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- ↑ (in Russian) Official census results reported by Transnistrian authorities Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "TRANSNISTRIAN PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS POPULATION CENSUS FOR ONE MORE YEAR", February 5, 2015 (retrieved April 3, 2017)