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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Box of Russian Cigarettes
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Box of Russian Cigarettes

Object numberMO 2004.11.5
Name Cigarette
Maker (Russian, founded 1891)
Dateca. 1945
Mediumpaper (paper, cardboard), tobacco
Dimensionsoverall H 4 7/8 in x W 4 in x D 3/4 in (12.4 cm x 10.2 cm x 1.9 cm )
DescriptionThirteen unsmoked Russian unfiltered cigarettes, the brand name marked on each. The cigarettes are in the original packaging, consisting of a box made of black, gold, and off-white cardboard. On the cover is the brand name and an illustration of a city scene, predominantly in blue, with red and white firecrackers going off in the sky. On the underside of the box is printed information in Cyrillic, including the maker's mark.
Label TextJoseph Stalin presented these Russian cigarettes to President Roosevelt during the Yalta Conference in February 1945.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the FDR Library by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in 2004.
Credit LineGift of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
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