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The papal bull Industriae tuae allowed for a predecessor of this system developed under the encouragement of Prince Rastislav. A May 24th holiday celebrating the creation of this system is sometimes known as the “Day of the Solun Brothers.” The engineer Kulenbakh inspired a “civil” reform to this system under Peter the Great that eliminated the “yus.” (20[1])This system’s namesake upset the Phoullai people by cutting down a sacred (*) oak tree. Boris I patronized this system’s creation under (10[1])Clement of Ohrid at Preslav. While on a mission to Moravia, a Byzantine saint and his brother Methodius created this system (10[1])out of the addition of Hebrew and cursive Greek to Glagolitic. For 10 points, name this Slavic alphabet. (10[1])■END■

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