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Encyclopedia ID 854

Durak

Also known as Fool

Durak: photograph by Gzhegozh
Photo: Gzhegozh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Russia's national card game: attack, defend, pile on cards, and avoid being the last holder.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia.

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