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#RussianProverb: Do Not Saw Off the Branch You Are Sitting On

On By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian language, Russian Mythology, Russian Sayings1 Comment

Alkonost (lubok), the end of the 18th c - beginning of the 19th c.
Alkonost (lubok), the end of the 18th c – beginning of the 19th c.

Не пили сук, на котором сидишь

(ne pilí suk, na kotórom sidísh).

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The Real Russian Riddle №3

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Ivan Bilibin – Crane, Postcard (1909).
Ivan Bilibin – Crane, Postcard (1909).

Riddle:

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