Very few brands of cigarettes can boast of such vivid and stunning historical facts as those that we will now consider. These are Soyuz Apollo cigarettes. Photos of different variants of the famous brand's products are presented in the article below.
Docking Day of the spacecraft - the date of the sale of cigarettes Soyuz-Apollo
They arose thanks to a momentous event that united the once warring nations in conquering the vastness of the cosmic universe. Soyuz Apollo (cigarettes with the names of two ships) was born in honor of a joint flight into outer space.
Two
space rockets became members of this flight - the Soviet Soyuz and the American Apollo. The missiles that launched from the cosmodromes of the two major powers were launched into near-Earth space, and there, approaching tightly to each other, they opened the gateways for the passage. In this way, for a certain time, two
spaceships of the warring states turned into a single unit. The peoples of the whole world have witnessed a historical act broadcast in the broad sense of the word everywhere, on all television channels.
Far 1975
When did the Soyuz-Apollo cigarettes first appear on the market of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? It was only 1975. Their first production was dedicated to the very moment when the Soviet and American spacecraft docked.
Soyuz Apollo (cigarettes symbolizing the interaction of two large states) could be easily purchased back in 1975, they reappeared on the shelves of tobacco shops now, because they deservedly deserved admiring consumer reviews, even despite all kinds of warnings from the Ministry health that smoking can lead to a decrease in potency and the development of lung cancer. Any person has the right to evaluate their own health.
And if at the moment it is extremely easy to buy Soyuz-Apollo cigarettes, then in those days of the Soviet Union their cost was quite high - as much as 1.5 rubles per pack (in those days it was a tidy sum for such a product). And in addition to the high price, these cigarettes were considered quite a serious shortage. Free access to Soyuz Apollo cigarettes, which included the famous Virginia tobacco, was granted only to representatives of the party elite society, while ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to get the desired pack exclusively for incredible money, buying it from speculators.
From deficit to extinction
During the period when the Soviet armed forces entered the Republic of Afghanistan, a cooling of bilateral relations arose, for the same reason the production of Soyuz Apollo cigarettes was stopped.
However, the famous story of the famous brand could not and should not have ended on this. And cigarettes, like Phoenix, recovered from the ashes of the Soviet Union already in the mid-nineties, allowing smokers of the Russian Federation to enjoy not only universal freedom, but also the aroma of long-known and beloved tobacco. From 1995 to the present, legendary cigarettes are produced exclusively in the Russian Federation - at a tobacco factory in the Krasnodar region, it is also a private property of Philip Morris.
According to Nielsen, over the past few years, Soyuz Apollo cigarettes have maintained a market level of 1, -1.4% in terms of total production in the food sector and 1-1.1% in financial terms.
Currently, the passion for the brand is weakening again. According to experts in the field of tobacco examination, in the 21st century the tobacco brand, which was a specific shortage in the Soviet Union, lost its meaning and significance in the Russian Federation: Russian citizens absolutely do not feel pride in the success of the state in space matters, the symbol of which was Soyuz Apollo for many years ". These cigarettes were then the most popular among fans of imported tobacco.
From classics to a wide range
When Soyuz Apollo appeared, these cigarettes became the first brand of the Soviet era, the tobacco products of which were produced in a tight pack.
In 1998, after the full production process was established, a newer version of the legendary cigarettes - “Special”, was released, and in 2001 - “Special Lights”.