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  2. Afro-Russians - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Russian social movements have emerged in recent years as a response to the discrimination and marginalization experienced by people of Russian-African descent. The Sputnik Association is a social movement founded in London, UK in 2006 by a group of Russian emigrants and Afro-Russian people.

  3. Russian Blue - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Blue cat (Russian: Русская голубая кошка, romanized: Russkaya golubaya koshka), commonly referred to as just Russian Blue, is a cat breed with colors that vary from a light shimmering silver to a darker, slate grey. The short, dense coat, which stands out from the body, has been the breed's hallmark for more than ...

  4. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    Eye beads. The Turkish boncuk (sometimes called a göz boncuğu or eye bead) is a glass bead characterized by a blue glass field with a blue white and black dot superimposed on a white or yellow center. A design of great antiquity, the blue bead has gained importance as an item of popular culture in modern Turkey.

  5. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    The incidence of blue eyes continues to decline among American children. [64] Of Slovenes, 56% have blue/green eyes. [65] In a series of 221 photographs of Spanish subjects, 16.3% of the subjects were determined to have blue-gray eyes. [46]

  6. Ethnic groups in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity, is a multinational state, and is home to over 190 ethnic groups nationwide.According to the population census at the end of 2021, more than 147.1 million people lived in Russia, which is 4.3 million more than in the 2010 census, or 3.03%.

  7. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia lacks some of the superstitions Westerners find commonplace. Most Russians are not particularly concerned with the number 13, [citation needed] opening umbrellas indoors [citation needed] or walking under ladders. [citation needed] Archaically though, the number 13 might have been considered a "devil's number". This is because it could ...

  8. Telnyashka - Wikipedia

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    Russian Navy: The telnyashka was first worn by the 19th century Imperial Russian Navy and has been worn by Russian sailors ever since. Russian marines, PDSS and submarine crewmen: As branches of the Navy they wear the blue and white telnyashka with their dress uniform, but in the field they use a black and white striped variant. [3]

  9. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    Man with glasses. A woman with glasses. Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms, known as temples or temple pieces, that rest over the ears for support.