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365:Tetradrachm
336:within the
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234:Operator(s)
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1090:TVRI Tower
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905:Europaturm
779:Sangtuda 2
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604:Tajikistan
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463:References
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102:69°20′53″E
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784:Golovnaya
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394:, houses
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