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Minsk city council issued a Trade Certificate №34 to a coffee shop with confectionery products and to confectionery Bakery of George Raczkowski, located on Zakharyevskaya str.,1
Confectionery Shop and G.Raczkowski’s pastry workshop occupied three rooms in the house № 79 on Zakharyevskaya str., there were 3 workers and 4 students.
More than 20 people worked with advanced machines and apparatus at candy factory "George" of G.Raczkowski, duration of the working day was 12 hours with 1.5 hour break.
A team of confectioners was created on the basis of the former candy factory "George", later called "The first Belarusian confectionery factory”.
Factory was renamed as Minsk confectionary factory "Progress"
The factory moved to a spacious backstore of Yeast plant on MOPR Street (now Kommunist str.), and in honor of the 12th anniversary of the October Revolution the factory was called "Kommunarka".
Till 1936 "Kommunarka" biscuit work shop maked cakes and biscuits such as "May" and "Dorozhnoe" and it was located on the corner of Lekkert and Industrial str., I / 22. In 1936 the production of biscuits and cakes was isolated in an independent enterprise - Minsk biscuit factory trust "Belkonditer" BSSR People's Commissariat of Food Industry, located on MOPR str. 127
The newly established Minsk biscuit factory started production of biscuits, cakes and noodle products.
The main production processes were carried out manually in the range of 13 items, production capacity was about 500 tons per year (about 70% of which were gingerbread), the share of packaged products was 10%.
Noodle Workshop was transferred to Borisov, on factory’s squares lithography was organized, consisting of two printing machines.
Production of confectionery products was about 6000 tons per year in the range of about 50 items. The products were mainly sold within the BSSR and about 10-15% - abroad
1st October Biscuit and printing production of "Kommunarka" was transformed into Minsk biscuit and printing factory.
1st July Minsk confectionary factory №2 (str. Radialnaya, 54) and Minsk confectionary factory "Kommunarka" were created on the basis of the liquidated Confectionery Production Association "Kommunarka.
2nd January in connection with the ownership form change the factory was renamed into OJSC "Confectionary" Slodych". The factory began production of crackers.
Production of glazed and decorated with chocolate icing biscuits