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Communist chess set

Reds vs Whites, produced circa 1930 in Lomonosov Porcelain Factory in Leningrad

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the white pawns in chains, 'monarchs' of the reds being a marriage of industrial proletariat and the agricultural worker, budenovka bishops
That's dope, the Whites king is metal af
Found an auction site that lets you zoom in on these in high resolution. Check out the details!
- Does anyone know the significance of the white queen baring a breast? Weird detail I noticed on that super high quality image.
  
  Probably calling out the western art as decadent, the palaces of aristocracy were full of it.
- Those red ships are one of the cutest chess pieces i ever seen.
goes hard
i want a replica so bad. my chess set is boring

somebody etsy this up. maybe do a modern take on it
- These sets are like $4000-$45,000 lol. Don’t lnow if most of us can drop that kind of cash
  
  3d printing?
Absolute heat wish I could own it

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