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Not only Clacton or Walton that has a sweet smell of successMoscow loses sweet slice of history
Famous Red October chocolate factory is to be converted into homes for rich Russians
Luke Harding Moscow
Monday December 31, 2007
The Guardian
The chocolate aroma is unmistakeable. The only person missing is Willy Wonka - or possibly Augustus Gloop.
For more than 130 years the Red October chocolate factory in Moscow has been churning out bars for sweet-toothed Russians. But next week the factory, one of the capital's most recognisable central landmarks, is to close.
To the dismay of conservationists, the 19th-century redbrick building on the banks of the Moscow river, close to the Kremlin, is to be converted into luxury flats
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