Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007510, Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:00:24 -0800

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Re: from Russian Gulch to pianitsa in how many moves? (fwd)
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From: VainerVi@aol.com

Yes, "pianitsa" is a real card game in Russia. It's the most primitive one
that simply makes the "bigger" card acquire the "smaller" one (each player,
as I remember, pulls blindly one card from the other player's hand, then the
other does the same, and the bigger card wins the smaller). The game is so
primitive that as soon as a player (say, 4-5 year old child) learns the
values of the cards s/he moves to the next level.

No, I've never heard "Serdechko liagushki" applied to any card.

Good luck!