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Russian Playing Cards

Playing cards were known in Muscovy as early as the last quarter of the sixteenth century.

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Hermits

Hermits

Playing cards depicting imagined residents of St. Petersburg with illustrations by Alexei Bobrinsky.

Historical playing cards, 1897

Historical playing cards, 1897

Russian “Historical” playing cards with designs by Nikolay Karazin, 1897

History of the Russian Revolution

History of the Russian Revolution

A pack of playing cards about the Russian Revolution, USA, c. 2021.

Hotel Lena

Hotel Lena

Hotel Lena playing cards published by Bichik in Yakutsk in 2001.

Hunting playing cards

Hunting playing cards

Hunting playing cards / “Okhotnich’i karty” with illustrations by the court artist Mihály Zichy.

Karty Derzhavnye

Karty Derzhavnye

Karty Derzhavnye (Sovereign cards) with artwork by S. Zaitsev, Russia, 1997.

Karty Lyubvi

Karty Lyubvi

Karty lyubvi Slavyanskie (Slavonic love cards) and Karty lyubvi Starinnye (Ancient love cards).

Kashmir Playing Cards

Kashmir Playing Cards

Kashmir playing cards designed by Lev Liberman and printed by Printissa, Saint Petersburg, 2005.

Kolotushki

Kolotushki

Kolotushki playing cards designed by Vitalii Buslovskikh, Russia, 2000.

Komandirskie [Commanders]

Komandirskie [Commanders]

‘Komandirskie’ military-themed playing cards from Russia, 1997.

La Traviata

La Traviata

“La Traviata” playing cards designed by Erté, c.1985.

Lubok playing cards

Lubok playing cards

Lubok playing cards designed by Victor M. Sveshnikov. Russia, 1984.

Madam Luck

Madam Luck

“Madam Luck” playing cards designed by B. Adziev, 1998.

Matryoshka playing cards

Matryoshka playing cards

The first nested doll set was carved in 1890.

Maya

Maya

“Maya” playing cards designed by Russian artist V. M. Sveshnikov and first published by The Colour Printing Plant, St Petersburg, in 1975.

Miner’s Cards for Rutek Alliance

Miner’s Cards for Rutek Alliance

Miner’s Cards for the Czech company Rutek Alliance, 2012.

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Emergency response playing cards published by the Kombinat Tsvetnoi Pechati (Colour Printing Combine), St Petersburg, 2002.

Moscow Poker

Moscow Poker

“Moscow” - from the Soviet series produced by Sprint, Ivanovo, 2013.

New Figures by A. I. Charlemagne, 1862

New Figures by A. I. Charlemagne, 1862

“Renaissance” playing card designed by A I Charlemagne 1862. but not published until 2018.

New Style ‘Jugendstil’

New Style ‘Jugendstil’

Playing cards showing the influence of ‘Jugendstil’ manufactured by the Soviet Playing Card Monopoly (U.S.S.R.).