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How did Leo Tolstoy try to wean soldiers from profanity in military service?

According to Nikolai Alexandrovich Krylov, who replaced Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy in 1854 as an officer of the second light battery of the 13th artillery brigade in the Danube Army, the future great writer tried to exterminate profanity in his unit and exhorted the soldiers: “Well, why say such words, because you didn’t do it, what you’re saying, it’s just that you’re talking nonsense, well, say, for example, “fir-trees for you sticks”, “oh, you, edonder navel”, “oh, you, erfinder” and the like.

Understanding this in their own way, the soldiers told N. A. Krylov: “Here we had an officer, His Excellency Count Tolstoy, now he was a swearer, he simply won’t say a word, he bends so much that you can’t utter it.”

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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