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Spades (suit)

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Peaks ( wines , vins, wines ) - black card suit [1] .

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Analogs in custom decks

  • In a German deck : leaves ( German: Laub ) - see also leaves (suit) .
  • In the Swiss deck : shields .
  • In the Italian-Spanish deck : swords .
  • In tarot cards : swords or swords [2] .

Values ​​in foreign languages

  • English Spades - Spades
  • him. Pik - mountain peak , mountain peak
  • fr. Pique - peaks , spears
  • Spanish Picas - peaks , spears
  • ital. Picche - peaks , spears
  • cargo. ყვავი && arm. ագռավ - crow , (the name “-առ” is also used in Armenia)
  • polish Pik - peak , (in Poland and Ukraine the name is also used - “blame”)

Codes of the suit character during typing

Unicode - U+2660 and U+2664

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HTML - ♠ (or ♠ ) and ♤

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Cultural Influence

  • "Queen of Spades" - the story of A. S. Pushkin .
  • “King of spades” (king of spades) is the nickname of the American general Robert Lee in 1862, associated with his order to erect earthworks around Richmond.
  • “Jack of Spades” - an adventurous detective novel by Boris Akunin
  • In 2003, during the US invasion of Iraq, ace of spades in a special deck of the most wanted Iraqis was Saddam Hussein .
  • The White Ace of Spades (during World War II ) is the distinguishing mark (on the right side of the helmet ) of the soldiers of the 506th Parachute Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army.
  • Ace of Spades (during World War II ) emblem and name Jagdgeschwader 53 "Pik As" - Luftwaffe fighter squadron "Ace of Spades"
  • The ace of spades card was attached to the helmet of US troops during the Vietnam War.
  • A map of the United States on a blue ace of spades and a U-2 plane are the emblem of the SPADE project (Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition).
  • The song " Ace of Spades " ("Ace of Spades") from the album of the same name by Motörhead .
  • In the video game Fallout: New Vegas there is a character nicknamed "Ten Rush"
  • In the video game DELTARUNE (UNDERTALE spin-off), the final boss is the King of Spades , and his son Lancer is the Jack of Spades.
  • The ace of spades played a key role in the plot of the novel “Terrore al castello / Nuit de terreur” (“Horror Night”, “Horror at the Castle”, “Horror Castle”, “Ace of Spades”) of the series “Stasera Fernandel” (“Tonight Fernandel” ) 1969 release [3] .

Interesting Facts

  • Since the ace of spades goes first in the unopened deck, it is often placed on it the logo of the manufacturer of the deck or casino .

Notes

  1. ↑ Playing cards // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
  2. ↑ See Maslov A.N. . "Wax Museum", 1914.
  3. ↑ IMDB "Terrore Al Castello"

The peaks are essentially very mysterious.

Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Peaks_ ( mast)&oldid = 101690165


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