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- ↑ As stated on the BBC Radio 3 "Lunchtime Concert" of 15 April 2010 devoted to a concert by the Borodin Quartet.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Obituary of Valentin Berlinsky, The Daily Telegraph , December 23, 2008, Accessed December 23, 2008
- ↑ Anna Bulycheva (2015). "The State Borodin Quartet". review. Mariinski Theatre . Retrieved 19 July 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Dubinsky, Rostislav (1989). Stormy Applause. Making Music in a Workers State. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9780091742577.
