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Dictionary/Glossary. Edited by S.I. Yutkevich; Editorial board: Y.S. Afanasyev, V.E. Baskakov, I.V. Vaysfelyd, and others. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. 640 p. (in Russian)
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