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7. The Carpets of Turkmenistan. When you meet a rider on a spirited Akhal-Tekin horse on the roads of Turkmenia, you will invariably see his crimson saddle-bag with long fringe. The pictures one of these bags spread out.
10. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations. Turbines for the Dnieper Hydro-Electric Stations/ 10. Turbines of Nazi-wrecked power stations have been sent to the Stalin Engineering Works in Leningrad for repairs. This rotor of a steam turbine…
Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province.
After hours on muddy mountain paths in the Kaçkars, we stopped for tea in a deserted valley with seasonal cottages. The owner of the cafe grabbed a large fishing net and I followed him out back to a small cement pool filled with trout. Strangely, he…
Russian law differentiated between towns that were, and towns that were not, seats of administrative power. In each district (uezd) there could be only one "district town" (uezdnyj gorod); other populated places that enjoyed the privileges of urban…
Here and There in the Soviet Union. Baku. Geologist Sadykh Jafarov is shown here examining a survey map together with his assistant, Valentina Sozina, a participant in geological surveying expeditions. Jafarov recently shared a Stalin Prize with…
