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HIS3156 History of Russia from the Earliest Times to the Present


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Dewey Decimal Classification for Russian History

Russian History call numbers

900 – History, geography, and biography

  • 940 General history of Europe
    • 947 General history of Europe; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union

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