EU: donkey in Samarkand, 1960 (1960)
1960 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
A donkey stands in a street in Samarkand in 1960. Pack animals remained common in the Uzbek city well into the Soviet period, moving goods through the old quarters that surround Samarkand's Timurid-era monuments.
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