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Is it true that Z, O and V are the letters of the Pre -Slavic origin?

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Is it true that Cyrillic was invented by Cyril and Methodius?

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Is it true that the expression “keep in the hedgehog mittens” is associated with the head of the NKVD Ezhov?

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Is it true that in a certain expression the caravan goes thanks, and not contrary to the dog?

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Is it true that the expression “ambitious cranberries” was first used by Alexander Dumas-father?

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Is it true that the Russian mat appeared after the Tatar-Mongol invasion?

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Is it true that in the name of Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” the word “world” means “universe, society”, and not “lack of war”?

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