The infamous Molotov cocktail was named after a Soviet politician:
The name “Molotov cocktail” is derived from Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, a Soviet politician who was the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs, or the Foreign Minister, of the Soviet Union, with an ironic reference to the 1930s fashion for pre-dinner “cocktails.” During the buildup to World War II, when Finland refused to surrender some strategic ports to the Soviet Union, the Soviets invaded, citing a forged Finnish attack (Shelling of Mainila). The heavily outnumbered Finnish Army, facing Red Army tanks in what came to be known as the Winter War, borrowed an improvised incendiary device design from the 1936–39 Spanish Civil War. In that conflict, the Spanish Nationalists under the orders of General Francisco Franco had used the weapon against Soviet T-26 tanks supporting the Spanish Republicans in a failed 1936 Soviet assault near Tolédo, 30 km from Madrid.[1]When Molotov claimed in radio broadcasts that the Soviet Union was not dropping bombs but rather delivering food to the starving Finns, the Finns started to call the air bombs satirically “Molotov picnic baskets.” Soon they responded by saluting the advancing tanks with “Molotov cocktails.”