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

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

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Is it true that the expression “keep a tight rein” is associated with the head of the NKVD Yezhov?

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Is it true that, in the famous expression, the caravan moves on thanks to, and not despite, the barking of a dog?

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Is it true that the expression “spreading cranberries” was first used by Alexandre Dumas the father?

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

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

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