We argue that the 3A2 state considered by Oles in {ITALIC Acta Phys. Pol. B} {32}, 3303 (2001) for the d2 system occurring in the V3+ ion in V2O3 and LaVO3 as well as in Ti2+ ion in TiO and in many other oxides is wrong. The proper ground state is 3T1g --- its 9-fold degeneracy is further split in a crystal by intra-atomic spin-orbit interactions and lattice distortions.
PACS numbers: 75.10.Jm, 71.27.+a, 75.30.Et, 75.30.Vn
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