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A model attribution edit summary is <code>Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at [[:ru:История почты и почтовых марок Приднестровской Молдавской Республики]]; see its history for attribution.</code></li> <li>You may also add the template <code>{{Translated|ru|История почты и почтовых марок Приднестровской Молдавской Республики}}</code> to the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria" title="Talk:Postage stamps and postal history of Transnistria">talk page</a>.</li> <li>For more guidance, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Wikipedia:Translation</a>.</li></ul></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a survey of the <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">postal history</a> of <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a></b>, an unrecognized breakaway territory of <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> and the de facto independent <a href="/wiki/Pridnestrovian_Moldavian_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic">Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_independence">Before independence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Before independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg/150px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg/225px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>First Tiraspol <a href="/wiki/Zemstvo_stamp" title="Zemstvo stamp">Zemstvo stamp</a>, 5 <a href="/wiki/Kopeck" title="Kopeck">kopecks</a>, 1873</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tiraspol_Zemstvo_stamps">Tiraspol Zemstvo stamps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tiraspol Zemstvo stamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a> was an administrative centre of the Tiraspol <a href="/wiki/Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyezd">Uyezd</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Governorate" title="Kherson Governorate">Kherson Governorate</a>. On January 1, 1873, the Tiraspol <a href="/wiki/Zemstvo" title="Zemstvo">Zemstvo</a> began running the official <a href="/wiki/Local_post" title="Local post">local postal</a> service. Two <a href="/wiki/Zemstvo_stamp" title="Zemstvo stamp">Zemstvo stamps</a> were issued for this purpose, in 1873 and 1879, that were <a href="/wiki/Pen_cancel" title="Pen cancel">cancelled with a pen</a>. Additionally, free, non-denominated official labels were printed in 1875 but they were not postage stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romanian_occupation">Romanian occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Romanian occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the territory was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romanian</a> military forces, and the <a href="/wiki/Transnistria_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transnistria (World War II)">Transnistrian Government</a> was established. Romania issued special postage stamps for Transnistria in 1941 and 1943, and <a href="/wiki/Semi-postal" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-postal">semi-postals</a> in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="text-align:center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duca_Voda.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Postage stamps of Romania for Transnistria, 1941, with a Tiraspol postmark"><img alt="Postage stamps of Romania for Transnistria, 1941, with a Tiraspol postmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Duca_Voda.JPG/120px-Duca_Voda.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Duca_Voda.JPG/180px-Duca_Voda.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Duca_Voda.JPG/240px-Duca_Voda.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="508" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Postage stamps of Romania for Transnistria, 1941, with a Tiraspol <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmark</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Romanian stamp for Transnistria on piece and postmarked Tiraspol 1941"><img alt="A Romanian stamp for Transnistria on piece and postmarked Tiraspol 1941" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg/90px-StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg/135px-StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg/180px-StampRomaniaTrasnistria1941Michel703.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="415" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Romanian stamp for Transnistria on piece and postmarked Tiraspol 1941</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A semi-postal of Romania for Transnistria, 1942"><img alt="A semi-postal of Romania for Transnistria, 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG/76px-StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG/114px-StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG/152px-StampRomania1942Michel752.JPG 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="318" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A semi-postal of Romania for Transnistria, 1942</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tiraspol_provisional_stamps">Tiraspol provisional stamps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tiraspol provisional stamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StampTiraspol1992.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StampTiraspol1992.jpg/220px-StampTiraspol1992.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StampTiraspol1992.jpg/330px-StampTiraspol1992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StampTiraspol1992.jpg/440px-StampTiraspol1992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="196" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a> <a href="/wiki/Provisional_stamp" title="Provisional stamp">provisional stamps</a> issued in 1992 by <a href="/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint">overprinting</a> two stamps of the Soviet Union</figcaption></figure> <p>Transnistria declared its independence from <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> on September 2, 1990, and in June 1992, the postal authorities in Tiraspol, the capital and administrative centre of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, <a href="/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint">overprinted</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheet_of_stamps" title="Sheet of stamps">sheets</a> of two <a href="/wiki/Definitive_stamp" title="Definitive stamp">definitive stamps</a> of the former Soviet Union. The overprints read <i> 'Тирасполь / 30-VI-92' </i> (<i>Tiraspol / 30-June-92</i>) and two new values, <i> '20 коп.' </i> (<i>20 <a href="/wiki/Kopeck" title="Kopeck">kopecks</a></i>) and <i> '28 коп.' </i> (<i>28 kopecks</i>). These <a href="/wiki/Provisional_stamp" title="Provisional stamp">provisionals</a> were only in use from July 3 to July 21, 1992, and were then confiscated and destroyed by Moldavian authorities in <a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Kishinev (now Chișinău)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_PMR_stamps">First PMR stamps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First PMR stamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 18, 1993, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Council) of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic made decision on issuing the first stamps. The first Transnistria stamp was designed by <a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Bronza" title="Grigoriy Bronza">Grigoriy Bronza</a> and appeared on December 31, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then it has typically issued between 3 and 5 different series of stamps per year. The region's name is given only in <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic</a>, as <i> 'ПОЧТА ПМР' </i> (<i>POST OF PMR</i>, with <i>PMR</i> standing for <i>Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Validity">Validity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Validity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The postage stamps of Transnistria are not recognised outside of the country and are valid only for domestic service within Transnistria. International mail and mail to the rest of Moldova requires Moldovan postage stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="text-align:center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2015"><img alt="Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2015" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg/85px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg/127px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg/170px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="355" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2015</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2019"><img alt="Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2019" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg/120px-Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg/180px-Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg/240px-Georgi_Stamatov_2019_stamp_of_Transnistria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1186" data-file-height="834" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Postage stamps of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2019</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bogus_PMR_stamps">Bogus PMR stamps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bogus PMR stamps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg/120px-Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg/180px-Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg/240px-Transnistria_stamp_of_1993.jpg 2x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>A 1976 stamp of the Soviet Union with a false Transnistrian <a href="/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint">overprint</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Philatelic_fakes_and_forgeries#Bogus_stamps" title="Philatelic fakes and forgeries">Bogus stamp issues</a> have been a problem in the region for several years, with private persons overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union or printing labels resembling Transnistrian stamps, and selling them to unsuspecting collectors. The bogus stamps usually give the region's name in <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic</a>, as <i> 'ПМР' </i>, although sometimes the <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> letters <i> 'PMR' </i> are seen instead. There is no consistent practice, with some stamps only inscribed in Cyrillic and others only in Latin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Bronza" title="Grigoriy Bronza">Grigoriy Bronza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Moldova" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova">Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFВладинец,_Н._И.Ильичёв,_Л._И.Левитас,_И._Я.Мазур,_П._Ф.1988" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Владинец, Н. 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