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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ахмадов, Я.З. (2020). ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ДЕЯТЕЛИ ЧЕЧНИ ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНЫ XVII в. [HISTORICAL FIGURES OF CHECHNYA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY](PDF) (in Russian). Grozny: Грозненский рабочий. p. 54.