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- ↑ Michael Holm, 53rd Missile Army
- ↑ http://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/47md.htm 47th Missile Division
- ↑ "Пятдесят третья ракетная армия" (in Russian). Encyclopedia Zabaykalskya. Retrieved 29 January 2020.