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Nardy

Also known as Нарды

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Backgammon-family race game played in homes and parks.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Russia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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