Details of the Russian Tarot of St Petersburg
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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