How Russian nobles fell in love with card games
How Russian nobles fell in love with card games Tretyakov Gallery; Public Domain Wagering your wife in a card game or defending your honor in a card challenge, not in a duel – for Russian nobles, card games weren’t just any old form of entertainment. In Russia, card games became popular as long ago as the 17th century and became one of the nobles’ main forms of entertainment for several centuries to come. “The next night, Hermann was at the table again. Everyone was awaiting him. Generals and privy councilors left their own games of whist behind to see such an astonis...
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