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Licenses were needed by Russians who wished to wear beards in the reign of Peter the Great, who nut a heavy tax on the “ face fungus.” His aim was to make his people shave in European style.
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Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 12
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37Untitled Evening Star, Issue 22465, 9 October 1936, Page 12
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