Earliest Russian chessmen

Elephant in ivory found in ancint Khazar fortress of Sarkel, dated 8 to 10th c.,
Ermitage, St Petersburg, Russia. Proves that Chess came in Russia by the Caspian-Volga route.

 King, ivory, 12th c, Slutsk, Belarus, Bielorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk

Queen, ivory, 12th c, Lukoml, Belarus, State Museum of Belarus

 Boat (Rook), ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk

 Pawn, ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk 

Russian Chess pieces:
Top: Horse (ivory, 11/12th c, Kiev); Pawn (ivory, 11/12th c, Drutsk); Rook (ivory, 11/12th c, Vyshgorod); Rook (ivory, 12/13th c, Kopys)
Bottom: Elephant (ivory, 12/13th c, Drutsk); King (ivory, 12th c, Suzdal); Queen (wood, end 13th c, Novgorod)

Chess pieces from Novgorod