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# Rumour flew: the kings of foreign lands Feared my audacity; Their haughty hosts Fled before the swords of the North
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/molva-neslas-tsari-chuzhbiny-strashilis-derzosti-moei-ikh-gordelivye-druzhiny-bezhali-severnykh-mechei/
- Published: 2023-02-18T07:02:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:37:04.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Books, Museums, Ethnography

"Ruslan and Lyudmila", Pushkin.

This is what one of the oldest surviving knotted carpets in the world looks like: a Norwegian tapestry of the 12th century from Baldishol, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

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