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Red Notice

A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder ...

Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

Unabridged

14 hours 7 min

November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds. ... Read more

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November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds.
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Overreach

The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine

by Owen Matthews ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year*A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis ... ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year*A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis ...
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Communism

A History

by Richard Pipes ...

Narrated by George K. Wilson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse. ... Read more

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From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse.
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History of Vladimir Lenin

by A.J.Kingston, A.J.Kingston ...

Narrated by A.I. Madison ...

Unabridged

3 hours 9 min

Introducing "History of Vladimir Lenin" - the definitive guide to one of the most influential figures in modern history! Vladimir Lenin was a revolutionary leader who played a critical role in shaping the future of Russia and the world. His ideas and teachings continue to inspire political movements around the globe, making him a figure of both admiration and controversy. In this comprehensive ... Read more

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Introducing "History of Vladimir Lenin" - the definitive guide to one of the most influential figures in modern history! Vladimir Lenin was a revolutionary leader who played a critical role in shaping the future of Russia and the world. His ideas and teachings continue to inspire political movements around the globe, making him a figure of both admiration and controversy. In this comprehensive
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De moedigste avonturiers aller tijden

by Alles over historia, Alles over historia ...

Narrated by Roel Fooij ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Wereldveranderaars
Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

Gedreven door fantasie en vastberadenheid staken de Noor Thor Heyerdahl en zijn bemanning de Stille Oceaan over op een rieten vlot, al waarschuwden alle experts dat ze de overkant niet zouden halen. Vastberaden waren ook de Nieuw-Zeelander Edmund Hillary en de sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Zij bedwongen de Mount Everest en balanceerden het laatste stuk naar de top op een smalle bergkam. Vasco da Gama, ... Read more

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Gedreven door fantasie en vastberadenheid staken de Noor Thor Heyerdahl en zijn bemanning de Stille Oceaan over op een rieten vlot, al waarschuwden alle experts dat ze de overkant niet zouden halen. Vastberaden waren ook de Nieuw-Zeelander Edmund Hillary en de sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Zij bedwongen de Mount Everest en balanceerden het laatste stuk naar de top op een smalle bergkam. Vasco da Gama,
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

by Robert K. Massie ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

23 hours 52 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL
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Стратегия Московской Руси. Как политическая культура XIII-XV веков повлияла на будущее России

by Тимофей Бордачев ...

Narrated by Анастасия Болотина ...

Series series Популярная политика
Unabridged

12 hours 45 min

Российская государственность и внешнеполитическая стратегия появились не вдруг и не по воле конкретного властителя или правящей династии. У них не было одного автора-демиурга, они – результат череды усилий, вереницы сменявших друг друга побед и неудач. Борьба с даннической зависимостью от Золотой Орды постепенно перетекла в наступление на прежних захватчиков, а отражение крестоносной агрессии на ... Read more

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Российская государственность и внешнеполитическая стратегия появились не вдруг и не по воле конкретного властителя или правящей династии. У них не было одного автора-демиурга, они – результат череды усилий, вереницы сменявших друг друга побед и неудач. Борьба с даннической зависимостью от Золотой Орды постепенно перетекла в наступление на прежних захватчиков, а отражение крестоносной агрессии на
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Гербы России. История отечественной геральдики

by Наталья Воробьева ...

Narrated by Элина Искусственный интеллект ...

Series series Коллекционирование
Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

Четыре века назад гербы в России приобрели свою популярность сначала в высших аристократических кругах, а со временем стали необходимым предметом обихода и для представителей иных сословий. В этой аудиокниге вы познакомитесь с историей появления первых гербов в мире и на территории современной России - опознавательных знаков, благодаря которым можно с легкостью определить характерные черты ... Read more

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Четыре века назад гербы в России приобрели свою популярность сначала в высших аристократических кругах, а со временем стали необходимым предметом обихода и для представителей иных сословий. В этой аудиокниге вы познакомитесь с историей появления первых гербов в мире и на территории современной России - опознавательных знаков, благодаря которым можно с легкостью определить характерные черты
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Catherine The Great

Last Empress Of Russia

by Michael W. Simmons ...

Narrated by Jim D. Johnston ...

Unabridged

3 hours 12 min

Born an obscure German princess who suffered under the control of a domineering, narcissistic mother, the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst seemed to be destined for a minor marriage and a forgettable career. Destiny had other plans for her: summoned to Russia, then considered by most Europeans to be a vast, primitive wasteland, devoid of culture or sophistication, she became the ... Read more

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Born an obscure German princess who suffered under the control of a domineering, narcissistic mother, the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst seemed to be destined for a minor marriage and a forgettable career. Destiny had other plans for her: summoned to Russia, then considered by most Europeans to be a vast, primitive wasteland, devoid of culture or sophistication, she became the
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Once Upon a Time in Russia

The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History

by Ben Mezrich ...

Narrated by Jeremy Bobb ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.”Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician ... Read more

$17.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.”Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician
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Воспоминания русских крестьян. Обряды жизненного цикла - от рождения до смерти

by Любовь Швецова ...

Narrated by Елена Шемет ...

Series series История без купюр
Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

«Откуда взяться крестьянским воспоминаниям и мемуарам? Ведь русские крестьяне в большинстве своем были людьми малограмотными!» – так думают многие. Однако такие воспоминания есть, и не мало. До наших дней сохранились материалы этнографического бюро, заметки старинных газет и журналов, труды этнографов и личные записи крестьян. В этой книге автор раскрывает тему жизненного пути человека, ... Read more

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«Откуда взяться крестьянским воспоминаниям и мемуарам? Ведь русские крестьяне в большинстве своем были людьми малограмотными!» – так думают многие. Однако такие воспоминания есть, и не мало. До наших дней сохранились материалы этнографического бюро, заметки старинных газет и журналов, труды этнографов и личные записи крестьян. В этой книге автор раскрывает тему жизненного пути человека,
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Бандитский Петербург. Часть девятая: Легенды и мифы криминальной столицы

by Андрей Константинов, Андрей Константинов ...

Narrated by Роман Волков ...

Series series История российской мафии
Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

«Бандитский Петербург» — это самая полная криминальная история Северной столицы с момента ее основания до настоящего времени. «...в каком-то смысле книга "Бандитский Петербург" для меня — это бесконечная литературно-исследовательская каторга, отбывая которую с каждым годом все труднее находить в себе силы продолжать работу... И все-таки, как мне кажется, тема "Бандитского Петербурга", будучи ... Read more

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«Бандитский Петербург» — это самая полная криминальная история Северной столицы с момента ее основания до настоящего времени. «...в каком-то смысле книга "Бандитский Петербург" для меня — это бесконечная литературно-исследовательская каторга, отбывая которую с каждым годом все труднее находить в себе силы продолжать работу... И все-таки, как мне кажется, тема "Бандитского Петербурга", будучи
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Us and Them

Bengt Jangfeldt on the Idea of Russia

by Bengt Jangfeldt ...

Narrated by James Hogg ...

Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

From the time of Peter the Great to the reign of Vladimir Putin, the question of Russia's view of Europe and Western values has absorbed and divided the country's rulers, thinkers and people. One distinctive Russian idea, formulated almost 200 years ago, is that Russia not only differs from Western civilisation, but is morally superior to it. In the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, ... Read more

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From the time of Peter the Great to the reign of Vladimir Putin, the question of Russia's view of Europe and Western values has absorbed and divided the country's rulers, thinkers and people. One distinctive Russian idea, formulated almost 200 years ago, is that Russia not only differs from Western civilisation, but is morally superior to it. In the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union,
... Read more
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Red Scare

Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America

by Clay Risen ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

15 hours 30 min

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” .. ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” ..
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The World Was Going Our Way

The KGB and the Battle for the the Third World

by Vasili Mitrokhin, Christopher Andrew, Alison Belle Bews ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

24 hours 23 min

In 1992, Vasili Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist, snuck out of Russia carrying with him a vast cache of transcriptions of top-secret KGB intelligence files. The FBI later described his trove of documents as “the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any source.” Renowned historian Christopher Andrew had exclusive access to both Mitrokhin and his archive. In 1999, they ... Read more

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In 1992, Vasili Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist, snuck out of Russia carrying with him a vast cache of transcriptions of top-secret KGB intelligence files. The FBI later described his trove of documents as “the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any source.” Renowned historian Christopher Andrew had exclusive access to both Mitrokhin and his archive. In 1999, they
... Read more
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The Cold War

A New History

by John Lewis Gaddis ...

Narrated by Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

The "dean of Cold War historians" (New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century.It began during the Second World War, when American and Soviet troops converged from east and west. Their meeting point—a small German city—became part of a front line that solidified shortly thereafter into an Iron Curtain. It ... Read more

$25.17 USD

The "dean of Cold War historians" (New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century.It began during the Second World War, when American and Soviet troops converged from east and west. Their meeting point—a small German city—became part of a front line that solidified shortly thereafter into an Iron Curtain. It
... Read more
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Ice War Diplomat

Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series

by Gary J. Smith ...

Narrated by Kyle Tait ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

Tasked with finding common ground and building friendships between the world's two largest countries and arctic neighbors, a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his first overseas assignment in Moscow, the Soviet capital. It's the early 1970s and a Cold War between communism and capitalism, the west and the east, is simmering—while the ice rink is just starting to heat up. Smith opts for ... Read more

$23.39 USD

Tasked with finding common ground and building friendships between the world's two largest countries and arctic neighbors, a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his first overseas assignment in Moscow, the Soviet capital. It's the early 1970s and a Cold War between communism and capitalism, the west and the east, is simmering—while the ice rink is just starting to heat up. Smith opts for
... Read more
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Cuckooland

Where the Rich Own the Truth

by Tom Burgis ...

Narrated by Joe Eyre ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN'A true-life thriller' ANNE APPLEBAUMFrom the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the tr... ... Read more

$21.59 USD

'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN'A true-life thriller' ANNE APPLEBAUMFrom the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the tr...
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Lady Death

The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper

by Lyudmila Pavlichenko ...

Narrated by Emily Durante ...

Unabridged

14 hours 13 min

In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Lyudmila Pavlichenko left her university studies and ignored the offer of a position as a nurse to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers.Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including twenty-nine enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure ... Read more

$22.49 USD

In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Lyudmila Pavlichenko left her university studies and ignored the offer of a position as a nurse to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers.Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including twenty-nine enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure
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From the Realm of a Dying Sun

Volume 2: IV. SS-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, December 1944-May 1945

by Douglas E. Nash, Sr. ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

26 hours 40 min

This is the concluding volume of the history of the IV SS-Panzerkorps, a relatively unknown organization that was born in battle during the last year of the war and fought exclusively on the Eastern Front. After their successful defense of Warsaw and the Vistula Front during the fall of 1944, the corps and its two famous Waffen-SS divisions, the Totenkopf and Wiking, as well as several divisions ... Read more

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This is the concluding volume of the history of the IV SS-Panzerkorps, a relatively unknown organization that was born in battle during the last year of the war and fought exclusively on the Eastern Front. After their successful defense of Warsaw and the Vistula Front during the fall of 1944, the corps and its two famous Waffen-SS divisions, the Totenkopf and Wiking, as well as several divisions
... Read more
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Putin v. the People

The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia

by Samuel A. Greene, Graeme B. Robertson ...

Narrated by Matthew Waterson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin's grip on power is more fragile then we thinkWhat do ordinary Russians think of Putin? Who are his supporters? And why might their support now be faltering? Alive with the voices and experiences of ordinary Russians and elites alike, Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson craft a compellingly original ... Read more

$22.49 USD

A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin's grip on power is more fragile then we thinkWhat do ordinary Russians think of Putin? Who are his supporters? And why might their support now be faltering? Alive with the voices and experiences of ordinary Russians and elites alike, Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson craft a compellingly original
... Read more
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Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler

The Age of Social Catastrophe

by Robert Gellately ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

26 hours 5 min

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Second World War.In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, acclaimed historian Robert Gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its political ... Read more

$31.49 USD

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Second World War.In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, acclaimed historian Robert Gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its political
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The Curse of Empire

Ukraine, Poland, and the Fatal Paths in Russian History

by Martin Schulze Wessel ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

14 hours 24 min

Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the
... Read more
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The End of the Cold War 1985-1991

by Robert Service ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

21 hours 58 min

The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician had foreseen that an epoch defined by games of irreconcilable one-upmanship between the world's most heavily armed superpowers would end in their lifetimes. Under the long, forbidding shadow of the Cold War, even the smallest miscalculation from either side could result in ... Read more

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The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician had foreseen that an epoch defined by games of irreconcilable one-upmanship between the world's most heavily armed superpowers would end in their lifetimes. Under the long, forbidding shadow of the Cold War, even the smallest miscalculation from either side could result in
... Read more

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