But he is isolationist enough to cultivate a bushy, eminently Russian mustache. Shvernik’s successor as trade-union boss, and perhaps as Vice President of the Soviet Union, is Vasili Vasilevich ...

The White Russian cocktail is among a few classic cocktails ... of heavy cream, or other cream alternative, and indulge in the classic cream-mustache-forming cocktail we all know and love.

Yet, behind the bushy upper lip was a story that left even the Russian swim team blushing — quite literally. Spitz’s moustache was born not out of rebellion, but out of sheer curiosity.