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- "Проект "Герои Страны"" [Heroes of the Country] (in Russian).
- Russian Ministry of Defence Database «Подвиг Народа в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.» [Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945] (in Russian).
