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Summary:

A generation ago, Murghab was well taken care of. As the highest town of the former Soviet Union at 3600 metres above sea level and close to the sensitive borders with Afghanistan and China, the town enjoyed ample provisions from Moscow brought in via the Pamir Highway. It featured electricity around the clock, an airport with regular flights, a movie theatre, and a hospital with central heating. Since then, Murghab and its people have weathered several storms and many of the Soviet hallmarks are crumbling away. Yet, life goes on and, with wit and improvisational skills, the ruins of Socialism afford a plethora of new but precarious ways to make do.

Contributors:

Kaziev, Daler , director

Saxer, Martin , director, producer, editor of moving image work, director of photography

Elders, Marlen , producer, editor of moving image work

Collective Eye Films , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

Russian
Kyrgyz

Language Notes:

In Russian and Kyrgyz.

Subjects:

Murgab Delta (Turkmenistan) — History

Murgab Delta (Turkmenistan) — Social conditions

Social conditions

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan — Murgab Delta

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

History

Production Credits:

Edited by Marlen Elders and Martin Saxer ; cinematography: Martin Saxer.

General Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 13, 2021).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (81 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1287596917

Other Control Numbers:

99554420700971 (source: VaAlASP)
5131979 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5131979/avon