Rot Front Open Joint-Stock Company is one of the oldest Russian confectionery manufacturers and a member of Obyedinyonnye Konditery holding company

Holding company

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...

. Rot Front produces over 200 types of confectionery

Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...

 and sells in all Russian regions, CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

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 countries, Western Europe, North America and the Middle East.

The factory was established in 1826 and acquired its present name after the German Communist slogan Rot Front!, during the 1931 delegation visit headed by Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann was the leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years, before being shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler's orders in 1944...

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