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Fist fights: Brutal entertainment or character forging? 🔻Fist fights in Russia were held back in pagan times. First mentioned by Nestor 1068 in the "ПВЛ". 🔻They were specially preparing for the battles, and in the outback of the Pskov region there is still a rite of "breaking", a ritual dance before the battle, the movements of the dancer resemble a bear. 🔻The fights were held Стенка на стенку (literally: wall to wall) the participants lined up in two ranks and converged in a fist fight. There were also individual self-on-self fights, including court fights. 🔻The battles were fought in squares, on ice in winter. You could punch with your fist, but you could do leg sweeps. Those who fell and were wounded with bleeding were forbidden to be beaten. Children were the first to converge WtW, then teen. and finally adults. 🔻 Residents of the city and neighboring villages participated in such battles, which were common on such holidays as Maslenitsa. Video: Partisan #Russian_culture 😎RCR | Support |Boost