the two mirs

[William Ryan]

The two letter i's in Church Slavonic and Old Russian had the alpha-numerical
values of 8 and 10. Modern European Hindu-Arabic numerals are not usually found in
Russia before the 17th century and are not widespread before Peter the Great.

Mykhailo Lyubich wrote:

> What does it mean "i desjaterichnoe"?

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