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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20170605163344|76" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
      <item logid="85" ns="0" title="1959 год" pageid="80" logpage="80" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:48:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="273" prev="253" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="84" ns="0" title="1958 год" pageid="76" logpage="76" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:47:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="272" prev="249" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="83" ns="0" title="1956-1957 годы" pageid="73" logpage="73" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:46:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="271" prev="246" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="82" ns="0" title="1955 год" pageid="68" logpage="68" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:45:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="270" prev="241" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="81" ns="0" title="1954 год" pageid="66" logpage="66" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:42:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="269" prev="239" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="80" ns="0" title="1948 год" pageid="43" logpage="43" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:40:01Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="268" prev="255" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="79" ns="0" title="1949 год" pageid="47" logpage="47" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:39:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="267" prev="261" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="78" ns="0" title="1950 год" pageid="50" logpage="50" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:38:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="266" prev="260" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="77" ns="0" title="1952 год" pageid="59" logpage="59" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kkudryavtsev" timestamp="2017-06-05T16:36:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="265" prev="262" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>