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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query-continue>
<allcategories accontinue="1930_год_в_Казахстане" />
</query-continue>
<query>
<allcategories>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1216 год</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1217 год</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1218 год</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1810 год в Казахстане</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1850-е годы</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1860-е годы</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1870 год</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">18 августа</c>
<c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1919 год в России</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1920 год в России</c>
</allcategories>
</query>
</api>