Art Nouveau

• Vladimir Putin to Give Away Chess Sets as well as State Awards, Chess-News.ru, July 20, 2015

Now chess sets will be added to the list of gifts from Vladimir Putin, reports Moskovsky Komsomolets. “The porcelain pieces of green and red color, are based on the heroes of ancient chronicles. The chess sets will be in a box, the cover of which depicts the Kremlin and the Russian coat of arms”. [Read more].

• Eva Merkacheva, Новые подарки россиянам от Путина: шахматы и вазы (Putin’s most recent Russian gifts: chess and vases), MK.ru, July 19, 2015