Is it true that the words “trash”, “spherical man” and “chantrap” of French origin?The war of 1812History of RussiaselectionFranceetymology
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Is it true that the heroine of the Patriotic War of 1812 Vasilisa Kozhin is an invented person?The war of 1812War and peacestoryHistory of RussiaRussian EmpireRussia
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