Russian Tarot of St Petersburg

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Solandia's Summary: The cards of the Russian Tarot of St Petersburg have large black borders and the images are small and dark, as they are a series of miniature paintings of Russian people and fairy tales. Despite being a Russian deck, all text is in English.

Creator(s): Yuri Shakov & Cynthia Giles

Type: Tarot Deck   Number of Cards: 78    Major Arcana: 22    Minor Arcana: 56

Card Size: 2.76 x 4.72 inches = 7.00cm x 12.00cm

Publisher: Published by US Games 1992

Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith

Minor Arcana Style: RWS-Based Scenes

Suits: Cups, Coins, Swords, Clubs

Court Cards: Page, Knight, Queen, King
Strength is 8   Justice is 11

Deck Themes: Russian

Card Back: Non-reversible

Back Design: Black with suit images.

Languages: English

Excerpt of the Russian Tarot of St Petersburg review by Cricket: This deck is unusual in a few ways. First, it was started by Yury Shakov - he finished number of the cards, along with the preliminary sketches for the rest - but the remainder were finished by an unknown Russian artist at his death. There really isn't much difference in their styles, the continuity of the deck is amazing. Each card is rendered in sharp detail. This includes a border in gold... read more.

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