Back to the USSR
Back to the USSR deck featuring communist party leaders and politicians, c.1995
“Back to the USSR” deck featuring communist party leaders and politicians designed by Y. Nepakharev and R. Melikhov, printed by Grimaud for the Russian market, c.1995. The captions on the court cards are in Russian and English; the information on the box is all in Russian.


Above: “Back to the USSR” playing cards printed in France by Grimaud, c.1995. 36 cards in box. The ace of spades has a portrait of Lenin in centre of the spade.


By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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