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Belomorkanal () was a cigarette brand made by the Uritsky Tobacco Factory since 1932 at Leningrad, Soviet Union. The brand was introduced to commemorate the construction of the White Sea–Baltic Canal, also known as the Belomorkanal. Process engineer Ionidi is considered to be its creator, and the pack drawing was made by Andrey Tarakanov.〔Bachurin, Mikhail. "(Курите папиросы! )" (in Russian). ''PakkoGraff'' #6, 2008. pp. 58–61.〕 Belomorkanal is a cigarette of specific design called in Russian ''papirosa'' (), to distinguish from usual cigarettes. Generally, the papirosa is without a filter. Belomorkanal is an example of one of the stages in the evolution of cigarettes: it is composed of a hollow cardboard tube extended by a thin cigarette paper tube with tobacco. The cardboard tube plays the role of a disposable cigarette holder. This method was abandoned by Western brands shortly after World War II. While smoking, the hollow part of the tube is usually compressed to make two separate perpendicular flat surfaces, for the sake of convenience. Belomorkanal are still produced in various post-Soviet republics, most notably in Russia, in Kamenets-Podolskiy (Ukraine) and in Hrodna (Belarus). The brand became popular in most of the Soviet Bloc countries due to their low price. They are famed as one of the strongest cigarettes available in Eastern Europe (if not the strongest in the world). They were also pictured in many works of art and literature. Belomorkanal is also used by cannabis users, "emptied cigarettes are then filled with a mixture of tobacco and marijuana" for smoking.〔Dineeva, Nelly Rod (December 1999). "(Adolescent Narcotism in Russia )". ''Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems''. 1 (2). p. 30. 〕〔V. Anastasia (2003). "(Cannibis Culture: Russia )". in Dana Larsen. Grow ''Like a Pro: The Marijuana Advantage''. Oakland, Calif.: Quick American. p. 52. ISBN 0-932551-60-2〕 ==In popular culture== In a 1985 song by Jan Krzysztof Kelus, the name of the cigarettes is compared to ''Auschwitz Filters'' due to the fact that many thousands of Gulag prisoners had died during the construction of the canal. Nicolas Rothwell's 2013 novel ''Belomor'' takes its name from this cigarette. Belomor and papirosa are referenced multiple time in the Arkady Renko books by Martin Cruz Smith. It is possible that these cigarettes were the inspiration for the "victory cigarettes" of George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belomorkanal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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