Kazbek (cigarettes)

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Kazbek ({{langx|ru|Казбек}}) was a brand of papirosas in the Soviet Union named after Mount Kazbek, Caucasus.

The author of the design, {{ill|Robert Grabbe|ru|Граббе, Роберт Андреевич}}, 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.

Веденеев Василий, 100 великих тайн России XX века, [https://bookscafe.net/read/vedeneev_vasiliy-100_velikih_tayn_rossii_xx_veka-208614.html#p32 section Отец «Казбека»] Kazbek was a higher tier of papirosas and its smoking was indicative of belonging to the Soviet elite, nomenklatura. Богданов И. А. Дым отечества, или, Краткая история табакокурения. — М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2007., p. 212