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1476:Liberty Bell
1471:Justice Bell
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1446:Freedom Bell
1386:Call changes
1295:Servant bell
1203:Bicycle bell
1093:Bell pattern
1083:Bellfounding
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784:Terem Palace
646:Borovitskaya
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1660:John Murphy
1615:Miles Graye
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1521:Temple Bell
1486:Mingun Bell
1290:Ship's bell
1271:Jingle bell
1237:Crotal bell
1227:Church bell
1143:Strike tone
1123:Campanology
1108:Bell shrine
1103:Bell-ringer
1066:terminology
954:Tsar Cannon
876:and gardens
741:Oruzheynaya
676:Petrovskaya
661:Tainitskaya
347:Ivan Kalita
337:From 1329,
174: /
1809:Categories
1722:Hugh Watts
1515:Swan Bells
1174:Altar bell
1088:Bell-gable
883:Red Square
789:The Armory
726:Troitskaya
711:Nikolskaya
706:Senatskaya
625:Red Square
397:References
355:Vasily III
311:Assumption
69:newspapers
1705:Schilling
1645:Marinelli
1610:Grassmayr
1563:Bergholtz
1528:Tsar Bell
1456:Great Tom
1367:Blagovest
1285:Mini-ring
1242:Dead bell
1217:Call bell
1196:Bianzhong
1189:Bell tree
1153:Zvonnitsa
969:Red Porch
959:Tsar Bell
922:Monuments
752:buildings
701:Spasskaya
696:Tsarskaya
691:Nabatnaya
572:1508—1952
543:1508—1547
516:1547—1721
489:1721—1733
315:Archangel
288:romanized
246:Completed
162:37°37′5″E
159:55°45′3″N
1538:Kentucky
1523:(Boston)
1338:Carillon
1334:Chiming
1266:Handbell
1247:Doorbell
1222:Cat bell
1184:Babendil
1179:Aluphone
1078:Bell-cot
813:Churches
474:Records
366:Napoleon
351:Ivan III
323:belfries
317:and the
187:Location
1746:Related
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1675:Paccard
1655:Meneely
1650:McShane
1640:Juutila
1441:Big Ben
1350:Canpanò
1232:Cowbell
1118:Bourdon
874:Squares
731:Kutafya
621:Kremlin
333:History
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219:Website
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1717:Taylor
1585:Cockey
1261:Ghanta
1254:Dōtaku
1210:Bonshō
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1162:Types
1127:index
1057:Bells
389:Bells
235:Style
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1278:Kane
1133:Peal
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