The introduction of playing cards and card playing in Russia
This article examines when and how playing cards were introduced in Russia and links the adoption of card playing in the Russian Empire to the process of Westernization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author examines the role of card playing in noble culture and in the context of wid...
| Published in: | Canadian-American Slavic studies Vol. 50, № 3. P. 355-376 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/koha:001159618 Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |