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427:Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980).
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234:Pyasachnik
225:Aegean Sea
204:Basin size
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284:Luda Yana
238:Bulgarian
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318:Nedeleno
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242:Пясъчник
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