Decaying Memory

Uzbekistan. Ruins of an ancient city. Khiva city. Monuments of history and architecture. Mausoleum. Minarets. Crypt labyrinths. People carry out of the crypt a chest with ancient books hidden from destruction. Old people look at ancient books, put them to their faces. Excavation in the crypt. A bag with scraps of pages of ancient books. Historian scientist Professor A. Abdullaev says (synchronously) about the destruction in the 30-40th. years of Madrasah, ancient manuscripts. Photos of people repressed in the 30s. Women work in the fields, in the courtyard of the house, at home. Women are picking branches with silkworms.

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1990