Theme Week Moscow – Red October

15 January 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Former factory building of the Red October confectionery © flickr.com - Pavel Kazachkov/cc-by-2.0

Former factory building of the Red October confectionery © flickr.com – Pavel Kazachkov/cc-by-2.0

The Red October is a Russian manufacturer of confectionery and the name of the same factory in Moscow. In 1851 the Brandenburg confectioner Theodor Ferdinand von Einem (1826-1876) from Belzig opened up a small pastry shop on the Arbat Street. In the shop “Einem”, chocolate and candy were produced. He employed five staff. In 1857 he met his future business partner, the German businessman Julius Heuss (1832-1907) from Walddorf in the Black Forest. In the same year they jointly opened a pastry shop at the Theater Square in Moscow.   read more…

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