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C:\WINDOWS>python
Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> m = u"превед медвед"
>>> m
u'\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0434 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0434'
>>>