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At the turn of the century, the whole of Europe was swept by a wave of interest in primitive art. A...
The Eastern Slavs were pagans and worshipped many gods. Dažbog (also known as Jarilo or Hors) was t...
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Like chess, draughts belongs to the category of “military” games. Games similar to draughts were re...