{"id":928,"date":"2017-04-18T19:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/?p=928"},"modified":"2017-04-18T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:25:23","slug":"jousting-at-knebworth-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/jousting-at-knebworth-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Jousting at Knebworth House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-ru\">\u0418\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435, \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u0442 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0435\u043d \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432 &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-en\" title=\"English\">\u0410\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/a>&rdquo;. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.<\/p>Going round stately homes on a fine holiday weekend you can come across Jousting &#8212; re-enactment of knights in colourful armour tackling each other on horseback. This has been a popular summer theatrical entertainment from 1970s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-929\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-929\" title=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1844-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1844-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1844-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1844-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1844-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jousting at Knebworth House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Middle Ages jousting had a practical purpose &#8212; preparing knights (and their horses) for warfare. This was also the opportunity for the noblemen to demonstrate their skills and courage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1818-300x224.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1818-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1818-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1818-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1818-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The term comes from Old French joster, which in turn has a Latin origin <em>iuxtare<\/em> meaning &#8216;to approach or to meet&#8217;. Two knights gallop towards each other, aiming to strike the opponent&#8217;s shield with a long blunt lance, knocking their weapons off or unsettling them from a horse. The English nobility spoke Old French since William the Conqueror, but by the time of Henry VIII we have an English word for it &#8212; tilt, which originally meant a barrier to separate the knights charging towards each other, and the tilt-yard is where this competition took place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-931\" title=\"The tilt-yard at Knebworth House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1805-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The tilt-yard at Knebworth House\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1805-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1805-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1805-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1805-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tilt-yard at Knebworth House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The knights wore heraldic signs over their armour, and so did the horses, on capes called caparisons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-933\" title=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1881-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1881-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1881-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1881-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1881-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He was a French knight, Marquis du Lyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1880-300x224.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1880-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1880-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1880-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1880-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the sport developed, in later Middle Ages, it became more chivalric, and more regulated. There was a series of competitions, some of them involving agility and horsemanship skills, like charging towards a quintain &#8212; a wooden figure with two &#8216;arms&#8217;, one to be hit with a lance, and the other one holding a spiky club, which, as the quintain swings round, would hit the knight on the back if he was not quick enough to avoid it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-934\" title=\"The Black Knight aiming at the quintain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1826-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Knight aiming at the quintain\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1826-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1826-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1826-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1826-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Knight aiming at the quintain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another skill was to pick up rings with the lance, and to pin an object from the floor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-935\" title=\"Trying to pick up a sponge from the ground with a spear at full gallop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1829-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to pick up a sponge from the ground with a spear at full gallop\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1829-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1829-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1829-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1829-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trying to pick up a sponge from the ground with a spear at full gallop (they mostly failed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a popular sport with English nobility right up until 17th century, gaining more the status of a pageant, rather than training for battle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1834-300x224.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1834-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1834-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1834-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1834-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this is what we have today &#8212; a staged show, with knights in bright regalia, covering armour and horses, performing equestrian tricks and engaging in mock battles. The Knebworth House event had four knights from two opposing camps battling each other for the &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; &#8212; pulled from a stone, obviously, by a little boy from the audience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-937\" title=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1806-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1806-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1806-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1806-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1806-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-938\" title=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1808-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Jousting at Knebworth House\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1808-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1808-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1808-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1808-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were sitting by the side of the Black Knight &#8212; the &#8216;baddie&#8217; of the show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-941\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-941\" title=\"The Black Knight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1811-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Knight\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1811-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1811-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1811-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1811-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Knight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1871-300x224.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1871-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1871-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1871-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1871-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lilia was very taken with him, and so was I, for his superb control of his horse, effortlessly doing sideways walks, prancing and charging from the spot, without obvious effort from the rider.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-940\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-940\" title=\"The Black Knight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1888-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Knight and his beautiful horse\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1888-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1888-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1888-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1888-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Knight and his beautiful horse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-942\" title=\"The Black Knight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1815-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Knight\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1815-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1815-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1815-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1815-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He lost, however, being the &#8216;bad guy&#8217;&#8230; Lilia insisted on watching the second show of the day, hoping for a different outcome, &#8212; no such luck, the second performance was exactly the same as the first one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-945\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-945\" title=\"The Black Knight lost!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1817-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Knight lost!\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1817-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1817-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1817-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1817-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Knight lost!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1878-300x224.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1878-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1878-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1878-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1878-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The entertainment was excellent &#8212; watch out for jousting events throughout the country in summer. Lilia certainly wants to see it again (hoping for the Black Knight to win&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1845-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1845-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1845-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1845-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1845-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1849-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1849-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1849-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1849-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1849-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1887-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1887-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1887-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1887-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1887-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1883-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1883-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1883-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1883-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1883-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0418\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435, \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u0442 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0435\u043d \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432 &ldquo;\u0410\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439&rdquo;. 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