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 ::::Hm, seems that Google search for books has some merits... Thanks, especially for the 1960s reference! So the aricle should be called either Russia is the motherland of elephants or just Motherland of elephants (or should the latter become redirect to Russia? ) ). You see, it's an important article, related to the birth of the Russian Wikipedia, and the English Wiki also should have this article.   "