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On July 17, 1861, the Grodno Provincial Government considered the petition of merchants Abram Gordon and Leiba Shereshevsky for permission to open a tobacco factory in Grodno. Statistical data for the Grodno province in 1861 indicated that the factory employed: 1 artisan, 3 workers; in total, 2,000 Russian rubles worth of products were produced in a year.

In order to expand production, Shereshevsky is moving the factory to his own mansion located in the city center on Mostovaya Street (the old factory building now belongs to the “Accent” glove factory)

The management of the factory passes to the son of Leiba Shereshevsky, Iosel. He manages to turn the factory into the largest production facility in the Russian Empire and maintain leadership in the industry for almost half a century. Steam engines were installed by the factory owners.

The report of the Grodno factory inspector contains the entry “Grodno Tobacco Factory owns warehouses and shops in St. Petersburg, Simferopol, Yekaterinburg, Vilnius, Warsaw, Lodz, Nezhinsk, Radoml, Plotsk, Lublin, Lomzha, Dvinsk”.

Tobacco from Grodno conquers France. The jury of the world exhibition in Paris did not ignore the tobacco manufacturer from Grodno, awarding his products with another silver medal.

The factory has been transformed into a joint-stock company for the purpose of further development

Tobacco is officially included in the soldiers’ rations of the Russian army, and the Grodno Tobacco Factory is becoming the main supplier of tobacco products for all branches of the Russian Army

Due to the introduction of a monopoly on the tobacco, alcohol and match industries, the factory becomes the property of the Polish government.

Construction of a new tobacco factory building in the Zaneman part of Grodno, where the factory is still located.

The factory is a part of the “Glavtabak” of the USSR

On November 5, 1944, the economic activity of the factory was resumed, and the post-war production of smoking tobacco for the population was restored.

During this period, the legendary “Belomorkanal”, “New” and “Southern” cigarettes appeared at the factory.

Transformation into the Grodno tobacco factory “Neman”

The first certification according to the ISO 9001-2001 standard

150th anniversary of the foundation

155th anniversary of the foundation

In the year of the 160th anniversary of the enterprise, the night sky of ancient Grodno was decorated with a grandiose fireworks display. Bright flashes of fiery comets reminded the townspeople that in the beautiful city above the Neman River, the oldest enterprise in Belarus is located – a symbol of well-being and prosperity, its calling card.