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- ↑ Lucian of Samosta, p. 60–67.
- 1 2 Lucian of Samosta, p. 60–61.
- 1 2 Lucian of Samosta, p. 61.
- ↑ Lucian of Samosta, p. 62–64.
- ↑ Lucian of Samosta, p. 64–66.
- ↑ Lucian of Samosta, p. 62.
- 1 2 Lucian of Samosta, p. 66.
- ↑ Lucian of Samosta, p. 66–67.
- ↑ Гумба 1988, p. 10.
- ↑ Булатбиев 2019, p. 50–66.
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