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- ↑ Geographia 11.2
- ↑ Chorographia 1.12
- 1 2 БСЭ. Керкеты
- ↑ Новичихин А.М. Керкеты. Псессы. Синды. Тореты
- ↑ Oleg Trubachyov, Некоторые данные об индоарийском языковом субстрате Северного Кавказа в античное время // Journal of Ancient History № 4. 1978, с. 41
- "Strabo, Geography, Book 11, Chapter 2, Section 1" . Retrieved November 17, 2010.
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