Leo Tolstoy considered "matershinnikom"

When Leo Tolstoy was an officer in the Russian army, he tried to influence the moral and cultural level of its soldiers. In particular, among them to root mat.

Hardened foul-mouthed, he admonished: "What do these words mean?" The Count even invented a "cultural curses" and tried to introduce them to the soldier's environment. For example, "erunder, eronder navel." However, the idea of ​​his subordinates Count apprehended in his own way. When Leo passed his position, his replacement soldiers were told that "His Excellency Count Tolstoy was matershinnik, God forbid. And so it is bent, which could not pronounce ».

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