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- ↑ "Музей шоколада в г. Покров, Владимирской обл" (in Russian). Live Journal. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ↑ "A monument to Chocolate unveiled in the town of Pokrov". Russia IC. Retrieved 16 February 2014.