Mayan Culture playing cardsSoviet UnionIt’s slightly frustrating that the good people at the fascinating English Russia website (where I spotted these cards) don’t expand on their intriguing statement that “Mayan motifs were popular in Soviet times in Russia”. Why, exactly, was that? And was this deck actually manufactured in the USSR? If so, why is the word “JOKER” not in Cyrillic?Oh well, I guess that’s my web research quest for the day sorted…More examples of these lovely cards here
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Mayan Culture playing cards
Soviet Union

It’s slightly frustrating that the good people at the fascinating English Russia website (where I spotted these cards) don’t expand on their intriguing statement that “Mayan motifs were popular in Soviet times in Russia”. Why, exactly, was that? And was this deck actually manufactured in the USSR? If so, why is the word “JOKER” not in Cyrillic?
Oh well, I guess that’s my web research quest for the day sorted…

More examples of these lovely cards here

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    fascinating. I know where I’ll spend the rest of the day
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