During the expedition in Moscow I came across a number of heroes. People that we all know and that we admire or maybe question, but in any case, they have made their mark in history.
But of course, as always we forget the heroes that really count. The people that change lives and give pleasure to millions. The ones that make our lives sweeter!
You have guessed it by now? I guess not! I am talking about Chocolate Tina, enfin, I don’t really know her actual name but she is the lady featured on Russia’s most famous chocolate bar. Close to the riverfront you can see and smell the factory of Aljonka that produces the soviet sweet treat that kept the country from falling apart. The Willy Wonka of the Communist Party figured that putting a picture of a sweet little girl would make life easier and more interesting.
For years to come the Russian people were putting their teeth in proper comrade chocolate that tasted like ...the party has decided it should taste! With a shell life of at least 6 months, it was easy to calculate how many bars you needed to last you a 5 Year Plan. A bit later they actually added different flavours and I recently found out that the girl on the chocolate package is a real person and still alive. I thought, wow, Chocolate Tina should be rolling it, but no. The Communist Party was not very sweet and decided that this girl was participating for the better of the country and therefore being paid enough! However 50 years later it turns out that there is a new right for them that gives them royalties and I guess Chocolate Tina, a bit less youthful, is now slowly getting was she deserved, a sweet ending for a forgotten hero of the Soviet era.
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