High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sobranie (Russian: Собрание, "Gathering", "Collection", "Assembly") cigarette brand is one of the oldest tobacco brands in the world. Sobranie of London was established in 1879 by the Redstone family, when cigarettes had just become fashionable in Europe. Several generations of the Redstone family blended this tobacco from a secret formula.The original cigarettes were handmade in the Russian tradition. Sobranie was the supplier of royal courts of Great Britain, Spain, Romania, and Greece. In the early 1980`s, the trademarks for Sobranie were sold to Gallaher Group, one of the English conglomerates, which continues to produce it, albeit with a modified formula, at various places in Europe.