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Identity, community and belonging (On the example of Kezhemsky & Evenkiysky municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai). / Ablazhey, Anatoly M.; Campbell, Craig R.

In: Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 4, 01.01.2018, p. 526-533.

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Ablazhey, AM & Campbell, CR 2018, 'Identity, community and belonging (On the example of Kezhemsky & Evenkiysky municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai)', Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 526-533. https://doi.org/10.17516/1997-1370-0246

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Ablazhey, A. M., & Campbell, C. R. (2018). Identity, community and belonging (On the example of Kezhemsky & Evenkiysky municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai). Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences, 11(4), 526-533. https://doi.org/10.17516/1997-1370-0246

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Ablazhey AM, Campbell CR. Identity, community and belonging (On the example of Kezhemsky & Evenkiysky municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai). Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences. 2018 Jan 1;11(4):526-533. doi: 10.17516/1997-1370-0246

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Ablazhey, Anatoly M. ; Campbell, Craig R. / Identity, community and belonging (On the example of Kezhemsky & Evenkiysky municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai). In: Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences. 2018 ; Vol. 11, No. 4. pp. 526-533.

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