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Research Article

Protecting the heritage of humanity in the Cold War: UNESCO, the Soviet Union and sites of universal value, 1945–1970s

Pages 1132-1147 | Received 28 Nov 2018, Accepted 03 Sep 2019, Published online: 17 Sep 2019

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