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Tastes of Soviet Russia

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments

A lot of Russian people associate Soviet Union with excellent quality of products its factories produced. Soviet period of Russian history is characterized with no imported product in the shops and markets. Those day Russia had its own high developed industry. Food industry of Soviet Russia produced different meals of high quality. The most tasty foods became bestsellers – and Soviet brands continue to exist at modern Russian food market. Among of them Russian famous chocolate Alyonka, that “Krasnyi Oktyabr” (Red October) factory produces from Soviet times till nowadays.

Alyonka – one of Russian most popular milk chocolate bars. It is chocolate of high quality, that consists of natural cocoa products. Alyonka has very good taste of real Russian chocolate. On its label is little blue-eyed girl on the wrapper.


Soviet champagne – is the most popular champagne brand in Russia. Now the right of using this brand on the label of champagne is bought by eight largest alcohol-factories of Russia. These factories control the technology of producing Soviet champagne to save it taste like it was in the times of Soviet Union.

Among of famous Russian vodka brands the most popular in Soviet times was “Stolichnaya”. And it saves its popularity in modern Russia.

Soviet brands still popular in Russia – and more popular then exported ones. How to explain it? – Russian people remember of the best quality of those foods. People who lived in Soviet Union choose Soviet brands because of great nostalgia about Imperia that does not exist any more. Imperia does not exist, but its brands are alive nowadays and everybody who want to feel the taste of Soviet Russia can try its foods.

Tags: History