This type of chess set had been manufacturing from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s in the Mordovian ASSR (Mordovian Autonomous Socialist Republic – now called Republic of Mordovia, located southeast of the Moscow region), in Temnikovsky correctional labor camps (Temlag) in the village of Yavas and the surrounding settlements.
Board: 36x36 cm, square 4.4 cm.
King: 9.5 cm, base 4 cm.
Pawn: 4 cm, base 2.9 cm.
Weight 1080 g.
Damages: most of the chess pieces lost their bottom felts, black pawn has collar`s crack, a little bit unstable chess board (maybe a little change of the wood due to the passed time).
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- Russia
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- Soviet Mordovian wooden chess set made in 1955. Original chess set 1950s made in the USSR. Great gift for 69-70 years anniversary, for 69 years old or 70 years (2025) old person.
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