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4
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530
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1964
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1963
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1979
7
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1935
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1
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1938
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1
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3
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1979
1
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14
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284
135
1998
7
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288
202
1991
5
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374
1125
1994
10
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576
1727
2001
7
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Mandarin
668
1165
1993
3
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Mandarin
675
904
1967
3
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Mandarin
898
1128
1990
1
Japan
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906
2024
2003
4
China
Mandarin
1042
1420
1972
1
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1112
1552
2015
1
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1250
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1948
1
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1500
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1994
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2006
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1937
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2018
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1996
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1
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1948
2
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1
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1921
1
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1933
1
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1947
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2006
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1993
1
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1989
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2007
1
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2709
2015
1
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2709
2017
1
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1
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2024
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2024
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2025
1
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2716
2016
1
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1932
3
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2725
1982
1
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1982
1
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2729
2013
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2732
1960
1
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1997
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1998
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2765
1994
1
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2767
2018
1
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2778
1998
1
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Mandarin
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2779
2009
1
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2790
1935
1
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1952
2790
1995
1
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1913
2732
1990
1
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1892
2709
2020
1
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2769
2025
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2003
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2598
2003
1
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2790
1998
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2026
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2026
1
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2015
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2015
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2577
2002
4
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2314
2004
2
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2699
2024
2
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Norwegian
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2614
2001
1
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Norwegian
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2614
1996
1
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Norwegian
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2614
1957
1
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Norwegian
1836
2637
1907
1
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Norwegian
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2637
1922
1
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2637
1927
1
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Norwegian
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2654
1966
1
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1848
2654
1950
1
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2680
1997
1
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1913
2732
2014
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2744
2021
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2769
2010
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2769
2024
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2782
1998
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123
298
1991
13
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310
350
2015
4
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356
978
2008
9
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596
1243
1994
7
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Persian
742
2059
2005
5
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Persian
838
1122
2022
2
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Persian
955
1256
1963
1
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Persian
1052
1608
2002
2
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Persian
1157
2400
2000
3
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Persian
1319
2093
2002
2
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Persian
1594
2314
1969
1
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Persian
1646
2383
2008
1
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Persian
1699
2662
1996
2
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Persian
1748
2529
2016
1
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Persian
1848
2654
2024
1
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Persian
1852
2658
2011
1
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Persian
1868
2765
2003
2
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Persian
1892
2709
1996
1
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Persian
1892
2709
2001
1
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Persian
1892
2709
1974
1
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Persian
1892
2709
2009
1
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Persian
1892
2709
2014
1
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Persian
1892
2709
2022
1
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Persian
1897
2714
2017
1
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Persian
1907
2725
1999
1
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Persian
1907
2725
2010
1
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Persian
1913
2732
2012
1
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Persian
1923
2744
2019
1
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Persian
1936
2765
1965
1
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Persian
1936
2765
1973
1
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Persian
1936
2765
1998
1
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Persian
1936
2765
2000
1
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Persian
1938
2769
2019
1
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Persian
1938
2769
2025
1
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Persian
1938
2769
2025
1
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Persian
1939
2770
1976
1
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Persian
1952
2790
1989
1
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115
83
1974
12
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354
679
2009
5
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710
2017
1983
7
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Polish
1236
2392
1947
3
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Polish
1410
2614
1965
4
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Polish
1419
2314
1969
2
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Polish
1442
2314
1959
2
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Polish
1565
2277
1982
1
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Polish
1580
2703
2020
3
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Polish
1594
2314
1963
1
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Polish
1669
2414
2019
1
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Polish
1749
2709
1998
2
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Polish
1749
2709
2021
2
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Polish
1819
2614
1975
1
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2614
1974
1
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Polish
1836
2637
1937
1
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Polish
1849
2655
1948
1
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Polish
1890
2707
1981
1
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Polish
1892
2709
2003
1
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Polish
1892
2709
1991
1
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Polish
1892
2709
1955
1
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Polish
1892
2709
2021
1
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Polish
1913
2732
2012
1
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Polish
1945
2782
1994
1
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Polish
1945
2782
1995
1
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Polish
261
392
2006
5
France
Portuguese
262
109
2008
3
USA
Portuguese
338
109
2002
1
Brazil
Portuguese
362
468
1985
3
Brazil
Portuguese
656
1182
1970
4
Brazil
Portuguese
663
871
2018
2
Brazil
Portuguese
733
777
1959
1
Brazil
Portuguese
759
2451
1993
13
Portugal
Portuguese
1171
2049
1989
3
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Portuguese
1193
1698
1962
1
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Portuguese
1273
1948
1967
2
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Portuguese
1287
2643
2004
5
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Portuguese
1313
2179
1981
2
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Portuguese
1522
2193
2012
1
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Portuguese
1536
2654
2006
3
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Portuguese
1561
2267
2019
1
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Portuguese
1570
2285
2015
1
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Portuguese
1592
2709
2001
3
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Portuguese
1682
2431
2010
1
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Portuguese
1682
2431
2010
1
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Portuguese
1682
2431
2010
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1739
2516
1972
1
Angola
Portuguese
1760
2709
1983
2
Brazil
Portuguese
1819
2614
1995
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1836
2637
1933
1
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Portuguese
1836
2637
1953
1
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Portuguese
1841
2642
2000
1
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Portuguese
1848
2654
2019
1
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Portuguese
1855
2661
1984
1
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Portuguese
1865
2676
1931
1
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Portuguese
1879
2697
1995
1
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Portuguese
1879
2697
1981
1
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Portuguese
1885
2703
2025
1
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Portuguese
1890
2707
1978
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1890
2707
1978
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1892
2709
1999
1
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Portuguese
1892
2709
2008
1
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Portuguese
1892
2709
2012
1
Portugal
Portuguese
1892
2709
2019
1
Portugal
Portuguese
1896
2713
2023
1
Portugal
Portuguese
1900
2717
1973
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1907
2725
2002
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1910
2729
1976
1
Portugal
Portuguese
1910
2729
1976
1
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Portuguese
1913
2732
2005
1
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Portuguese
1913
2732
2005
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1913
2732
2007
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1938
2769
2004
1
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Portuguese
1952
2790
1985
1
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Portuguese
1952
2790
1991
1
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Portuguese
1938
2769
2022
1
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Quechua
1208
1717
2019
1
Romania
Romanian
1217
1730
2005
1
Romania
Romanian
1590
2554
2018
2
Romania
Romanian
1729
2697
1999
2
France
Romanian
1881
2699
2013
1
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Romanian
1885
2703
2010
1
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Romanian
1910
2729
2009
1
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Romanian
1924
2745
2009
1
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Romanian
1924
2745
2009
1
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Romanian
1924
2745
2009
1
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Romanian
1924
2745
2009
1
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Romanian
69
62
1935
8
Soviet Union
Russian
76
116
1974
7
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Russian
187
62
1933
6
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Russian
271
74
1928
5
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Russian
317
973
1988
8
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Russian
334
307
1936
8
Soviet Union
Russian
443
256
1985
1
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Russian
458
1378
1930
8
Soviet Union
Russian
459
579
1963
3
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Russian
466
730
2017
3
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Russian
482
1076
1999
8
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Russian
592
508
1938
1
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Russian
605
534
1966
1
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Russian
747
1808
1943
4
Soviet Union
Russian
749
2119
1979
7
Soviet Union
Russian
816
1764
2001
3
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Russian
846
1315
1975
5
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Russian
848
1029
1958
1
Soviet Union
Russian
873
1534
1949
4
Soviet Union
Russian
890
1113
1959
1
Soviet Union
Russian
923
1180
1997
1
Russia
Russian
933
1425
2009
3
Russia
Russian
975
1303
1962
1
Soviet Union
Russian
975
1451
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
994
1534
1967
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1113
1928
2016
3
Russia
Russian
1158
2459
1915
5
Russia
Russian
1205
2344
1942
3
Soviet Union
Russian
1216
2504
1925
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1217
2637
1916
4
Russia
Russian
1277
1820
2003
1
Russia
Russian
1293
2399
1963
3
Soviet Union
Russian
1302
2637
1950
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1365
2614
1949
3
Soviet Union
Russian
1379
2637
1936
4
Soviet Union
Russian
1436
2637
1946
3
Soviet Union
Russian
1461
2434
1948
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1526
2539
1934
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1538
2220
1979
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1544
2233
1959
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1551
2614
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1594
2314
1967
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1594
2314
1967
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1601
2637
1922
2
Russia
Russian
1601
2637
1953
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1645
2382
1990
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1660
2399
2013
1
Estonia
Russian
1664
2637
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1664
2637
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1691
2654
1944
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1692
2453
1955
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1697
2459
1927
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1723
2654
1932
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1733
2511
1988
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1743
2520
2010
1
Russia
Russian
1749
2709
2006
2
Russia
Russian
1767
2550
2019
1
Russia
Russian
1794
2732
1929
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1804
2598
1960
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1969
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1982
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1983
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1969
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1825
2623
1965
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1829
2628
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1908
1
Russia
Russian
1836
2637
1911
1
Russia
Russian
1836
2637
1920
1
Russia
Russian
1836
2637
1922
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1934
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1934
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
1836
2637
1942
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1950
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1836
2637
1950
1
China
Russian
1836
2637
1954
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1837
2698
1987
2
Russia
Russian
1848
2654
1960
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1931
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1938
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1938
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1935
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1934
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1934
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1848
2654
1937
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1861
2666
1998
1
Russia
Russian
1872
2690
1956
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1872
2690
1992
1
Russia
Russian
1879
2697
1986
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1881
2699
1979
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1890
2707
1967
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1890
2707
1991
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1892
2709
1946
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1892
2709
1956
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1892
2709
2004
1
Russia
Russian
1892
2709
2006
1
Russia
Russian
1892
2709
2012
1
Russia
Russian
1892
2709
2021
1
Russia
Russian
1892
2709
2021
1
Russia
Russian
1894
2711
1991
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1894
2711
2010
1
Russia
Russian
1900
2717
1995
1
Russia
Russian
1909
2728
1979
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1913
2732
1946
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1926
2767
1999
2
Russia
Russian
1936
2765
1925
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1938
2769
2014
1
USA
Russian
1944
2779
1967
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1952
2790
1932
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1711
2480
2014
1
Ukraine
Russian Sign Language
1544
2233
1987
1
Norway
Saami
461
1154
1993
7
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
570
764
1971
4
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
661
786
2010
3
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian
987
1688
1993
4
France
Serbo-Croatian
1233
2086
1966
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1506
2173
1996
1
Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1658
2614
1964
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1819
2614
1960
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1838
2699
1982
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1892
2709
1967
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1892
2709
2003
1
Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1894
2711
1988
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1905
2723
1997
1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian
