Krugosvet is a

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’s Information Program. According to

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portal, that also hosts Krugosvet, it is "comparable to the ''

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'' in its size and significance". Along with former

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colleague, Robert Ball, Prof. Gregory Freidin founded a Moscow publishing company, The Russian Britannica LLC., which has since evolved into Krugosvet's publication. Every third Krugosvet article has been translated from ''

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''.

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