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Smirnov Nikolai Nikolaevich
(born April 6, 1952 in Dushanbe) 1970—1976 — Leningrad State University, Faculty of History. 1975—1977 — senior research fellow, State Museum of History of Leningrad. 11.1977—11.1980 — post-graduate student, Leningrad branch of the Institute of History of the USSR of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. 12.1980— till nowadays — Saint Petersburg Institute of…

