"RUSSKAYA KRASAVITSA" ("Русская красавица" / "Russian Beauty").
Perfume set of flacons / bottles of Perfume, Eau de cologne and Box (Moscow, Soviet Union / USSR)

Name of the artist:

Design of the flacons / bottles and Gift Box by MARIYANA MEDNIK (1942 - 2016)

Main idea of the set: the Russian beauty in a traditional Russian headdress the Kokoshnik

Konstantin Makovsky. "Russian Beauty in kokoshnik"
 

Maker:

"Novaya Zarya" Perfume Factory (Soviet Union, USSR)

March 1988

Material:

Frosted Glass

Dimensions:

• Perfume bottle: approx. 4" inches High (appox. 11.1 centimeters)
• Eau de cologne bottle: approx. 5" inches High (appox. 12.7 centimeters)

The Perfume set of Perfume bottle, Eau de cologne bottle and Gift Box (cardboard and brocade)

Marks in Russian (Cyrillic) on attached yellow foil label (from Top to Bottom):
 

- RUSSKYA
  KRASAVITSA (It means: "Russian Beauty");

- DUKHI (It means: Perfume);

- GOST 17237-71 (It means: the State Standard # 17237-71);

- III 88 (It means: date of issue - March 1988)

- RUSSKYA
  KRASAVITSA (It means: "Russian Beauty");

- ODEKOLON (It means: Eau de cologne);

- GOST 17237-71 (It means: the State Standard # 17237-71);

- III 88 (It means: date of issue - March 1988)
 

- FABRIKA
  "NOVAYA ZARYA" (It means: "Novaya Zarya" Perfume Factory);

- MOSKVA (It means: Moscow City);

- Gruppa EXTRA. TSENA 30 rub. (It means: Group EXTRA. Price 30 rubles);

- TU N16-60-76 (It means: Technical Condition # 16-60-76)

Additional information:

The first Russian female astronaut VALENTINA TERESHKOVA chose it a perfumery set as a souvenir and gift at different International meetings.
 

Artist's Biography:

MARIYANA VLADIMIROVNA MEDNIK
• Was born in Semipalatinsk (Soviet Union) in 1942. Since September 1942 lived in Moscow.
• 1960-1961 - Art School with the artist Gurvich.
• In 1968 graduated from faculty of applied art of the Moscow Textile institute majoring in "List of fabrics".
• From 1972 to 1989 worked as the Artist / Industrial Graphic in Art and Design Laboratory of Perfumery Factory "Novaya Zarya" ("New Dawn").
• Since 1994 - the member of the International Art Fund.
• Died in 2016
• Museums: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia), Vologda Art Gallery (Russia), Private Collections

Source in Russian: http://artgallery.krasno.ru/IMAGES/Grafics/Mednik.htm

• Additional Package's Design of
- Eau de Colognes "V polyot", "Rodnoy motiv", "Magnoliya";
- Perfumes "Naedine", "Variatsiya", "Skertso", "Vsegda s toboy", "Grotesk", "Manon";
- Perfume Set "Cheburashka".

Source in Russian: http://www.pressarchive.ru/moskovskaya-pravda/1998/09/30/114987.html

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