Am I reading 3 or 4 resistor color code here?

It has 4 resistors in the base?

Why not just 1?

Im not sure, but I would say that this splits the current on 4 Resistors and you can use resistors with smaller power rating.

Never seen that done with these 3 resistors the total would be third of what the resistor value is cannot clearly see. (resistors in paralel) The Russian neons clearly show a resistor but only one.

It probably just happened that it was cheaper to get resistors with a lower power rating and parallel them to get the correct current, rather than getting a proper resistor. The other possibility is that the value needed does not exist as a premade resistor and so they had to make it by paralleling others.

Or, just needed enough current for three resistors without overheating