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Monday, November 15, 2021

Radio Yerevan on winning a car

 Radio Yerevan, is it true that Grigori Grigoriyev won a luxury car in the All-Union Championship in Moscow?

In theory, yes. But the initial bulletin was incorrect. It is not Grigori Grigoriyev, but Vasily Vasiliyev; it was not the All-Union Championship, but a kolkhoz sports festival in Smolensk; it was not a car, but a bicycle; and it was not won, but rather someone stole it from him.

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