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- ↑ Curtis Zimmermann, Rovi (8 October 2014). "Gorky Park - Biography". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ↑ "Парк Горького" отметит юбилей. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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- ↑ "Album Rock Tracks". Billboard . Vol. 101, no. 40. 7 October 1989. p. 16.
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