| It is really interesting to me that no
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| | the first standard Government tax imposed
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| one in the UK seems to have heard about
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| | in Russia, by Peter the Great, was the
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| Russian linen. Everyone knows there is
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| | standard tax on flax. Russian linen is a
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| Irish linen but how on earth - with all
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| | quality product and one of our
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| stories about Siberia and the really bad
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| | manufactures was even a supplier of the
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| Russian weather and climate - can there
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| | Russian Royal Court in the 19th century
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| be linen from Russia? Simple… In
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| | when they were weaving the most beautiful
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| Russia, we never had any cotton and
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| | and highest quality Jacquard tablecloths
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| through centuries linen became a national
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| | for the Russian Tsars to use and enjoy in
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| treasure. Linen is the most ancient
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| | their Palaces. So today, with the help
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| fabric known to man. For centuries people
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| | of Alenska, you can enjoy the same in
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| have been growing flax which is then made
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| | your own home! Nowadays linen flax is one
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| into fibre and woven to become linen.
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| | of the main materials used in the
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| Domestication of flax occurred in India
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| | manufacture of UK banknotes and improves
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| and China well before cotton ever did -
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| | their useful life. And yes, we can joke
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| more than 5,000 years ago. But despite
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| | about linen having the same value as
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| its venerable age flax remains to be as
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| | money… Here are a few more interesting
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| young as ever and is always in trend.
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| | facts about flax fibre: • The famous
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| Flax has been grown in Russia since 2000
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| | Turin Shroud (that bears the image of
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| B.C. and ancient manuscripts from 1,000
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| | Jesus Christ and was used to wrap his
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| years B.C. contain evidence of linen made
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| | body) is spun from flax fibres. There is
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| by the Slavs. Oriental writers of the
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| | also evidence that the towel bearing
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| time also described Slavs dressed in
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| | Christ's image which was not painted by
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| linen clothing. Prior to the formation of
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| | human hands - was also made of linen. •
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| Kievan Russia (pre-Moscow), all Slavic
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| | Prior to the invention of paper,
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| tribes that inhabited the Eastern
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| | manuscripts were written on linen. One of
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| European plain grew flax. Flax was used
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| | the most renowned manuscripts - "Linen
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| to make sailcloth, fishing nets, ropes
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| | Book" by ancient Etruscans - was written
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| and linseed oil. In the 10th-11th
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| | on linen in the 7th century B.C. • In
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| centuries A.D. flax was extensively grown
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| | ancient Greece linen clothes were the
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| for fibre and seed. It was regarded as an
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| | privilege of high priests. • The famous
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| important crop both for crafts and
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| | army leader Alexander the Great wore an
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| commerce. Peasants used it to pay feudal
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| | armour made of… linen to protect him in
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| taxes and make payments to the Tsar's
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| | battle. It was said to be impenetrable to
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| treasury. Russian Princes collected
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| | the enemy's sword. • In ancient Russia,
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| tribute in linen. In the late 19th-early
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| | linen clothes were worn on festive
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| 20th century, Russia emerged as the
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| | occasions. The first ever flag in Russia
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| leading producer and exporter of flax and
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| | approved by Peter the Great was made of
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| linen among European nations. So popular
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| | linen.
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| was linen and its variety of uses that
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