Abstract: The invention is a cigarette casing, which is intended for independent making of a <<Russian>> cigarette (papirosy) by a smoker or for bulk production. The casing of the <<Russian>> cigarette has an empty mouthpiece (1) and a connected empty envelope (2) at least a part of the cavity (4) of which is intended for the allocation of the smoking material. It contains a separating partition being selectively penetrable for the smoke, installed so that at least a part of the cavity (3) of the mouthpiece (1) could be detached from at least a part of the cavity (4) of the envelope (2) and so that it is possible to overlap at least a part of the cross section of the cavity (3) of the mouthpiece (1).