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I think 36 cards were more suitable for popular games in Russia.
You can buy 52/54 decks of course, but most of russians throw out 2-5 cards from it.
So if you do not want waste paper you can buy...

Most common card deck in Russia is 36 card deck:

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Aces are strongest cards and sixes are...

'Шестёрка' also has criminal slang meaning: 'servant/jackal/toady' (scornful connotations). That is low rank criminal/vandal obsequious obeying commands of his master. Like in 'ты же не его...