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Contemporary Rural Studies in Russia and China: Scientific Overview

Galkin K.A.

Volume 18, Issue 5, 2025

Galkin K.A. (2025). Contemporary rural studies in Russia and China: Scientific overview. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 18(5), 249–263. DOI: 10.15838/esc.2025.5.101.14

DOI: 10.15838/esc.2025.5.101.14

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