Playing Cards from Russia
Hermits
Playing cards depicting imagined residents of St. Petersburg with illustrations by Alexei Bobrinsky.
Historical playing cards, 1897
Russian “Historical” playing cards with designs by Nikolay Karazin, 1897
History of the Russian Revolution
A pack of playing cards about the Russian Revolution, USA, c. 2021.
Hotel Lena
Hotel Lena playing cards published by Bichik in Yakutsk in 2001.
Hunting playing cards
Hunting playing cards / “Okhotnich’i karty” with illustrations by the court artist Mihály Zichy.
Karty Derzhavnye
Karty Derzhavnye (Sovereign cards) with artwork by S. Zaitsev, Russia, 1997.
Karty Lyubvi
Karty lyubvi Slavyanskie (Slavonic love cards) and Karty lyubvi Starinnye (Ancient love cards).
Kashmir Playing Cards
Kashmir playing cards designed by Lev Liberman and printed by Printissa, Saint Petersburg, 2005.
Kolotushki
Kolotushki playing cards designed by Vitalii Buslovskikh, Russia, 2000.
Komandirskie [Commanders]
‘Komandirskie’ military-themed playing cards from Russia, 1997.
La Traviata
“La Traviata” playing cards designed by Erté, c.1985.
Lubok playing cards
Lubok playing cards designed by Victor M. Sveshnikov. Russia, 1984.
Madam Luck
“Madam Luck” playing cards designed by B. Adziev, 1998.
Matryoshka playing cards
The first nested doll set was carved in 1890.
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 the Czech company Rutek Alliance, 2012.
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Emergency response playing cards published by the Kombinat Tsvetnoi Pechati (Colour Printing Combine), St Petersburg, 2002.
Moscow Poker
“Moscow” - from the Soviet series produced by Sprint, Ivanovo, 2013.
New Figures by A. I. Charlemagne, 1862
“Renaissance” playing card designed by A I Charlemagne 1862. but not published until 2018.
New Style ‘Jugendstil’
Playing cards showing the influence of ‘Jugendstil’ manufactured by the Soviet Playing Card Monopoly (U.S.S.R.).