Four Styles of Grandmaster Chess Sets: The GM3 Chess Pieces

"If Botvinnik-Flohr II sets were the workhorse of Soviet Chess before 1950, Grandmaster 3 sets pulled the plow thereafter. Grandmaster Supreme sets served in Soviet Championships and intra-Soviet World Championships, while other events used regular versions that varied across time and region. Over time, the quality of the sets generally degraded as they were simplified for mass production and cheapened for mass consumption. Ironically, the workhorse of Soviet chess for the last forty years of the Union’s life was not a true Soviet design at all, but a traditional Staunton design adorned with opposite-colored finials to give it a pinch of Soviet seasoning."

Read more in the latest post to sovietchesssets.com.

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House-Museum of V.I. Lenin, city of Ulyanovsk. LENIN CHESS SET.

very similar to (St. Petersburg 1914 chess set tournament).

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LENIN CHESS SET
Shushenskoye: a village in Siberia where Lenin's three-year exile took place

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Stalin Chess Set

Stalin practically did not play chess. One of the few chess sets that really belonged to Stalin is located at his dacha in Sochi. It suffered greatly from the wind and humid climate, but it is unlikely that it was played a lot, but rather because it is exhibited on an open veranda.
Other chess sets that are found in various expositions do not inspire confidence - most likely, these are just authentic sets of those years, added for the sake of completeness.

According to the dacha worker, Stalin used to come here often, mostly in autumn, and in the summer his family rested here.

In the past, wicker furniture and chess were on the balcony.

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Karpov in that plaid jacket is killing me...