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The Cyrillic alphabet owes its name to the 9th century Byzantine missionary St. Cyril, who, along with his brother, Methodius, created the first Slavic alphabet—the Glagolitic—in order to translate Greek religious text to Slavic. ... The Cyrillic alphabet has gone through many reforms in both Russia and other countries.
Extreme poverty (characterized by lack of food and lack of shelter)
They remained suspicious of a strong central government
