🏛 Imperial Playing Card Factory

пр. Обуховской Обороны, 110

A red-brick building where for almost a century all of Russia's playing cards were printed — the very “atlas” deck design was devised for this factory.

From 1819 the factory had a monopoly on playing cards, and the income went to foundling homes.
In its very first year 20,000 decks were printed here, and by the early 20th century up to 20,000 a day.
The design of the “atlas” deck was created by the academician Adolf Charlemagne.
The main building with a turret facing the Neva was begun in 1867 to a design by G. Kh. Stegeman.
In Soviet times it housed the Colour Printing Combine; in 2006 the neighbouring buildings were demolished and the main one preserved.

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The Playing-Card Factory and the Nevskaya Zastava Museum