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The Pechenegs: A Case of Social and Economic Transformation (Journal Article in Archivum Eurasiae medii aevi), 1975
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Flier, Michael S.; Frye, Richard N.; Grabowicz, George G.; Szporluk, Roman; Keenan, Edward L. (14 May 2009).
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