A makeshift incendiary bomb consisting of a bottle of flammable liquid ( usually gasoline ) with a flaming rag attached is known as a " Molotov cocktail ".

A Finnish soldier with a Molotov cocktail in the Winter War.

The Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons.

The name " Molotov cocktail " was coined by the Finns during the Winter War.

The " Molotov cocktail " was the Finns ' response – " a drink to go with the food ".

The original design of the Molotov cocktail produced by the Finnish alcohol monopoly Alko during the Winter War of 1939 – 40.

The fuel for the Molotov cocktail was refined to a slightly sticky mixture of gasoline, kerosene, tar, and potassium chlorate.

The original design of the Molotov cocktail was a mixture of ethanol, tar and gasoline in a bottle.

A display of improvised munitions, including a Molotov cocktail, from the Warsaw Uprising, 1944.

A bursting Molotov cocktail.

A Molotov cocktail thrown through an open hatch into the crew spaces would, like most other grenades, seriously affect the crew and equipment.

Other references include the various usages of the Molotov cocktail to infer the imbibing or ' accepting ' of the Molotov socialist propagation and socialist border-lining on anarchy Ideology.

For example, in the movie The Wave the Molotov cocktail is referenced numerous times in a ' slang-like ' fashion with innuendo as to one who would drink a Molotov cocktail would also be an advocate of Molotovian philosophies.

* A detailed technology of the Molotov cocktail

* History of the Molotov cocktail

* A Thousand Lakes of Red Blood on White Snow, a brief history of the subarctic origins of the Molotov cocktail in the Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 – 40

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:" I said to him very emphatically and very definitely that an order be issued by him immediately to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand, because they're potential murderers, and to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting.

Molotov, in particular, is being charged with all kinds of sins -- especially with wanting to cut down free public services, to increase rents and fares ; ;

The trouble with all these doctrinal quarrels is that we hear only one side of the story: what, in the secret councils of the Kremlin, Molotov had really proposed, we just don't know, and he has had no chance to reply.

Washington, D. C .- based Molotov Theatre Group, established in 2007, is dedicated to preserving and exploring the aesthetic of the Grand Guignol.

Ribbentrop is also a key figure in the historical novel Famous Last Words by Timothy Findley ( Penguin Books 1982, ISBN 0-14-006268-8 ) and Harry Turtledove's alternate history series Worldwar where his Soviet counterpart Molotov frequently expresses contempt for his lack of intelligence.

The Kara Sea's northern limit is marked geographically by a line running from Cape Kohlsaat in Graham Bell Island, Franz Josef Land, to Cape Molotov ( Arctic Cape ), the northernmost point of Komsomolets Island in Severnaya Zemlya.

The name is an insulting reference to Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who was responsible for the partition of Finland.

The Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact is commonly referred to under a number of names in addition to the official one and the one bearing the names of the foreign ministers.

Upon signing the pact, Molotov tried to reassure the Germans of his good intentions by commenting to journalists that " fascism is a matter of taste ".

Molotov declared in his report entitled " On the Foreign Policy of the Soviet Union " ( 31 October 1939 ) held on the fifth ( extraordinary ) session of the Supreme Soviet, that the Western " ruling circles " disguise their intentions with the pretext of defending democracy against Hitlerism, declaring " their aim in war with Germany is nothing more, nothing less than extermination of Hitlerism.

While Anastas Mikoyan and Vyacheslav Molotov later claimed that Bukharin was never tortured and his letters from prison do not give the suggestion that he was tortured, it is also known that his interrogators were instructed with the order: " beating permitted.

The sling is used today as a weapon primarily by protestors, launching either stones or incendiary devices, such as Molotov cocktails.

* May 26 – WWII Anglo-Soviet Treaty of 1942 to help establish military and political alliance between the USSR and the British Empire is signed in London by foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and by Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov.

His leadership is challenged by Barney Gumble, who throws a Molotov Cocktail at him, which Moe successfully throws back.

There is no record of Molotov attempting to moderate the course of the purges or even to save individuals, as some other Soviet officials did.

It is known that Molotov was one of few with whom Stalin openly discussed the purges.

Although the treaty is known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, it was Stalin and Hitler, and not Molotov and Ribbentrop, who decided the content of the treaty.

In response, the Soviet Union, along with the other Eastern Bloc nations, initiated what is known as the Molotov Plan.

Molotov never stopped loving his wife, and it is said that he ordered his maids to make dinner for two every evening to remind him that, in his own words, " she suffered because of me ".

The defenders of Madrid, who until now had to use Molotov cocktails ( glass bottles filled with gasoline and burning cloth ) against the German and Italian tanks on the Nationalist side, gain the ability to slow the Nationalist advance.

The only one fielded was the Grenade, No. 76 or Special Incendiary Phosphorus grenade, which consisted of a glass bottle filled with a mixture similar to Fenian fire, plus some latex ( see also Molotov cocktail, Greek fire ).

Macreedy finds a bottle and fills it with gasoline from the jeep's fuel line, creating a Molotov cocktail.

Renshaw plots to attack the soldiers with a Molotov cocktail constructed from a bottle of lighter fluid, but before the cocktail detonates the entire apartment explodes, and kills him.

Control Machete, Delasónica and Molotov explore rap / rock fusion, with lyrics containing social commentary mixed with urban vulgarity.