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Tashkent: The End of an Era

Tashkent: The End of an Era

1996•1h 45m
Documentary

Tashkent: The End of an Era reconstructs the complex history of Tashkent by means of archive footage which has never been shown before and the testimonies of its inhabitants.

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Dago Productions, Stichting Doen, Ilkhom Studio

Language

EN

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Released

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