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Within the MV-algebraic probability theory, many important theorems (such as various versions of the central limit theorem or the individual ergodic theorem) have been recently studied and proven. In particular, the counterpart of the Kolmogorov strong law of large numbers (SLLN) for sequences of independent observables has been considered. In this paper, we prove generalized MV-algebraic versions of the SLLN, i.e., counterparts of the Marcinkiewicz\u2013Zygmund and Brunk\u2013Prokhorov SLLN for independent observables, as well as the Korchevsky SLLN, where the independence of observables is not assumed. To this end, we apply the classical probability theory and some measure-theoretic methods. We also analyze examples of applications of the proven theorems. Our results open new directions of development of the MV-algebraic probability theory. 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