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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2071</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>HOW TO STUDY THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS: REVIEW OF "ENTERTAINING ELECTORAL STATISTICS" BY A. LYUBAREV (MOSCOW, 2021)</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>HOW TO STUDY THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS: REVIEW OF "ENTERTAINING ELECTORAL STATISTICS" BY A. LYUBAREV (MOSCOW, 2021)</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Grishin</surname><given-names>Nikolai V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grishin</surname><given-names>Nikolai V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3358" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff3358"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">St. Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">St. Petersburg State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" /><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-12-20"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>156</fpage><lpage>157</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2021/issue/4/article/2071">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2021/issue/4/article/2071</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(69)/156-157.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(69)/156-157.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The book by Arkady Lyubarev "Entertaining Electoral Statistics" considers a wide range of issues in the study of electoral statistics. The content of the book covers the subject areas of electoral geography and electoral forensics. The book contributes to the systematization of scientific directions using the official election results as the main empirical source, offers an assessment of the effectiveness and prospects of scientific methods used in this field of study.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The book by Arkady Lyubarev "Entertaining Electoral Statistics" considers a wide range of issues in the study of electoral statistics. The content of the book covers the subject areas of electoral geography and electoral forensics. The book contributes to the systematization of scientific directions using the official election results as the main empirical source, offers an assessment of the effectiveness and prospects of scientific methods used in this field of study.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>elections</kwd><kwd>electoral systems</kwd><kwd>electoral statistics</kwd><kwd>electoral geography</kwd><kwd>electoral forensics</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>elections</kwd><kwd>electoral systems</kwd><kwd>electoral statistics</kwd><kwd>electoral geography</kwd><kwd>electoral forensics</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>