Kyiv confectionery factory "Roshen" ( uk, Київська кондитерська фабрика "Рошен"), formerly known as the Karl Marx Kiev Confectionery Factory ( uk, Київська кондитерська фабрика імені Карла Маркса) is the largest

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company in

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, and the most important subdivision of the Roshen Confectionery Corporation.

History

The factory was founded in 1874 by Valentin Yefimov. In 1923, it was named after

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by the

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authorities in order to celebrate his 105th anniversary.

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

acquired control over the factory soon after its

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in the 1990s, making it the basis for the future Roshen Corporation; a major modernization with Western equipment followed. It is unclear when exactly

Roshen Roshen Confectionery Corporation ( uk, Кондитерська корпорація «Роше́н», Kondyterska korporatsiya "Roshen") is a Ukrainian confectionery manufacturing group. It operates facilities in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, ...

decided to officially rename the factory, dropping the "Karl Marx" part. The project to revitalize part of the Roshen factory won a bronze medal at the prestigious International Design Awards (IDA).

Products

The factory produces more than 100 different products of

, including a variety of

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, candies,

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, and fruit jellies. Among the factory's best-known

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s are: "Kyivsky" cake; "Kyiv Vechirniy" chocolate and nut candies; "Chaika", "Teatralnyi" and "Alionka" plain

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bars and other products.

References

External links

Kyiv Confectionery Factory
Factory's page on Roshen Corporation website Ukrainian chocolate companies Confectionery companies of Ukraine Food and drink companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Kyiv Companies established in 1874 1874 establishments in the Russian Empire Companies nationalised by the Soviet Union {{Ukraine-company-stub