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This Black Palekh deck was made by the Leningrad (St.Petersburg) factory of color printing in 1967 to commemorate their 150-anniversary. Originally named as \'Jubilee\' playing cards these cards became well known as Black Palekh. Art design by the Russian artist Pavel Bazhenov (1904-1941). The cared are made after the beautiful, remarkable, and labour-intensive Palekhware which is usually put on decorative dishes and keepsakes such as boxes. The date of this particular deck is unknown. The back and front of the tuck box show different jokers, however the deck has identical jokers which are much more detailed with much fuller colour than those seen on the tuck box, although the forms of the jokers are very similar. The deck includes a bordered card with a blank face. The backs are two-way and bordered.

The Soviet Kaliningrad company ‘Torgmortrans’ provides a wide range of ship chandler services in Kaliningrad, Svetly, Baltiysk and Pionersky ports. ‘Torgmortrans’ has been supplying ships in Kaliningrad since 1946. Included in the inventory were Souvenir Playing Cards that were printed at the Leningrad colour Printing Plant Leningrad, Obukhovskoy Oborony Ave., 110 in the 1970s. Under the brand name of ‘Morflot.’ The Ministry of the Maritime Fleet (Minmorflot; transl. Министерство морского флота СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The Merchant Maritime Fleet of the USSR is abbreviated ‘Morflot’ (transl. Морфлот). All Soviet merchant fleet organizations and establishments were subordinate to the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet, abbreviated Minmorflot (transl. Минморфлот). Until 25 May 1939, functions of the Minmorflot were carried out by the People's Commissariat of Water Transport, which was responsible for maritime and river fleets. The structure of the People's Commissariat of Maritime Fleet as a separate people's commissariat was confirmed by a decree of the Council of Ministers on 25 May 1939. On 15 March 1946, the People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet was renamed the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet by decree of the Supreme Soviet, along with all the other people's commissariats, which also became ministries. On March 15, 1953, Minmorflot was united with the Ministry of the River Fleet, becoming the Ministry of the Maritime and River Fleet. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council dated August 25, 1954, the Ministry of Maritime and River Fleet was re-established on August 25, 1954, when the Ministry of Maritime Fleet and Ministry of River Fleet was redivided. Minmorflot was liquidated on December 26, 1991, due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

This Russian custom deck was printed several times in the 1990's. Based on an original Soviet era deck from the 1920's.

From 'The World of Playing Cards' : "Maya” playing cards were designed by Russian artist V. M. Sveshnikov and first published by The Colour Printing Plant, St Petersburg, in 1975. The Russian connection to Mayan art stems from when Russian linguist Yuri Knorosov helped crack the code of the Maya glyphs. The intricate designs are inspired by ancient Mayan iconography found in original Mayan artworks from Mexico. The artist's attention to detail also includes the Tzolkin Calendar glyphs on each side of the cards.

From 'The world of playing cards' :Originally titled “Seasons” or “Times of the Year” and first published by The Colour Printing Plant in St Petersburg in 1971, these cards were designed by artist U. P. Ivanov. Each suit is allegorical of one of the four seasons of Winter, Spring, Summer & Autumn.

This is the White Palekh, an alternate (third) version of the Black Palekh which was originally designed and printed in a very small edition by artist P. Bazhenov in 1937, and shown in the International Exposition in Paris, France, where it quickly sold out. The second edition of these cards was printed in 1967 by the Leningrad (St.Petersburg) factory of color printing in the USSR to commemorate 150-anniversary. The original name of these cards was \\\'Jubilee\\\' but this edition became wellknown as Black Palekh. The White Palekh was first made in 1982, and this particular deck is from a 1985 run. Palekh refers to Russian miniature lacquer paintings on papier-mâché that first appeared around 1923 in a village called Palech and was based on a long local history of icon painting.

36 Patience-sized Fairy Tale cards. Vignettes on all pips. First published in 1981.

From 'The World of Playing Cards' : Russian playing cards with original designs by Viktor Mihajlovich Sveshnikov based on the theme of Opera and Theatre scenes, first printed by the Colour Printing Plant (USSR, Russian Federation) in 1973. The Russian indices are: Ace – Туз, Jack – Валет, Queen – Дама, King – Король.

80's edition of the "Russian Style" deck, which was designed back in 1911 by Dondorf's plant for the Russian emperor. The box of this edition is generic and was used to many other different Soviet decks. The name on the box is Souvenirnye (Souvenir Playing Cards). The colors and the detail of the courts is inferior compare to the 70's edition.

Russian Military military pack with each suit representing a different branch of the armed forces. Poor quality card.

Ukrainian Playing Cards by ABRIS. 1992. Art by Aleksandr Biletskiy and Tatiana Shevchenko. It comes in clear plastic tack box. href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/odesssa/3555845554/">Deck preview on Flickr

RUSSIAN "DAME FORTUNE" or "MRS LUCK" - playing cards 1998 - Published in 1998 By "The Colour Printing Plant" (Russia) for "Combinat-service" Printed on "not the best quality" card. Cards are fairly rough to the touch. There are 52 cards, plus 3 jokers and an advertising card. The 4 suits are themed along the lines of love, religion, power and money.

First produced in 2007. An inferior version of the Black Palekh deck.

36 card version of the Standard Russian Pattern. They are a version of the double-ended ‘Paris’ pattern from France.

Playing cards showing the influence of ‘Jugendstil’ first manufactured by the Soviet Playing Card Monopoly (U.S.S.R.) in c.1910 and then again in c.1930. This pack is a modern reprint, circa 1980, with 32 cards.

52 cards + joker + extra card. Information about the cards on the back of the box, in Russian....

Uncut Russian miniature deck, with standard Russian pattern. Cheap quality card.