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  2. Russian roulette - Wikipedia

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    Russian roulette as depicted in the 1925 movie The Night Club. Russian roulette (Russian: Русская рулетка, romanized: Russkaya ruletka) is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against the head or body (of the opponent or themselves), and pulls the trigger.

  3. Gambling in Russia - Wikipedia

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    In addition, players often gathered in private flats. By the end of the 90s it was the first attempt to hold poker tournaments, but it did not get the widespread popularity at the time. In 2010, the Russian Masters Poker Cup was held in one of the legal poker zones, Azov City.

  4. The Deer Hunter - Wikipedia

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    The Viet Cong Russian roulette scenes were shot with real rats and mosquitoes, as the three principals (De Niro, Walken, and Savage) were tied up in bamboo cages erected along the River Kwai. The woman who was given the task of casting extras in Thailand had much difficulty finding a local to play the vicious-looking individual who runs the game.

  5. Roulette (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Russian roulette (Russkaya ruletka), an analogy for or the actual lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against his or her head, and pulls the trigger

  6. Roulette - Wikipedia

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    Roulette ball "Gwendolen at the roulette table" – 1910 illustration to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda. Roulette (named after the French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi. In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the ...

  7. Talk:Russian roulette - Wikipedia

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    Russian roulette is also called Russian roulette in Dutch. "Russian roulette" is still called Russian roulette (Russkaya Ruletka) in Russian. You are 100% correct about "American mountains" or "Amerikanskie gorki". That's how we call a roller coaster. Let's try to improve the article!-71.174.180.207 16:20, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

  8. Rosyjska ruletka - Wikipedia

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    Rosyjska ruletka (English translation: Russian Roulette) was a Polish game show based on the original American format of Russian Roulette. The show was hosted by Krzysztof Ibisz (earlier by actor Henryk Talar). The main goal of the game was to win 100,000 zlotys. Rosyjska Ruletka was broadcast from 2002 to 2004.

  9. History of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.