Kazbek (cigarettes)

Kazbek (Russian: Казбек) was a brand of papirosas in the Soviet Union named after Mount Kazbek, Caucasus.

The author of the design, Robert Grabbe, allegedly intended to please Joseph Stalin: the image of a Caucasian horse rider on the background of Mount Kazbek was supposed to remind Stalin his motherland of Georgia. Kazbek was a higher tier of papirosas and its smoking was indicative of belonging to the Soviet elite, nomenklatura.

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