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1836
2637
1934
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1934
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1934
1
India
Hindi
1836
2637
1934
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1934
1
USA
English
1848
2654
1934
1
USA
English
1629
2654
1935
2
France
French
1691
2452
1935
1
France
French
1918
2744
1935
2
USA
English
181
633
1935
14
USA
English
69
62
1935
8
Soviet Union
Russian
1554
2253
1935
1
USA
English
241
635
1935
7
USA
English
563
744
1935
4
USA
English
1431
2068
1935
1
Austria
German
635
894
1935
4
Japan
Japanese
1138
1933
1935
3
USA
English
589
1072
1935
3
USA
English
1913
2732
1935
1
USA
English
48
143
1935
28
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English
1952
2790
1935
1
China
Mandarin
1892
2709
1935
1
Austria
German
230
496
1935
4
Germany
German
1297
2637
1935
4
USA
English
227
80
1935
7
USA
English
993
1613
1935
3
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English
1913
2732
1935
1
USA
English
928
1496
1935
3
USA
English
107
286
1935
19
USA
English
1848
2654
1935
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1520
2732
1935
4
USA
English
1913
2732
1935
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1935
1
USA
English
97
272
1936
16
France
French
1264
1801
1936
1
USA
English
1377
1984
1936
1
USA
English
531
2088
1936
11
USA
English
1832
2632
1936
1
India
Hindi
1848
2654
1936
1
France
French
334
307
1936
8
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1379
2637
1936
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1832
2632
1936
1
India
Hindi
1517
2426
1936
2
Italy
Italian
1804
2598
1936
1
USA
English
1804
2598
1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
1426
2637
1936
4
USA
English
1154
1952
1936
3
France
French
1862
2670
1936
1
USA
English
980
2045
1936
3
USA
English
1018
1692
1936
2
USA
English
1848
2654
1936
1
Japan
Japanese
240
572
1936
8
UK
English
1829
2628
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
217
512
1936
9
USA
English
1804
2598
1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
885
1614
1936
4
USA
English
346
601
1936
5
USA
English
1848
2654
1936
1
France
French
1148
1613
1936
1
USA
English
1848
2654
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1687
2654
1936
2
Germany
German
91
425
1936
17
USA
English
1830
2637
1936
3
Japan
Japanese
1411
2367
1936
2
USA
English
1862
2670
1936
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1936
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1936
1
USA
English
425
2055
1937
17
USA
English
1072
2497
1937
5
USA
English
190
825
1937
13
USA
English
201
125
1937
4
USA
English
882
1956
1937
5
USA
English
909
1916
1937
5
USA
English
1667
2670
1937
2
USA
English
1594
2314
1937
1
China
Mandarin
601
1584
1937
8
USA
English
357
848
1937
8
France
French
1475
2466
1937
2
USA
English
348
197
1937
2
USA
English
484
1478
1937
9
USA
English
1502
2171
1937
2
UK
English
1951
2788
1937
1
Poland
Yiddish
1848
2654
1937
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1937
1
Poland
Polish
1391
2457
1937
2
UK
English
1913
2732
1937
1
UK
English
1913
2732
1937
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1937
1
USA
English
195
282
1938
14
USA
English
465
356
1938
4
USA
English
1848
2654
1938
1
UK
English
1818
2732
1938
2
USA
English
735
2497
1938
13
USA
English
43
45
1938
20
USA
English
1657
2732
1938
3
USA
English
1892
2709
1938
1
Germany
German
1862
2670
1938
1
USA
English
620
564
1938
1
UK
English
186
155
1938
10
USA
English
1648
2654
1938
2
USA
English
1848
2654
1938
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1892
2709
1938
1
France
French
1848
2654
1938
1
UK
English
1848
2654
1938
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1913
2732
1938
1
USA
English
185
126
1938
8
USA
English
807
2289
1938
8
UK
English
1709
2654
1938
2
Germany
German
153
222
1938
5
USA
English
1892
2709
1938
1
Japan
Japanese
592
508
1938
1
Soviet Union
Russian
38
45
1938
26
USA
English
1836
2637
1938
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1938
1
USA
English
1748
2529
1938
1
UK
English
1748
2529
1938
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1938
1
USA
English
1474
2644
1939
3
Italy
Italian
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
1848
2654
1939
1
USA
English
25
61
1939
28
USA
English
136
331
1939
14
USA
English
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
325
847
1939
10
France
French
1892
2709
1939
1
Germany
German
1617
2637
1939
2
Germany
German
1276
2732
1939
6
USA
English
1056
2300
1939
3
USA
English
1520
2732
1939
4
USA
English
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
303
572
1939
7
USA
English
719
1971
1939
5
USA
English
1071
1607
1939
2
USA
English
1592
2312
1939
1
USA
Yiddish
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
71
294
1939
28
USA
English
73
336
1939
19
USA
English
794
1410
1939
2
UK
English
1836
2637
1939
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1556
2637
1939
3
USA
English
1556
2637
1939
3
USA
English
1862
2670
1939
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
625
572
1940
1
UK
English
1697
2637
1940
2
USA
English
1842
2644
1940
1
USA
English
483
356
1940
2
USA
English
1315
2435
1940
4
Germany
German
499
356
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1842
2644
1940
1
USA
English
522
1514
1940
5
USA
English
1702
2644
1940
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1940
1
USA
English
265
936
1940
15
USA
English
102
253
1940
14
USA
English
17
6
1940
28
France
French
893
2043
1940
5
USA
English
1687
2654
1940
2
Germany
German
685
1772
1940
7
USA
English
625
572
1940
1
UK
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1940
1
USA
English
1888
2706
1941
1
Germany
German
177
340
1941
3
USA
English
1579
2297
1941
1
UK
English
763
1937
1941
9
USA
English
424
1475
1941
10
USA
English
1314
2637
1941
4
Italy
Italian
1913
2732
1941
1
USA
English
892
2151
1941
8
USA
English
223
802
1941
16
USA
English
22
20
1941
37
USA
English
434
799
1941
10
USA
English
1428
2706
1941
4
Italy
Italian
650
699
1941
2
USA
English
1888
2706
1941
1
Germany
German
81
299
1941
14
USA
English
1145
2459
1941
4
USA
English
279
340
1941
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1941
1
USA
English
378
493
1941
4
USA
English
1913
2732
1941
1
USA
English
1040
1419
1941
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1941
1
USA
English
730
1834
1941
6
UK
English
1862
2670
1941
1
USA
English
1697
2637
1941
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1941
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1941
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1942
1
USA
English
931
1812
1942
2
USA
English
968
1284
1942
1
UK
English
250
354
1942
3
USA
English
1371
2545
1942
3
France
French
488
340
1942
1
USA
English
1329
2529
1942
3
UK
English
67
697
1942
30
USA
English
252
572
1942
10
UK
English
20
23
1942
32
Germany
German
1925
2747
1942
1
UK
English
478
340
1942
2
USA
English
1205
2344
1942
3
Soviet Union
Russian
508
1647
1942
9
USA
English
165
340
1942
4
USA
English
488
340
1942
1
USA
English
1422
2637
1942
4
USA
English
1836
2637
1942
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1942
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1942
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1942
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1794
2732
1942
2
USA
English
1697
2637
1942
2
Italy
Italian
1913
2732
1942
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1942
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1942
1
USA
English
655
699
1943
2
USA
English
747
1808
1943
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1548
2242
1943
1
UK
English
899
2011
1943
6
UK
English
387
354
1943
6
USA
English
1831
2630
1943
1
Germany
German
285
615
1943
12
USA
English
1455
2529
1943
2
Canada
English
875
1089
1943
1
USA
English
750
1092
1943
2
UK
English
1831
2630
1943
1
Germany
German
875
1089
1943
1
USA
English
1261
1801
1943
2
USA
English
57
120
1943
10
USA
English
1862
2670
1943
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1943
1
USA
English
1794
2732
1943
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1943
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1943
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1943
1
UK
English
1341
2111
1944
2
UK
English
236
564
1944
15
UK
English
1842
2644
1944
1
USA
English
1600
2322
1944
1
UK
English
481
754
1944
3
UK
English
912
1653
1944
5
USA
English
690
1092
1944
2
UK
English
1657
2637
1944
2
Japan
Japanese
652
1796
1944
6
USA
English
203
623
1944
16
USA
English
75
75
1944
18
Japan
Japanese
1727
2504
1944
1
Spain
Spanish
1576
2294
1944
1
USA
English
649
2121
1944
9
USA
English
1691
2654
1944
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1520
2732
1944
4
USA
English
569
1603
1944
6
USA
English
407
1956
1944
14
USA
English
1836
2637
1944
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1944
1
Germany
German
1794
2732
1944
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1944
1
USA
English
1556
2637
1945
3
USA
English
1012
2732
1945
9
USA
English
1401
2335
1945
2
USA
English
1869
2682
1945
1
Denmark
Danish
152
354
1945
13
USA
English
1869
2682
1945
1
Denmark
Danish
1734
2512
1945
1
Spain
French
58
4
1945
14
Japan
Japanese
1734
2512
1945
1
Spain
French
1862
2670
1945
1
USA
English
13
101
1945
30
USA
English
1836
2637
1945
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1945
1
USA
English
1477
2529
1945
3
USA
English
1913
2732
1945
1
USA
English
1794
2732
1945
2
USA
English
1913
2732
1945
1
France
French
1869
2682
1946
1
India
Hindi
1892
2709
1946
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1424
2055
1946
1
USA
English
1869
2682
1946
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1019
2598
1946
8
USA
English
1227
1919
1946
2
UK
English
695
1524
1946
4
UK
English
715
1913
1946
6
Mexico
Spanish
1360
1956
1946
1
USA
English
11
89
1946
31
USA
English
521
1331
1946
4
USA
English
1424
2055
1946
1
USA
English
1424
2055
1946
1
USA
English
745
1207
1946
3
USA
English
1804
2598
1946
1
USA
English
1247
2598
1946
4
USA
English
1432
2069
1946
1
USA
English
224
419
1946
12
USA
English
37
171
1946
14
USA
English
1562
2598
1946
2
Japan
Japanese
1436
2637
1946
3
Soviet Union
Russian
1601
2637
1946
2
West Germany
German
1836
2637
1946
1
Italy
Italian
1763
2545
1946
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1946
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1913
2732
1946
1
USA
English
930
1638
1947
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1947
2
USA
English
1361
2095
1947
2
USA
English
121
72
1947
8
France
French
130
96
1947
5
France
French
1760
2542
1947
1
USA
English
1236
2392
1947
3
Poland
Polish
1546
2236
1947
1
UK
English
39
45
1947
25
USA
English
974
2637
1947
7
USA
English
93
207
1947
9
France
French
31
170
1947
19
UK
English
54
170
1947
12
UK
English
1228
2381
1947
3
USA
English
1703
2466
1947
1
USA
English
996
2275
1947
4
USA
English
823
1458
1947
2
Sweden
Swedish
1656
2393
1947
1
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1524
2427
1947
2
Italy
Italian
953
2007
1947
3
USA
English
1697
2637
1947
2
USA
English
1836
2637
1947
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1947
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1947
1
China
Mandarin
1913
2732
1947
1
USA
English
1794
2732
1947
2
USA
English
1763
2545
1947
1
USA
English
763
2670
1948
16
USA
English
1055
2355
1948
6
USA
English
1241
2446
1948
3
France
French
1250
1783
1948
1
China
Mandarin
1055
2355
1948
6
USA
English
1849
2655
1948
1
Poland
Polish
1461
2434
1948
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1614
2529
1948
2
USA
English
1691
2452
1948
1
USA
English
1892
2709
1948
1
Sweden
Swedish
1692
2453
1948
1
Germany
German
160
228
1948
11
USA
English
1848
2654
1948
1
France
French
355
714
1948
8
USA
English
1702
2644
1948
2
USA
English
1833
2637
1948
2
China
Mandarin
125
2637
1948
85
USA
English
1862
2670
1948
1
USA
English
1601
2637
1948
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1948
2
USA
English
1657
2732
1948
3
USA
English
1913
2732
1948
1
USA
English
988
1956
1949
2
USA
English
1223
2020
1949
2
France
French
701
1792
1949
6
USA
English
1702
2644
1949
2
USA
English
301
1339
1949
11
USA
English
263
1247
1949
11
USA
English
873
1534
1949
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1770
2554
1949
1
Canada
English
242
889
1949
14
USA
English
1356
2401
1949
3
Switzerland
English
1162
2179
1949
4
USA
English
1562
2598
1949
2
UK
English
1365
2614
1949
3
Soviet Union
Russian
320
372
1949
7
USA
English
1169
1919
1949
2
UK
English
539
899
1949
3
USA
English
1556
2459
1949
2
USA
English
1836
2637
1949
1
UK
English
1913
2732
1949
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1949
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1949
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1949
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1949
1
USA
English
1175
2435
1950
3
France
French
801
1381
1950
5
USA
English
1693
2654
1950
2
UK
English
723
1224
1950
3
USA
English
1152
2328
1950
4
France
French
1849
2655
1950
1
Italy
Italian
895
1648
1950
2
USA
English
1024
1541
1950
2
UK
English
626
1059
1950
4
UK
English
129
1019
1950
22
USA
English
1848
2654
1950
1
Norway
Norwegian
1936
2765
1950
1
France
French
1093
2126
1950
5
Netherlands
French
1381
2654
1950
4
USA
English
728
2147
1950
7
UK
English
1818
2613
1950
1
Switzerland
English
1848
2654
1950
1
Italy
Italian
1051
1440
1950
1
USA
English
1842
2644
1950
1
USA
English
319
1018
1950
14
USA
English
1818
2613
1950
1
Switzerland
English
1849
2655
1950
1
UK
English
1302
2637
1950
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1416
2269
1950
2
Germany
German
415
1435
1950
7
USA
English
1556
2637
1950
3
USA
English
1556
2459
1950
2
USA
English
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Hindi
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Hindi
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Tamil
1836
2637
1950
1
India
Tamil
1836
2637
1950
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1950
1
China
Russian
1466
2529
1950
3
UK
English
1913
2732
1950
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1950
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1950
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1950
1
USA
English
693
1483
1951
3
USA
English
593
1439
1951
7
France
French
467
1092
1951
6
France
French
1370
2163
1951
2
USA
English
876
2044
1951
5
Italy
Italian
1564
2651
1951
3
USA
English
150
151
1951
7
France
French
509
1622
1951
10
USA
English
1702
2464
1951
1
USA
English
199
181
1951
5
UK
English
826
1956
1951
5
USA
English
1952
2790
1951
1
India
Hindi
1892
2709
1951
1
France
French
1103
2314
1951
5
USA
English
1849
2655
1951
1
Italy
English
945
2335
1951
8
USA
English
1804
2598
1951
1
UK
English
1936
2765
1951
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1951
1
USA
English
1582
2454
1951
2
USA
English
1579
2297
1951
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1951
1
India
Hindi
1697
2637
1951
2
USA
English
1763
2545
1951
1
West Germany
German
1913
2732
1951
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1951
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1951
1
USA
English
1862
2670
1951
1
USA
English
1881
2699
1951
1
Switzerland
English
1881
2699
1951
1
France
French
1900
2717
1951
1
Sweden
Swedish
1952
2790
1952
1
India
Hindi
1874
2692
1952
1
Finland
Finnish
367
910
1952
5
UK
English
523
856
1952
3
UK
English
1503
2399
1952
2
Italy
Italian
837
1826
1952
5
UK
English
1903
2720
1952
1
USA
English
1849
2655
1952
1
Ghana
unknown
306
91
1952
2
USA
English
549
649
1952
2
USA
English
137
222
1952
13
USA
English
1952
2790
1952
1
USA
English
1243
1769
1952
1
UK
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
161
321
1952
11
USA
English
1849
2655
1952
1
South Africa
English
1319
2200
1952
2
USA
English
1499
2163
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1601
2637
1952
2
East Germany
German
1667
2637
1952
2
Sweden
Swedish
1913
2732
1952
1
USA
English
1913
2732
1952
1
France
French
1927
2750
1952
1
UK
English
1879
2697
1952
1
France
French
1209
1720
1953
1
USA
English
1722
2497
1953
1
USA
English
699
1589
1953
3
UK
English
1592
2598
1953
2
USA
English
196
503
1953
13
USA
English
1209
1720
1953
1
USA
English
1892
2709
1953
1
Spain
Spanish
1512
2654
1953
3
USA
English
925
1612
1953
2
UK
English
486
1909
1953
16
USA
English
709
732
1953
2
India
Hindi
1525
2198
1953
1
UK
English
147
168
1953
6
UK
English
166
671
1953
19
USA
English
1108
1541
1953
1
UK
English
34
205
1953
23
USA
English
1420
2364
1953
2
UK
English
1209
1720
1953
1
USA
English
