a lacquered papier-mache desk set comprising:

a) a rectangular base with beveled edges Gotovnost k oborone strany [Preparedness for the State`s Defense], with two ink stand indents and a pen groove, featuring the great defending forces of the Soviet Union - sophisticated aeromechanics cruising the sky above the Party leaders gathered at the Kremlin Senate in the center, with the Red Army soldiers in the foreground, proudly marching behind a line of self-propelled artillery, all flanked by two of the army`s civilian mainstays: agricultural sector on the left and industrial workers in gasmasks on the right, with four impressive battleships representing the strength of the Red Fleet, placed along the bottom edge; length: 38 cm (15 in.), width: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); signed in Cyrillic N. Zinoviev, Palekh, 1932 along the bottom edge, inscribed with title along the top edge

b) an ornate desktop paper holder with two divided compartments Velikiy Oktyabr [The Great October], on a raised base with beveled edges, featuring a demonstration held by Lenin in front of the Grand Kremlin Palace on a rear panel, a group of the common workers raising their red banners against capitalism on a middle panel, the row of marching peasants and the young with red standards on a front panel; length: 22 cm (8 5/8 in.), height: 18cm (7 1/8 in.); each panel signed in Cyrillic on the bottom N. Zinoviev, Palekh, dated 1932 (front panel) and 1933 (middle and rear panels), inscribed with title along the top edge of the rear panel

c) a cylindrical pencil holder on a raised base Stroitelstvo tyazholoy industrii [Building-up of Heavy Industry], featuring a landscape with a multitude of Soviet factories, along with a hydroelectric power station, aeromechanics, military and farm machinery; black interior; diameter of base: 9 cm (3 1/2 in.), height: 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.); signed and inscribed in Cyrillic on the bottom N. Zinoviev, Palekh, dated 1932, inscribed with title along the top edge

d) a rocker style ink blotter with a handle Krasnaya gvardiya [The Red Guards], the top rectangular panel featuring the scene of storming of the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks with help of the sailors of the Baltic Fleet on the 25th of October, 1917 in Petrograd; length: 17 cm (6 3/4 in.); signed in Cyrillic, inscribed and dated along bottom edge of the top panel N. Zinoviev, Palekh, dated 1932, titled along the top edge of the panel;

e) a rectangular postage stamp box with five compartments Krasnaya armiya na front [The Red Army to the Front], the hinged cover with rounded corners featuring a strenuous battle between the Red and the White cavalry; crimson interior; length: 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.), height: 3 cm (1 1/8 in.); signed and inscribed in Cyrillic along the lower edge of the coverN. Zinoviev, Palekh, dated 1932, titled along the top edge of the cover

f) a pencil holder Votonovitelniy Period [Restoraiton Period] depicting post-war restoration and a celebration of the union of the country and city life; height: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.), diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/8 in.); signed and inscribed in Cyrillic along the lower edge N. Zinoviev, Palekh, dated 1932, titled along the top edge