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References
- ↑ "Pikker [Moskva, Leningrad" ], Eesti rahvusbibliograafia
- ↑ "Pikker (Tallinn)", Eesti rahvusbibliograafia
- ↑ Epp Lauk (1999). "Practice of Soviet Censorship in the Press. The Case of Estonia". Nordicom Review. 20 (2): 28.