A tobacco pipe is a device used for smoking specially prepared and chopped tobacco. The pipe was the most common accessory of the smoker until the middle of the 20th century. Later it was strongly pushed back by cigarettes. Valerian Frolov, commander of the Karelian Front in the period from September 1941 to February 1944, was an avid smoker.

Georgy Veshchezersky was the commander of the 52nd Rifle Division, which distinguished itself in battle in the Murmansk direction of the Karelian Front. He later served as deputy commander of the 32nd army of the Karelian Front. This is how he recalled Frolov:

The pipe from the collection mentioned by Georgy Veshchezersky is now in the collection of the Karelian Front Museum. This is a classic straight pipe with a cylindrical wooden bowl and a wooden stummel, its stem (mouthpiece) is made of plastic. A metal cleaning tip is attached to the mouthpiece. Closer to the intersection of the mouthpiece and the stummel, there is an inscription “Glavtabak Moscow V. S. No. 2”. This inscription reveals where and when the pipe was purchased by the commander: in the Glavtabak pavilion of VDNH in Moscow. Frolov could have bought it after his mission in Spain and before the beginning of the Winter War of 1939–1940 which coincides with the time the first pavilion in VDNH was built in 1937–1939.