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- ↑ Донгипрошахт — «Объекты» Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Dead bodies of two miners after accident at mine in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region, Itar Tass, August 19, 2011
- ↑ ""Фонд державного майна України – Архів підприємств"". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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