Krasny Oktyabr Chocolate Factory

A Mini Cooper color-coordinating with a sign from factory days that reads "Krasny Oktyabr, Russian Tradition and Quality."

Flashy cars gleaming on the streets of the former factory grounds. Krasny Oktyabr was the Soviet name of the company, meaning "Red October" and celebrating the Communist Revolution.

The company was founded by a German, Ferdinand Theodore von Einem. He arrived in Moscow in 1850 and opened a candy store with a business partner. They founded the factory in 1867.

Workers at the old factory site grinning during their impromptu photo op.

A couple catching a romantic moment on the factory's edge on the banks of the Moscow River. The gargantuan statue of Peter the Great, by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, towers in the background.

The golden domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior shining across the river from the factory site.

A boot-clad security guard defending the cars of art gallery visitors, with Peter the Great in the background.

Rolling Stone's logo hanging off a building. The factory first was called Einem. In 1918 it was renamed Government Factory No. 1, Formerly Einem. It became Krasny Oktyabr in 1922.

The security guard still watching out for the shiny cars at the former Soviet factory.