influence in the company's heraldic logo, it might also be based on Stolichnaya (also known as Stoli after March 2022), which has a distribution conflict between a Latvian and Russian distillery, which distribute in the international market and Russian market, respectively.
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Trivia[]
- The vodka's name and logo are a reference to Cherenkov radiation, which is itself named after the Russian Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov. In addition, the company slogan, "Warms you to the core", refers to heat produced from radiation.
- At the bottom of the Cherenkov logo there is Russian text reading: "гейте к сердечнику", which translates to "Go to the core".
- The Cherenkov name is written in faux Russian, where Cyrillic lettering is mixed with Latin lettering to create an artificial Russian aesthetic. The name is written like: "CHEЯENKOV"(with an inverted K), which in proper Russian would be "ЧЕЯЕНКОВ", which would be pronounced as: "Cheyayenkov".
- Kenny Petrovic pronounces it as "Cherchenkov" during Mafiya Work.
- A Cherenkov advertisement on bus stops in Hove Beach advertise an unspecified event taking place on May 16. The English text reads "Russia vs USA".
- The heraldic logo of Cherenkov uses the sun and supporters from the Coat of arms of Latvia, suggesting the brand might be of Latvian origin.