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  • Voprosy sovershenstvovanii︠a︡ dei︠a︡telʹnosti obshchestvennykh organizat︠s︡iĭ / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ [i] Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [otvetstvennye redaktory, N.N. Bokarev, A.A. Beli︠a︡kov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1979.
    • 1979
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    Text HS71.S65 V6 1979gOff-site

  • Sot︠s︡iologicheskie problemy kommunisticheskogo vospitanii︠a︡ : tematicheskiĭ sbornik / [redakt︠s︡ionnai︠a︡ kollegii︠a︡ N.S. Mansurov (otv. redaktor), V.M. Sdobnov].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issl, 1978.
    • 1978
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    Text LA191.8.S65 S68 1978gOff-site

  • Kriticheskiĭ analiz burzhuaznykh sot︠s︡iologicheskikh kont︠s︡ept︠s︡iĭ : sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ i ideologicheskai︠a︡ borʹba / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskish issledovaniĭ [i] Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [redkollegii︠a︡ V.N. Ivanov (otv. redaktor) ... et al.].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1978.
    • 1978
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    Text HM33 .K733Off-site

  • Izuchenie obshchestvennogo mneni︠a︡ v razvitom sot︠s︡ialisticheskom obshchestve : metodologicheskai︠a︡ osnova, metodika i opyt ėmpiricheskogo issledovanii︠a︡ / [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor, V.S. Korobeĭnikov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1980.
    • 1980
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    Text HN530.Z9 P849 1980gOff-site

  • Sot︠s︡iologicheskie problemy nauchnoĭ dei︠a︡telʹnosti / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut istorii estestvoznanii︠a︡ i tekhniki, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ [i] Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [V.Zh. Kelle (otv. redaktor].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1978.
    • 1978
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    Text Q180.R9 S6Off-site
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  • Usilenie sot︠s︡ialʹnoĭ odnorodnosti sovetskogo obshchestva : Po materialam Vsesoi︠u︡z. konf. "Izmenenii︠a︡ v sot︠s︡ial. strukture sot︠s︡. o-va" : [Sbornik] / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Otv. red. G. A. Slesarev, F. R. Filippov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled, 1977.
    • 1977
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    Text HN523.5 .V73 1976Off-site

  • Problemy vneproizvodstvennoĭ dei︠a︡telʹnosti trudi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ ; [otv. redaktor V.D. Patrushev].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1976.
    • 1976
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    Text HB199.A384 1976Off-site

  • Problemy sot︠s︡ialʹnogo razvitii︠a︡ : materialy k IX VSK / [pod obshcheĭ redakt︠s︡ieĭ T.V. Ri︠a︡bushkina].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1978-
    • 1978-present
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    Text HM22.S65 W67 1978g v.1Off-site

  • Problemy sot︠s︡ialʹnogo planirovanii︠a︡ v nauchnom kollektive / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor A.A. Zvorykin].

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    • Moskva : Institut, 1977.
    • 1977
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    Text Q180.S65 P7Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy truda i trudovykh kollektivov : chastichno annot. bibliogr. ukaz. literatury za 1966-1975 gg. / [Sost. kandidaty filos. nauk N. V. Andreenkova i I. V. Zhuravleva, A. N. Komozin ... et al.] ; AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡.

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ : Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡., 1976.
    • 1976
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  • Izmenenii︠a︡ sot︠s︡ialʹnoĭ struktury sot︠s︡ialisticheskogo obshchestva : [Sbornik stateĭ]/ In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovniĭ AN SSSR, Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assots. ; [Red. kollegii︠a︡ kand. filos. nauk G. A. Slesarev (otv. red.) ... et al. ; Predisl. G. A. Slesareva].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, 1976.
    • 1976
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  • Sociology and the present age : papers by Soviet scientists / [editorial board M.N. Rutkevich (editor-in-chief) and others].

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    • Moscow : Soviet Sociological Association, 1974.
    • 1974
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  • Kriticheskiĭ analiz burzhuaznykh sot︠s︡iologicheskikh kont︠s︡ept︠s︡iĭ : sot︠s︡iologii︠a︡ i ideolologicheskai︠a︡ borʹba / [otv. redaktory V.M. Ivanov, I︠U︡.N. Davydov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1977.
    • 1977
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  • Matematicheskie metody i modeli v sot︠s︡iologii : Sb. nauch. tr. / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. : [Otv. red. V. N. Varygin].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled, 1977, vyp. dan 1978.
    • 1977
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    Text HM24 .M2968Off-site

  • Metody sovremennoĭ matematiki i logiki v sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovanii︠a︡kh : [Sbornik stateĭ] / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Otv. red. kand. filos. nauk Ė. P. Andreev].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, 1977.
    • 1977
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  • Voprosy metodiki i tekhniki sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ : (metody sbora informat︠s︡ii).

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    • Moskva : Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1975.
    • 1975
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  • Funkt︠s︡ionirovanie obshchestvennogo mnenii︠a︡ v uslovii︠a︡kh goroda i dei︠a︡telʹnostʹ gosudarstvennykh i obshchestvennykh institutov : programmy i dokumenty issledovanii︠a︡ / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut konkretnykh sot︠s︡ialʹnykh issledovaniĭ, Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [otv. redaktor B.A. Grushin].

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    • Moskva : Institut konkretnykh sot︠s︡ialʹnykh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1972.
    • 1972
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  • Prognozirovanie sot︠s︡ialʹnykh potrebnosteĭ / [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor I.V. Bestuzhev-Lada].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1976.
    • 1976
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    Text HN29 .P67Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡iologicheskie problemy obshchestvennogo mnenii︠a︡ i dei︠a︡telʹnosti sredstv massovoĭ informat︠s︡ii / [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor Korobeĭnikov, V.S.].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1976.
    • 1976
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    Text HM261 .S745Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy sokrashchenii︠a︡ tekuchesti kadrov i formirovanii︠a︡ stabilʹnykh proizvodstvennykh kollektivov : [Sbornik stateĭ] / [Otv. red. B.Z. Kononi︠u︡k]

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. isslodovaniĭ, 1977.
    • 1977
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    Text HF5549.5.T8 S66Off-site

  • Vzaimootnoshenie pokoleniĭ v semʹe / [Otv. redaktory Z. A. I︠A︡nkova, V. D. Shapiro].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1977.
    • 1977
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  • Metodologicheskie i metodicheskie problemy sravnitelʹnogo analiza sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ.

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1982.
    • 1982
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    Text HM24 .M476 1982g v.2Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy truda i sorevnovanii︠a︡ / [otv. red.: I. I. Changli].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1976.
    • 1976
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    Text HD8526.5 .S593Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnai︠a︡ struktura selʹskogo naselenii︠a︡ : sbornik nauchnykh trudov / [V.I. Staroverov (otv. redaktor) ... et al.].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, 1981.
    • 1981
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  • Demograficheskoe razvitie SSSR v poslevoennyĭ period : sovetskie doklady k frant︠s︡uzsko-sovetskomu seminaru po problemam demografii, Parizh, dekabrʹ 1984 g. / [otvetstvennye redaktory, V.N. Ivanov, L.L. Rybakovskiĭ].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1984.
    • 1984
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  • Demograficheskie prot︠s︡essy v SSSR : sovetskie doklady k finsko-sovetskomu seminaru po problemam demografii, Khelʹsinki, aprelʹ 1983 / [otvetstvennye redaktory T.V. Ri︠a︡bushkin, L.L. Rybakovskiĭ ; redaktor-sostavitelʹ T.D. Ivanova].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1983.
    • 1983
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  • Problemy pererabotki i avtomatizirovannogo poiska sot︠s︡iologicheskoĭ informat︠s︡ii : [Sb. stateĭ] / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Otv. red. M. S. Mat︠s︡kovskiĭ].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., 1977.
    • 1977
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  • Trud kak osnova sot︠s︡ialisticheskogo obraza zhizni : sbornik nauchnykh trudov / [redkollegii︠a︡ sbornika Staroverov, V.I. (otvetstvennyĭ redaktor) and others].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1979.
    • 1979
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    Text HD6957.S652 R87 1979Off-site

  • Problemy izmerenii︠a︡ i modelirovanii︠a︡ obraza zhizni : Sb. nauch. tr. / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Otv. red. I.V. Bestuzhev-Lada].

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    • Moskva : ISI, 1978.
    • 1978
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    Text HN25 .P75Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡iologicheskie issledovanii︠a︡ raboty obshchestvennykh organizat︠s︡iĭ / [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor N.N. Bokarev].

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    • Moskva : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, 1981.
    • 1981
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    Text HS71.S65 S67 1981Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy formirovanii︠a︡ popolneniĭ intelligent︠s︡ii / [redakt︠s︡ionnai︠a︡ kollegii︠a︡, F.R. Filippov (otv. redaktor), S.N. Bykova, L.P. Orlova].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1980.
    • 1980
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  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnoe upravlenie v nauke : [Sbornik stateĭ] / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheskai︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [Otv. red. A.A. Zvorykin].

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    • Moskva : ISI, 1978.
    • 1978
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    Text Q180.55.M3 S67Off-site

  • Nekotorye problemy sovremennoĭ zarubezhnoĭ sot︠s︡iologii : kriticheskiĭ analiz : sbornik nauchnykh trudov / [redakt︠s︡ionnai︠a︡ kollegii︠a︡ I︠U︡. N. Davydov, V.N. Ivanov (otv. redaktory), V.N. Fomina].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1979.
    • 1979
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    Text HM45 .N45 1979g v.1Off-site

  • Stabilʹnostʹ semʹi kak sot︠s︡ialʹnai︠a︡ problema : [Sb. stateĭ] / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issled., Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Otv. red. I︠A︡nkova Z. A.].

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    • Moskva : ISI, 1978, vyp. dan 1979.
    • 1978
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  • Sot︠s︡ialʹno-professionalʹnai︠a︡ orientat︠s︡ii︠a︡ molodezhi v uslovii︠a︡kh razvitogo sot︠s︡ializma / [otv. redaktor F. R. Filippov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1977.
    • 1977
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  • Problemy sot︠s︡iologicheskogo izuchenii︠a︡ semʹi / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ, Sovetskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡iologicheski︠a︡ assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ ; [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor, Z.A.I︠A︡nkov].

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    • Moskva : Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1976.
    • 1976
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  • Opyt sbora, obrabotki i analiza sotsialʹnoĭ informatsii i nekotorye voprosy koordinatsii sotsiologicheskikh issledovaniĭ / [otv. red. V.P. Shchenev].

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    • Moskva : In-t. sotsiologicheskikh issledovanĭ AN SSSR, 1975.
    • 1975
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  • Sot︠s︡iologicheskie problemy nauchno-tekhnicheskoĭ revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii : sbornik nauchnykh trudov.

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    • Moskva : Institut sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1975.
    • 1975
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  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy truda na promyshlennykh predprii︠a︡tii︠a︡kh : [Sbornik stateĭ] / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, [Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; Otv. red. V. G. Vasilʹev, V. I︠U︡. Pankov].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, 1976.
    • 1976
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  • Obraz zhizni : tendent︠s︡ii, protivorechii︠a︡, problemy / [redakt︠s︡ionnai︠a︡ kollegii︠a︡ A.I. Timush (otv. redaktor) and others].

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    • Kishinev : "Shtiint︠s︡a", 1989.
    • 1989
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  • Soviet sociology in conditions of perestroika / USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociological Studies, Soviet Sociological Association ; [T. Zaslavskaya and others ; prepared under the editorship of V. Yadov].

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    • Moscow : "Social Sciences Today" Editorial Board, Nauka Publishers, 1990.
    • 1990
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  • Problemy postroenii︠a︡ sistemy pokazateleĭ obraza zhizni : Sbornik nauch. trudov / AN SSSR, In-t sot︠s︡iol. issledovaniĭ, Sov. sot︠s︡iol. assot︠s︡. ; [Red. kollegii︠a︡, I. V. Bestuzhev-Lada (otv. red.) ... et al.].

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    • 1977
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  • Sot͡sialʹnaii͡a struktura sovetskogo obshchestva i sot͡sialisticheskiĭ obraz zhizni : materialy k IX VSK / Akademii͡a nauk SSSR, Institut sot͡siologicheskikh issledovaniĭ ; [pod obshcheĭ redaktsieĭ T.V. Ri͡abushkina].

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    • Moskva : [s.n.], 1978.
    • 1978
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  • Nekotorye problemy internat︠s︡ionalʹnogo vospitanii︠a︡ v mnogonat︠s︡ionalʹnom trudovom kollektive / [redkollegii︠a︡ sbornika Dzhunusov M.S., otvetstvennyĭ redaktor, Kovalev I︠U︡.A].

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    • Moskva : In-t sot︠s︡iologicheskikh issledovaniĭ AN SSSR, 1985.
    • 1985
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    Text HD8526.5 .N45 1985Off-site

  • Sot︠s︡ialʹnye problemy podgotovki i truda molodogo popolnenii︠a︡ rabochego klassa / [redkollegii︠a︡ F.R. Filippov (otv. redaktor), V.A. Malova, I.M. Orekhova].

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