Prima (cigarette)

Prima is a Russian brand of cigarettes that was manufactured at the Kyiv Tobacco Factory in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Today, it is owned and manufactured in Russia by various tobacco manufacturers.
History.
Prima cigarettes were created by the leadership of the German Labor Front (DAF) during the occupation of Ukraine by Germany in the Second World War; the target market was guest workers. The tutu was painted with colors of fascist symbols and the name was written in the German Blackletter font. In 1970, these cigarettes were produced again in the Soviet Union, becoming popular because of their low price (just 14 kopeyki) and the better quality of their tobacco than that of another popular Russian brand, Belomorkanal. Prima cigarettes are now produced by a number of tobacco factories throughout Russia.
Markets.
Prima cigarettes are sold in the following countries: Moldova, Transnistria, the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine, the Soviet Union, Russia, Novorossiya, the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Israel and Indonesia.
In popular culture.
Movies.
Prima cigarettes were shown in the film Sportloto-82.
Music.
The cigarettes were mentioned in the lyrics of Konstantin Belyaev's song "some cigarettes are extinguished ..." "and a box of matches gasket I/three Prima cigarettes.