The hydroelectric building and service area in Mingechaur, Azerbaijan. Earth moving equipment preparing site for laying pipes and workmen welding steel girders are shown. February 1948.
Views of hydroelectric station in Mingechaur, Azerbaijan. Russian officials and citizens celebrating the completion of hydroelectric station. 1949.
Germans retake Kaunas, Lithuania. A Nazi flag being raised on a building and war heroes being decorated. A German officer pins up medal on the uniform of the soldiers. The German troops stand in a squad and being decorated. The soldiers smile.
Architectural monuments of Uzbekistan. Mosques and minarets. Ruins of old buildings on cliffs in the desert. Domes, arches, and a mosque surrounded by pillars. Bricks arranged in various designs. The Ismail Samani Mausoleum. Elaborate stone calligraphy on top of the Jarkurgan minaret. Medieval print from the 14th century “Genghis Khan Enthroned” by Rashid al Din. Other prints depict the ancient history of Uzbekistan: kings, soldiers fighting on horseback, shooting arrows from towers.
The Kyzylkum Desert near Samarkand, Uzbekistan. A group of travelers approach the Shah-i-Zinda (or Shakh-i Zindeh) necropolis. Stone dome of a mortuary chapel mosque in the Shah-i-Zinda. Minarets and domes of buildings. People moving along narrow streets. People climb the steps of a mosque. Interior of the mosque showing its architecture. A man dressed in Arabic clothes comes out of the mosque.
Architectural monuments of Uzbekistan. People move on a road among ruins. A barren tree. Ruins of old buildings and minarets. Tourists visit the Bibi-Khanym Mosque. A camel outside the ruins of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque. The interior of a mosque showing its architecture. Medieval Persian prints show how the arches and domes of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque were constructed. A doorway in the mosque. Workers work on the restoration of a dome. A picture shows two guards at an entrance gate. Mongol conqueror Timur facial reconstruction from skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov.
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