In the 19th century, icons painted on dried flounder were popular among the chumaks (merchants who brought salt and fish from the Black Sea region).
In the 19th century, icons painted on dried flounder were popular among the chumaks (merchants who brought salt and fish from the Black Sea region).
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[TIL about Chumaks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumak)
In fact Ciumac (Romanian way of writing this) is even a surname in Moldova. Until now I thought it had something to do with the plague (ciumă in Romanian). Thanks for teaching me something new!
Yust another stupid thing, ignorant people do.