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I mean, in this case, yes, but I am neither Russian nor a child of the USSR, and I know both Kvass and Kin-dza-dza (which I introduced to my wife, who was born in a post-soviet state). Not all that obscure!

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Yeah I mean you can buy Kvass from any vending machine in Moscow, it's very common.

Interesting. You must be from a CIS (ex-USSR) country then.

Nope. Born in the U.K. to British parents. Got around a bit over the years, but never lived in an eastern bloc state.

Anywhere there are immigrants from Eastern Europe in the US, you can find Kvass. It's everywhere!

GP commenter may have had a friend from Belarus, or seen it on a store shelf and been curious

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