The Thousands

How do you take your Russian Presidents? Drunk and disorderly? Criminally insane? Undead? Whatever your preference, this babushka set has you covered. Starting with Putin (creepy, vampire like), it works backwards through every (major) president of the 20th century.

A hundred and twenty bucks will get you a beaming Boris Yeltsin (drunk), Mikhail Gorbachev (now shilling for Louis Vuitton), good old Brezhnev (did stuff), and, of course, Stalin. It’s a kaleidoscope of personality defects, political intrigue and retro cool. It also makes you an instant expert on Russia, the USSR and The Cold War. Oh, and for added authenticity, the manufacturers have ignored the deadbeat presidents. There’s no need to worry about Chernenko and Andropov, they’ve both been wiped from the annals of history. Just like in the real Russia!

Place these bad boys on your mantle piece and everyone will pretty much assume you have crazy political knowledge. Also, they’ll be impressed with your heightened sense of irony. Nothing says ‘socialist paradise’ like novelty babushkas in a Docklands apartment.