Soviet Museum Kit – Made in USSR Slide Viewer

-Complete Soviet museum kit – a unique, coherent lot for collectors of vintage objects from the Soviet era, enthusiasts of historical slides, history teachers, or decorators seeking an authentic piece in an industrial/museum style. Lot contents: 1. Vintage Soviet slide viewer Marking: “СДЕЛАНО В СССР” / “Made in USSR” engraved on the front face. Compact device in white and gray plastic, rectangular. It functions as a single viewer: the slide inserts from the top and is viewed through the eyepiece. Typical design of the Soviet plastics industry of the 1970s-1980s. -Condition: good overall, clean casings, a few micro-scratches consistent with age. Sliding loading mechanism visible on the top. Approximate dimensions: 7.5 × 5 × 7 cm. 2. Complete slide-film “Culture of Kyiv Rus’” Editor: Молодежное объединение «Радуга» (Youth Association “Rainbow”), Moscow. Title: “КУЛЬТУРА КИЕВСКОЙ РУСИ” (Culture of Kyiv Rus’). Contents: 36 slides, delivered in their original cardboard box with the original publisher label. Box never opened. Theme: history, architecture, art and culture of Kyiv Rus’, IX–XIII centuries, foundational period of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Soviet-era educational material. Condition: authentic original cardboard box and never opened. 3. Lot of cultural slides – Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema Origin: Всесоюзное бюро пропаганды киноискусства (Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema Art). -Examples of content: Slide No. 20: Paul Cézanne – “Still life with drapery”, 1898-1899. Slide No. 23: Pablo Picasso – “Absinthe Drinker”, 1901. Other slides from the same bureau in the yellow box: reproductions of classical and modern art, featuring Peterhof/Petrodvorets and the Hermitage. Features: paper framing with bilingual Russian/English captions, serial numbering visible (e.g., 70-1964, 70-1967), red “Made in USSR” marking. Cultural dissemination materials produced by the official Soviet propaganda organs. Condition: colors faded in line with Eastmancolor/Sovcolor processes of the era, with the characteristic sepia/pink bias; readability perfect. ---Ideal for: collectors of Soviet objects, history teachers, analog photography enthusiasts, interior decorators in industrial/museum style, or anyone seeking an authentic cultural curiosity that is both functional and collectible.

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