This is one of my favorite Soviet designs.
The "Revolutionary" Smyslov Chessmen
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Hi cgrau, first, thanks for your posts, it's a pleasure discover all those designs and chess history from your publications.
Can I ask you where you find this ancient chess sets? I understand that if you are collecting them for many years, you know some sources or sites to obtain it, but my question is if you buy it directly from the Internet, or in person in markets, specialized shops, particulars. etc.
Don't worry, I'm not going to be your competence 
jtorrex wrote:
Hi cgrau, first, thanks for your posts, it's a pleasure discover all those designs and chess history from your publications.
Can I ask you where you find this ancient chess sets? I understand that if you are collecting them for many years, you know some sources or sites to obtain it, but my question is if you buy it directly from the Internet, or in person in markets, specialized shops, particulars. etc.
Don't worry, I'm not going to be your competence
Hi jtorrex! I purchased most of my sets from Etsy shops. Do a search for Soviet Chess. I purchased quite a few on eBay. Some were purchased from or by trading with other collectors.
cgrau wrote:
jtorrex wrote:
Hi cgrau, first, thanks for your posts, it's a pleasure discover all those designs and chess history from your publications.
Can I ask you where you find this ancient chess sets? I understand that if you are collecting them for many years, you know some sources or sites to obtain it, but my question is if you buy it directly from the Internet, or in person in markets, specialized shops, particulars. etc.
Don't worry, I'm not going to be your competence
Hi jtorrex! I purchased most of my sets from Etsy shops. Do a search for Soviet Chess. I purchased quite a few on eBay. Some were purchased from or by trading with other collectors.
Many thanks for your answer @cgrau! I will check Etsy, I'm not quite familiar with that site.
These impressive chess pieces are named after World Champion Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), who is seen as a young man in a rare photo playing with a set of this design and size.
Berlin artist and collector Porat Jacobson calls these pieces “revolutionary” because they reject the neoclassical column structure of Staunton and late Tsarist stems, replacing them with a trumpeted, dendriformic stem echoing modernist column designs.
Read and see more of these wonderful chess pieces and their incorporation of modernist design concepts at sovietchesssets.com.