Einem red October. "Red October. Branded chocolate dispensing machines
Confectionery factory "Red October" Until recently, it was located at Bersenevskaya embankment, 6 on the spit of the island formed by the Vodootvodny Canal and the Moscow River, but in 2007 it was transferred to the territory of the Babaevsky chocolate factory.
Photo 1. Former buildings of the confectionery factory "Partnership Einem" and "Red"
October" in Moscow
The beginning of the history of the Einem Partnership chocolate factory
The production was founded by Theodor Ferdinand von Einem, a native of Germany who arrived in the Mother See in 1850 from the German town of Württemberg.
Fyodor Karlovich (this is how the entrepreneur began to introduce himself in the Russian manner) noticed that sawn sugar began to be in special demand in Moscow, after which, showing his entrepreneurial spirit, the German began its production.
The profitable business worked out, and already in 1851 Einem opened a small workshop for the production of chocolates. Only four people worked in the workshop at that time.
The supply of sweet products to the front lines during the Crimean War and, of course, successful trade in the city of Moscow brought Einem profit, thanks to which he opened a chocolate factory.
Photo 2. Address of the former production Bersenevskaya embankment, No. 6
In 1857, Fyodor Karlovich made acquaintance with Julius Geis. The extraordinary entrepreneur first helped open a candy store in the center - on, and over time became Einem’s partner.
The business continued to develop successfully, which helped the partners purchase a special steam engine in one of the European countries and begin construction of a new factory in .
The first newly constructed building, a three-story building, housed production workshops for the production of caramel, marshmallows, different types cookies and gingerbread, chocolate and glazed fruit, as well as cocoa drinks and marmalade.
Although the Einem Partnership was officially registered in 1867, its products by that time already had a number of awards received at manufacturing exhibitions in the Russian Empire: Odessa (1864) and Moscow (1865).
It is worth noting that for every pound of cookies produced, the partners donated 5 kopecks in silver to charity, and half of the funds went to a German community school for the poor and orphans, and the remaining money was distributed among various Moscow charitable institutions.
And again, everything turned out well for Einem and Geis, which required them to begin the construction of new factory buildings already on Bersenevskaya embankment, opposite the one standing on the opposite bank of the Moscow River.
The production complex was impressive with its architectural appearance and “filling”.
For organization chocolate production Qualified European confectioners who had experience working with installed modern equipment were involved. It’s interesting, but thanks to the mechanization of processes, only a few dozen Russian craftsmen worked in such a large production, but only professionals from Great Britain were involved in the production of the first biscuits in Russia - traditional English desserts.
Before his death in 1878, Einem completely handed over the reins of the confectionery factory to his partner, to whom the founder’s widow subsequently transferred her shares. Even concentrating everything in his own hands, Julius Geis did not change the Einem Partnership trademark, correctly judging that this would only benefit his business.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the company owned several stores in large cities - Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow, the products of which were supplied from two Moscow confectionery factories and two production facilities in Riga and Simferopol.
In 1899, Geis bought from the merchant Ushakov the first of the eight plots he had in the neighborhood, and in 1914 the last of them went to the company. By that time, the Einem Partnership had become the largest confectionery production in the Russian Empire.
It will be interesting to learn about the organization of labor in the factories of Julius Geis.
During his reign, the working day lasted 10 hours. A hostel was set up and meals were provided for non-residents. A school was opened for children working as apprentices in the factory. After 25 years of work, the craftsmen were granted a pension and awarded a silver badge.
In 1914, during the First World War, workers and employees themselves raised funds and built a military hospital in Moscow, and the company itself, in addition to monetary donations, arranged to send wagons with cookies to the front line.
Also interesting, as they say today, is the marketing that Julius Geis established.
Being a creative person and also passionate about photography, he paid special attention to the packaging design and names of candies, as well as other sweet products. The boxes, covered with silk, velvet and even leather, contained photographic postcards, various theater programs and small cherubs made of tin.
The architectural ensemble was almost completely formed after the construction of the Caramel Shop in 1906, the design of which was carried out by the architect. In 1911, he also designed the new Administrative building at Bersenevskaya embankment, 6.
Confectionery factory after the revolution
The Bolsheviks who came to power nationalized the “Einem Partnership” in 1918 and already in 1922 at a general meeting of the team they approved a new name - “Red October”. True, for a couple of years the products were still produced under the old brand, it was so popular even in post-revolutionary Russia.
In the early 20s of the last century, the confectionery factory was in crisis, which almost led to its complete closure. New specialists were able to make changes to the production process, and also organized worker control and the fight against theft, which made it possible by 1925 to exceed the 1913 figures.
The Soviet authorities, in addition, allocated funds for the purchase of the latest machines from Germany. It was in those years that such famous candies as “Bear-toed Bear” and “Kis-Kis” toffees appeared on Soviet shelves.
The name “Red October”, instead of associations with Aurora’s shot and the storming of the Winter Palace, much more often sets us up for completely peaceful “sweet” thoughts about the joys familiar from childhood: “Bear Bear”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, chocolate “Alenka”...
Indeed, more than one generation of our fellow citizens grew up on candies and chocolate from the Red October factory, but only a few of them knew that this factory existed before the revolution, called the Einem Partnership.
The Bolsheviks, of course, had nothing to do with the founding of the Moscow factory of the merchant Einem, which produced its first products in the middle of the 19th century. But, as they say, “that was the time” and the epidemic of renaming affected almost all industries nationalized at that time. In this case, however, a small exception was made and for several years in parentheses after the new name they wrote “Former. Einem” - this “brand” was so highly rated by contemporaries.
Founding Fathers
"Einem", or "Partnership of the steam factory of chocolate sweets and tea cookies Einem" was officially founded in 1867. It all started with the fact that Ferdinand von Einem, who came to commercially promising Moscow from Germany, in 1851 organized a small workshop on Arbat, or, as they said then, a workshop for the production of chocolate and candies.
During the Crimean War, which began in 1853, Einem supplied his products to the front, and lucrative military orders allowed him to expand production and move the factory to Myasnitskaya Street. Soon Ferdinand Einem was joined by the German businessman Julius Geis. Having ordered the latest steam engine from Europe, the partners open a confectionery store on Teatralnaya Square and build the first three-story factory building on the Sofia embankment of the Moscow River, increasing the staff to one hundred people.
Even before the first official entry about the Einem partnership appeared in the directory “Factory Enterprises of the Russian Empire” in 1867, the company already had awards received at All-Russian manufacturing exhibitions in Odessa and Moscow. The company, constantly expanding its range, produced candies, chocolate, caramel, marshmallows, cocoa drinks, cookies, biscuits and gingerbread. The quality of the products was excellent and the volume of orders increased from year to year.
Ferdinand Einem had no heirs, and after his death in 1878, the factory was led by Julius Geis, who decided to leave the company name unchanged. A year later, the Einem branch opens in Simferopol, where marmalade and chocolate-enrobed fruits are launched.
The conditions for workers in the factories were very good, which was felt already when they were hired - the “new employees” were taken on a “gastronomic” tour of the entire enterprise, allowed to eat whatever they wanted. The Moscow factory had its own confectionery school, clubs, and boys' choir. Workers were provided with clothing and shoes, housing and subsidized food. After 25 years of work, a person received a commemorative silver badge, and with it various benefits and a lifelong pension.
Julius Geis, in addition to the main production and personnel issues, pays special attention, as they would say now, to the branding of his products. The bright and memorable names “Golden Label”, “Favorite”, “Stolichny”, “Empire” and so on were accompanied by stylish packaging, trimmed with silk, velvet and leather. The best artists of the time, such as Vrubel and Benois, were invited to design the packaging, which undoubtedly attracted more and more new customers.
Awards are again added to the increasing popularity - in 1896, the products of the Einem partnership received a gold medal at the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, and in 1900, at the World Exhibition in Paris, the factory received the Grand Prix for the range and quality of products. The assortment was truly impressive. Even if we talk only about chocolate, several varieties were produced at once vanilla chocolate In addition, there was chocolate “Tsarsky”, “Princely”, “Boyarsky”, “Capital”, “American”, “World”, “Sport”, “Favorite” and others. And the “favorite varieties of the public,” as follows from the Einem advertisement of that period, were considered “Golden Label,” “Silver Label,” and “Chocolate with Milk.”
Advertising of products was given great importance: airships flew in the skies with calls to buy Einem's chocolate, on the theatrical program of the play "Romeo and Juliet" an advertisement for cough lozenges was unexpectedly found, advertising leaflets and a series of postcards with geographical maps, animals, and reproductions of paintings were inserted into boxes of sweets. famous Russian artists.
Composer Karl Feldman, commissioned by the Einem Partnership, wrote special melodies with “telling” names: “Chocolate Waltz”, “Monpensier Waltz”, “Cupcake Gallop”, “Cocoa Dance”. The notes of these works were included in boxes of products, which were very popular with customers.
Some names, for example, “Well, take it away!” candies, survived the revolution and have survived to this day. True, instead of a girl playing with a puppy, in the past the label was decorated with an image of a gloomy-looking baby with a baseball bat (actually for playing rounders).
It is interesting that during the NEP period, when the factory was already called “Red October,” the closest attention was again paid to advertising here, and the “singer of the revolution” Vladimir Mayakovsky personally took charge of the “PR” of its products. Thanks to his efforts, the motto “I eat cookies from the Red October factory,” former Einem. I don’t buy anywhere except Mosselprom!” - all of Moscow knew. The poet himself took his work very seriously, as evidenced by his words: “Advertising is industrial, trade agitation! Not a single cause, even the most faithful one, moves forward without advertising.”
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In 1913, the partnership was awarded the honorary title of supplier to the court of His Imperial Majesty. At the same time, for the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, a festively decorated anniversary series of sweets was released. In 1914, the First World War began and the construction of a new complex of factory buildings on Bersenevskaya Embankment, which began in 1889, was completed.
During the war, almost the entire Geis family left Russia, but one of the sons of Julius Geis, Voldemar, accepted Russian citizenship and continued to manage production, while at the same time organizing a hospital for wounded soldiers, sending food to the front and donating money for army needs.
The “troubled” times that followed led the country to revolution, and the factory was nationalized. But production did not stop, and by 1925 its volume had recovered and continued to grow. The following candies appeared: “Cream fudge with candied fruit”, “Creamy toffee”, “Teddy bear”, “Southern night”, and toffee “Kis-kis”.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, part of the Red October equipment was evacuated to Kuibyshev. The entire production had to be rebuilt, but the production of the most famous products - the “Bear-Toed Bear” sweets and truffles – was not stopped. Concentrates were produced for the front: millet, buckwheat and oatmeal, as well as new varieties of chocolate – “Cola” and “Gvardeysky”. “Cola” was included in the diet of pilots and submariners and had a tonic effect due to the African kola nut included in its composition.
Memories of the future
After the war, Red October returned to producing peaceful products, and in 1950, innovating caramel makers V.D. Semenov and V.I. Sanaev were awarded the Stalin Prize. In 1966, the factory began producing Alenka milk chocolate.
Gradually, the new name becomes a famous brand, confirming the continuity of the quality traditions of the Einem Partnership. Numerous achievements and awards of Russian and international exhibitions and fairs, including the Grand Prix of the International Exhibition in Brussels (1958) and the Grand Prix (Gold Medals) of the international exhibitions “WORLD FOOD” (2000–2003), speak of the quality of products that companions Ferdinand and Julius would be proud.
In 1991, Red October became a joint-stock company, and since 2002 it has been part of the United Confectioners holding.
And in 2007, the main production facilities of Red October were transferred from Bersenevskaya Embankment to a new building on the street. Malaya Krasnoselskaya, where in March of this year the United Confectioners opened Russia’s first Museum of the History of Chocolate and Cocoa (MISHKA), created on the basis of the museums of the confectionery factories “Red October”, “Rot Front” and the “Babaevsky Confectionery Concern”.
The founder of the company has not been forgotten - modern sets of Einem candies are named after Ferdinand von Einem, the boxes of which contain drawings by artists of the mid-19th century. The plot is Moscow of the future. These naive images are somewhat akin to the sublime monologues of Chekhov’s heroes about what life will be like in 200–300 years. Our present, fantasized by the people of the century before last, evokes both a smile and sadness - not only because it has nothing to do with reality, but also because it again takes us to the memories of that Russia, which we are today, alas, still we know so little.
In 1851, a small workshop for the production of chocolate and candy was opened on Arbat, in which only four craftsmen worked. It belonged to the German Theodor Ferdinand von Einem, who came to Russia “to do business.” During the Crimean War, Einem supplied his products to the front - the profit received allowed him to expand production and move the factory to Myasnitskaya Street. In 1869, entrepreneur Julius Heuss joined Einem. Together they open a confectionery store on Teatralnaya Square, import the latest steam engine from abroad and build the first factory building on the Sofia embankment of the Moscow River.
For every pound of new cookies sold, Einem donated five kopecks in silver, of which half the amount went to charitable institutions in Moscow, and the other half to the German School for the Poor and Orphans. The first official record about the company “Einem. The Partnership for the Steam Factory of Chocolate, Sweets and Tea Cookies appears in 1867 in the directory Factory Enterprises of the Russian Empire. By this time, the company already had awards from the All-Russian manufacturing exhibitions: bronze (1864) and silver (1865) medals. Einem produced caramel, candies, chocolate, cocoa drinks, marshmallows, cookies, biscuits, gingerbreads, glazed fruits, and marmalade.
After Einem’s death in 1876, Julius Hayes began to manage the factory, but he did not change the company name, which had become popular among Muscovites.
In 1889, in connection with the expansion of production, Hayes acquired several plots on Bersenevskaya embankment. One of the first buildings built on the new site was the production building designed by the architect A.V. Flodin. Subsequently, according to the design of the architect A. M. Kalmykov, several more production buildings and apartment buildings were erected, which formed the basis of the factory ensemble. The formation of the factory ensemble was completed in 1914 with the addition of the Cloth Factory apartment building, converted into garages. In total, 23 buildings were built for the Red October factory on the Bersenevsky site, which became the main site.
In 1896, at the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, Einem products were awarded a gold medal; in 1900, the company received the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris for the range and quality of chocolate. In 1913, Einem was awarded the title of supplier to the court of His Imperial Majesty.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Einem owned two factories in Moscow, branches in Simferopol and Riga, several stores in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. After the October Revolution of 1917, the factory was nationalized and became known as “State Confectionery Factory No. 1, former Einem”; in 1922 it was renamed “Red October”, a name it still retains.
During its heyday, Einem was one of the most famous confectionery brands in the entire country. But many of his contemporaries remembered him for producing a wide variety of postcards in addition to his candies and cookies. Today, most people are familiar with the “Moscow in the 23rd Century” series of eight futuristic postcards from 1914, which demonstrate what, in the author’s opinion, Moscow was supposed to look like in the 22nd and 23rd centuries: from 2114 (Central Station card) to 2259 (card “St. Petersburg Highway”).
Central Station. Winter is the same as it was with us 200 years ago. The snow is just as white and cold. Central Station of Ground and Airways. Tens of thousands of people coming and going, everything goes extremely quickly, systematically and conveniently. Passengers have access to land and air. Those who wish can move at the speed of telegrams.
Moskvoretsky Bridge. The Kremlin also decorates the ancient Belokamennaya and with its golden domes presents an enchanting spectacle. Right there, near the Moskvoretsky Bridge, we see new huge buildings of trading enterprises, trusts, societies, syndicates, etc. Against the background of the sky, carriages of the overhead airway glide gracefully...
Lubyanskaya Square. Clear evening. Lubyanskaya Square. The blue sky is outlined by clear lines of luminous airplanes, airships and airway carriages. Long carriages of the Moscow Metro, which we were only talking about in 1914, fly out from under the bridge square. On the bridge over the Metropolitan we see a well-ordered detachment of the valiant Russian army, which has retained its uniform since our times. In the blue air we spot the cargo airship Einem, flying to Tula with a supply of chocolate for retail stores
Moskva river. Busy, noisy banks of the large navigable Moscow River. Huge transport and commercial cruisers and multi-story passenger ships rush along the transparent deep waves of the wide commercial port. The entire fleet of the world is exclusively merchant. The military was abolished after the peace treaty of The Hague. In the bustling harbor one can see the diverse costumes of all the peoples of the globe, for the Moscow River has become a world trading port.
Petrovsky Park. We are transported mentally to Petrovsky Park. The alleys have been expanded beyond recognition. The ancient Peter the Great Palace has been restored and houses the Museum of the Peter the Great era. Wonderful fountains gush out everywhere, sparkling. Devoid of germs and dust, the completely clean air is cut through by airships and airplanes. Crowds of people in bright 23rd century costumes are enjoying the marvelous nature in the same place where we, our great-great-great-grandfathers, used to walk.
Red Square. Red Square. The noise of wings, the ringing of trams, the horns of cyclists, the sirens of cars, the crackling of engines, the screams of the public. Minin and Pozharsky. Shadows of airships. In the center is a policeman with a saber. Timid pedestrians flee to the execution site. It will be like this in 200 years
Petersburg highway. Beautiful clear winter of 2259. A corner of the “old” merry Moscow, the ancient “Yar” still serves as a place of widespread fun for Muscovites, as it was with us more than 300 years ago. For the convenience and pleasantness of communication, the St. Petersburg Highway has been entirely turned into a crystal-ice mirror, along which graceful snowmobiles fly and glide. Here, traditional sbiten makers and sellers of hot aero skids are scurrying around on small aerial sleds. And in the 23rd century Moscow is faithful to its customs
Theatre square. Theatre square. The pace of life has increased a hundredfold. Everywhere there is lightning-fast movement of wheeled, winged, propeller-driven and other vehicles. The Muir and Merlise Trading House, which existed back in 1846, has now grown to fabulous proportions, with its main departments connected to the air railways. Numerous engines fly out from under the pavement. There is a fire somewhere in the distance. We see a car fire brigade that will end the disaster in a moment. Biplanes, monoplanes and many aerial overflights are rushing to the fire.
However, in addition to these futuristic postcards, there were many other series, published in huge quantities and serving not only for sending “open letters”, but also for broadening one’s horizons, and are also an excellent collectible item
episode "Quartet Game"
series "Hunting in Russia"
series "To the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov"
series "1812"
series "Types of peoples of the globe"
and here, for example, are geographical cards depicting a map of Russia. Please note that it is called the "Constitutional Empire". There were cards with other countries, but I didn’t come across them.
Well, and other very different series of postcards:
All this is now a monument to an irretrievably lost era, which reaches us in postcards like these. They were published “for fun” for themselves, but it turned out that they are much more important for us as a memory of that country that we never knew...
Having talked about the spirits of Brocard and Rale, I cannot help but mention another industry of which the Russian Empire was rightfully proud. Imagine, in 1900, at the World Exhibition in Paris, for the huge range and excellent quality of chocolate, the Russian factory “Einem” received the highest award - the Grand Prix. So, just a century ago we could call Russian chocolate the best in the world. “Einem” was like a sign for Russian chocolate at the beginning of the 20th century.
On the chocolates there was a well-fed toddler with an unkind look and a bat in his hands. The provocative label was also complemented by a charming poem:
“I got a bar of chocolate
And I don't need a friend.
I say in front of everyone:
“I’ll eat it all.” Come on, take it away!”
Oh, they truly knew how to please discerning customers. Boxes with products were decorated with silk, velvet, leather - these were real small works of art. The factory was a supplier to the court of His Imperial Majesty and received the right to print the coat of arms of Russia on the packaging. The sets included postcards with congratulations. The factory had its own composer write music, and the buyer, along with caramel or chocolate, received free notes from the “Chocolate Waltz,” “Monpensier Waltz,” or “Cupcake Gallop.” Among flour products Small pot-bellied salted fish stood out, especially attracting beer lovers. But even children who did not drink beer eagerly gnawed at these figures. Even more interesting were the colored marzipan figures depicting carrots, turnips, cucumbers, and some animals. They were sometimes hung on the Christmas tree, to the great delight of the little ones.
Among the cakes was a cake with the unusual name “Love Me” at different prices. Witty buyers told young saleswomen: “Please, “Love me” for three rubles” :)
And it began back in 1850, when the founder of the factory, a German citizen Ferdinand Theodor von Einem, came to Moscow in the hope of starting his own business. At first he started producing sawn sugar, then (in 1851) he organized a small workshop on Arbat for the production of chocolate and candies. In 1857, Einem met his future partner, Julius Heuss, who had extraordinary talent as a businessman. Together they acted more confidently and opened a candy store on Teatralnaya Square. Having accumulated sufficient capital, entrepreneurs ordered the latest steam engine from Europe and began building a factory on the banks of the Moskva River, on Sofiyskaya Embankment. In the directory “Factory Enterprises of the Russian Empire” an entry was made about this fact: “Einem. Partnership for a steam factory of chocolate sweets and tea cookies. Founded 1867." A working day at the factory in those days was 10 hours. The confectioners, most of whom came from villages near Moscow, lived in a dormitory at the factory and ate in the factory canteen. The factory administration provided workers with some benefits:
* a school was opened for apprentice children;
* for 25 years of impeccable service, a silver name badge was issued and a pension was assigned;
* a health insurance fund was created that provided financial assistance to those in need;
Caramel, sweets, chocolate, cocoa drinks, marshmallows, cookies, gingerbread, and biscuits were produced. After opening a branch in Crimea (Simferopol), Einem began producing chocolate-glazed fruits - plums, cherries, pears, and marmalade.
"Einem Partnership" successfully competed with other confectionery magnates - for example, "Abrikosov and Sons", but I plan to write about them later (of course, if you want).
The excellent quality of confectionery products, the technical equipment of the factory, colorful packaging and advertising put the factory at one of the leading places in the confectionery production of that time.
By the beginning of the 20th century. The Einem corporation owned two factories in Moscow, factories in Simferopol and Riga, and numerous stores in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.
During the difficult years of the First World War, the Einem company was engaged in charitable activities: it made monetary donations, organized a hospital for wounded soldiers, and sent wagons with cookies to the front.
After the October Revolution, in 1918, the factory was nationalized, and in the same year it received the name “State Confectionery Factory No. 1, former Einem”, and in 1922 it was renamed “Red October”, although several years after that in parentheses “Formerly” was always added. Einem” - the popularity of the brand was so great, and the quality of the products was appreciated.
In 1886 Y. Geis creates the joint-stock company “Einem Steam Factory of Chocolate, Sweets and Tea Cookies Partnership.” The company's turnover increased rapidly and by 1914. reaches 7,800,000 rubles. The total number of workers and employees is 2,800 people. All production in factories is equipped with the most the latest technologies of that time with the most ideal hygiene and cleanliness. Supplying vast Russia with its products, Einem has six elegantly furnished stores, which are very popular in the capital and its environs. At the All-Russian Exhibition in 1896. (Nizhny Novgorod) The Einem Partnership was awarded the State Emblem, and at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 - two Grand-Prix.
In 1913, the Einem Partnership was honored to become a supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty.
 Factory workers |
November 15, 1918 The factory was nationalized and received the name “State Confectionery Factory No. 1”. July 13, 1922 The general meeting of the factory's workforce decided to rename State Factory No. 1 (formerly Einem) to the Red October factory. From 1922 to May 31, 1934 The factory was under the jurisdiction of MSNH (Moscow Council of the National Economy under the Moscow-regional trade department "Mosselprom".
During the Great Patriotic War, 50% of the equipment was evacuated to the city of Kuibyshev, more than 500 people volunteered for the front, the factory continued to produce confectionery products even in larger volumes than later in peacetime in the 50s. The products went to the front. At this time, a new chocolate “Gvardeysky” was created by order of the government. Since 1942 Pilots began to receive it, and the factory produced Cola chocolate for submarine sailors. Workshop No. 6 was created at the factory to produce products for the front: flame arresters for aircraft, colored smoke bombs for the navy, porridge concentrates in briquettes. The factory was awarded the Banner of the State Defense Committee as the winner in the socialist competition.
After the war, reconstruction of the factory begins. Production lines are being introduced for the first time. In 1947-49. The caramel shop was automated in 1951 - 53. – chocolate and candy shops.
Since 1959 The factory is called the Moscow Confectionery Factory "Red October". In 1961 For the first time in the USSR, complex mechanized production lines for the production of cast iris were created at the factory. By 1965 The factory operated 40 complex mechanized production lines for the production of confectionery products. The production lines developed by the Red October factory were installed in almost all confectionery production in the Soviet Union. New varieties of sweets, caramel, and chocolate were developed and produced on these lines. 
July 8, 1966 By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, “Red October” was awarded the highest government award - the Order of Lenin.
“Red October” constantly mastered and released new varieties of products: “Red Poppy”®, candies “Stolichnye”®, “Truffles”®, “Yuzhny Nut”®, “Golden Label”® and others. In 1965 the factory began to produce a new one milk chocolate"Alenka"®, which later became the most famous brand of the factory. In 1977, the Red October confectionery factory was transformed into an experimental one. 1996 – “Red October” was renamed into OJSC “Red October”. 2002 - within the framework of the growing influence of transnational corporations in the Russian market, in order for domestic producers to create worthy competition for foreign confectionery producers, Red October OJSC became part of the United Confectioners holding.
The new production site of the Red October factory opened on the territory of the Babaevsky Concern in 2007. The transfer was carried out in stages, without stopping the production process. The new building of “Red October” has equipment for the production of chocolate masses, glazes, chocolate, chocolate bars and candies with a variety of fillings. 
Currently, the factory produces more than 240 types of confectionery products under the brands “Alenka”®, “Mishka Kosolapyy”®, “Little Red Riding Hood”® and others.
