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Map of the CIS.
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Russian orthodox church, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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A war memorial.
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Almaty.
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Typical Kazakh steppe.
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Charyn Canyon, en route to Kyrgyzstan.
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Russian orthodox church, Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Animal market, Karakol.
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Jety – Oguz gorge.
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Lake Issyk-Kul.
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Around Lake Issyk-Kul.
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Around Lake Issyk-Kul.
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Around Lake Issyk-Kul.
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Kyrgyz winter garb.
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Kochkor by the Tian Shan range.
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Downtown Kochkor.
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Kyrgyz herder.
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Safe crossing.
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Along the Tian Shan.
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Kyrgyz yurt.
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Grazing by the Tian Shan.
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Along the Tian Shan.
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The nomadic lifestyle.
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Along the Tian Shan.
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A lone yurt.
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A stop for Kumys (fermented mare's milk).
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The nomadic lifestyle.
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En route to Osh and the Fergana Valley.
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Traffic on the road to Osh.
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12th century mausoleums, Özgön.
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The beginning of the Pamir Highway, Tajik border at Sary Tash.
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The beginning of the Pamir Highway.
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The Pamirs - at the junction of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalaya ranges.
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The Pamir Highway.
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The Pamirs.
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Lenin Peak (7,165 m), Tajikistan.
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Driving into Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajik/Chinese border.
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Along the Tajik border with China.
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In Karakul.
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Homestay in Karakul.
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By Lake Kara-Kul.
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Along the Pamir Highway.
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On the Pamir Highway.
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On the Pamir Highway.
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Our Russian Neva on the Pamir Highway.
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The Ak-Baital Pass.
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At the market in Murgab.
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At the market in Murgab.
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At the market in Murgab.
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At the market in Murgab.
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Host family in Murgab.
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On the Pamir Highway.
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Yaks grazing.
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Lunch stop.
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Along the Pamir Highway.
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Gathering fuel.
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Returning home.
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Herders along the Pamir Highway.
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A poser.
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Herders along the Pamir Highway.
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En route to the Wakhan Corridor.
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Along the Afghan border, Wakhan Corridor.
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Afghan herders.
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Afghan herders.
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An Afghan caravan.
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Along the Afghan-Tajik border.
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Along the Afghan-Tajik border.
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Another Afghan caravan.
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Along the Afghan-Tajik border.
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A third Afghan caravan.
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Approaching the Hindu Kush range.
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Approaching the Hindu Kush range.
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Along the Wakhan Corridor.
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A typical Pamiri house.
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In Langar.
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In Langar.
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Dilshod preparing dinner.
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Sheep alter.
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The Hindu Kush, Afghan-Pakistan border.
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The Hindu Kush, Afghan-Pakistan border.
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The Hindu Kush, Afghan-Pakistan border.
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Petroglyphs, Wakhan Corridor.
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Petroglyphs, Wakhan Corridor.
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The Hindu Kush.
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The Hindu Kush.
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The Hindu Kush.
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The Hindu Kush.
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Flour millers, Langar.
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The Pyanj river (source of the Amu-Darya, or Oxus) and Afghanistan.
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The Pyanj river and Afghanistan.
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Along the Afghan border.
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The Hindu Kush.
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Lunch stop in Vrang.
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In Vrang.
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Ancient fire-worshipping platform, Vrang.
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Vrang.
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Buddhist caves, Vrang.
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In Vrang.
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The 12th-century Yamchun Fortress.
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The Hindu Kush.
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Host family, Yamg.
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In Yamg.
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An Afghan village.
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Danger - landmines.
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Mined area, Pamir Highway.
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An Afghan village.
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Remnants of the Tajik civil war.
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Remnants of the Tajik civil war.
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Petrol station, en route to Dushanbe.
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The Fan Mountains, outside Dushanbe.
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Lake Iskander-Kul, Fan Mountains.
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Lake Iskander-Kul.
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Lake Iskander-Kul.
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Lake Iskander-Kul.
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Lake Iskander-Kul.
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The Fan Mountains.
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The Fan Mountains.
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Flat tire en route to the Uzbek border.
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Penjikent, on the border with Uzbekistan.
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The bazaar, Penjikent.
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The Silk Road.
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Ulughbek Observatory, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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Shahr-i-Zindah, Tamerlane's family necropolis.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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Shahr-i-Zindah.
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The 14th-century Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
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Samarkand bazaar.
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Samarkand bazaar.
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Samarkand bazaar.
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Samarkand bazaar.
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Samarkand bazaar.
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Guri Amir Mausoleum, Tamerlane's burial site.
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Guri Amir Mausoleum.
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Crypt markers for Tamerlane, his sons and grandsons.
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The Registan, Samarkand.
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The Registan.
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The 15th-century Ulughbek Madrassah.
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The interior of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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The interior of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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The interior of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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The interior of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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Inside Ulughbek Madrassah.
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From the minaret of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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From the minaret of Ulughbek Madrassah.
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The 17th-century Sher Dor Madrassah.
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Inside the Sher Dor Madrassah.
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The 17th-century Tilla-Kari Madrassah.
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The Tilla-Kari Madrassah.
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The interior of the Tilla-Kari Madrassah.
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Minaret.
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The Sher Dor Madrassah.
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The Sher Dor Madrassah.
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The Registan.
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Dome.
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Dome detail.
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Dome detail.
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Dome detail.
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Mosaic detail.
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Mosaic detail.
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Shakhrisabz, Tamerlane's hometown.
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Ruins of Tamerlane's 14th-century Ak-Saray Palace.
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The 15th-century Kok-Gumbaz Mosque.
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Mosaic detail.
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The ancient Ark of Bukhara.
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The ancient Ark of Bukhara.
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The ancient Ark of Bukhara.
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The Kalon Mosque & minaret.
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The 9th-century Ismail Samani Mausoleum.
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The Ismail Samani Mausoleum.
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The Ismail Samani Mausoleum.
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The Ismail Samani Mausoleum.
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The Chashma Ayub Mausoleum.
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The Bolo Hauz Mosque.
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Outside a local market.
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The gold market.
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The 16th-century Miri Arab Madrassah.
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The 12th-century Kalon Minaret.
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The 16th-century Kalon Mosque.
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Kalon Mosque.
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Kalon Mosque.
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Kalon Mosque.
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Miri Arab Madrassah.
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The 15th-century Ulugbek Madrassah.
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The Magoki-Attori Mosque.
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Around Lyabi-hauz.
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Around Lyabi-hauz.
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Market entrance.
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The Emir's summer palace outside Bukhara.
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Inside the Emir's summer palace.
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Inside the Emir's summer palace.
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The Chor-Minor Madrassah.
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The Chor-Minor Madrassah.
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The Chor-Minor Madrassah.
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The Kalon Minaret.
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The Miri Arab Madrassah.
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The Miri Arab Madrassah.
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The Kalon Minaret.
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Dome.
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Dome detail.
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Carpets.
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A Lenin carpet.
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The Lyabi-hauz.
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Bactrian camels en route to Khiva.
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Bactrian camels en route to Khiva.
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Juma Mosque minaret, Khiva.
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Ichon Qala.
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The walls of old Khiva.
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From Ichon Qala.
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Mausoleums.
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Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum.
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Wooden pillar, Juma Mosque.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Tash-Khauli Palace.
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Tash-Khauli Palace.
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Tash-Khauli Palace.
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City gate, Khiva.
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City gate, Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Mausoleums.
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Juma Mosque minaret.
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Islam-Kodja Minaret.
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Islam-Kodja Minaret.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Old Khiva.
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Kalta Minor Minaret.
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Walls of old Khiva.
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From Kunya Ark.
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From Kunya Ark.
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From Kunya Ark.
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Walls of old Khiva.
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The West Gate at dusk.
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Ichan-Kala at dusk.
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Moynaq, a fishing village on the shores of the Aral Sea prior to the Aral Sea disaster.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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Stranded boat, Moynaq.
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A working madrassah, Tashkent.
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Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent.
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Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent.
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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
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The Ayasofya, Istanbul.
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Lake Sevan, Armenia.
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The 9th-century Sevanavank Monastery, Lake Sevan, Armenia.
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Old khachkars (Armenian stone crosses).
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Old khachkars.
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Street in Dilijan.
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The 11/13th-century Haghartsin Monastery, central Armenia.
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Haghartsin Monastery.
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Khachkar.
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Khachkar.
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From Haghartsin Monastery.
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Khachkar.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral, the seat of the Armenian church.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral.
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Khachkar.
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Khachkar.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral.
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Khachkar.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral.
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Khachkar.
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Mount Ararat.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral.
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Mesrop Mashtots, inventor of the Armenian alphabet.
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The 17th-century Khor Virab Monastery.
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Khor Virab Monastery.
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The 13th-century Noravank Monastery.
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Noravank Monastery.
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Noravank Monastery.
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Gravestone, Noravank Monastery.
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Noravank Monastery.
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Noravank Monastery.
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Karahunje, Armenian "Stonehenge" from 7,500 B.C., southern Armenia.
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Karahunje.
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'Tatik Papik' - the symbol of the "breakaway republic" of Nagorno Karabagh.
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Fortress wall, Askeran.
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Mortar shell from the Armenian-Azeri conflict embedded in a wall at Gandzasar.
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Nagorno Karabagh.
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The 13th-century Gandzasar Monastery of St. John the Baptist.
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Bullet holes, Gandzasar.
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Gandzasar Monastery.
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Gandzasar Monastery.
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Gandzasar Monastery.
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Gandzasar Monastery.
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The tank that enabled the liberation of Shushi from the Azeris.
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Ghazanchetsots Church, Shushi.
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Shushi.
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Cemetary and church, Nagorno Karabagh.
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Khachkars.
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Old tomb.
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Old tomb.
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Old tomb.
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