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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
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        <page value="20220412090149" timestamp="2022-04-12T09:01:49Z" ns="0" title="Шевчик, Петр Фомич" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>