# ART & CULTURE OF TAJIKISTAN 1970s SOVIET DOCUMENTARY FILM DUSHANBE PANJAKENT 52204

This movie short, entitled "The Art of Tajikistan", was produced by the Union of the Soviet Associations of Friendship and Cultural partnerships with the foreign countries, in association with the movie studio Tajikfilm in the 1970ies. It was directed by Boris Kimyagarov , and produced by his daughter Lilia Kimyagarova. The cameraman was Zaur Dachte. The film includes well-known artists such as the opera singer, Hanifa Mavlianova, ballet dancer Malika Sobirova, dancer and actress Gavhar Mirjumajeva, the singer Jurabek Murodov (background singing), and Allo Alaev. The film showcases the development of a multitude of applied, visual, and performance arts in Tajikistan, from the ancient times to the period contemporary with the movie's filming, ending with a display of the architecture of the moderns streets of Dushanbe. 0:15 Dushanbe, Tajik SSR 0:16 Map of the Tajik SSR, showing the capital, Dushanbe, the cities of Nurek and Novabad 1:05 Mountainous Landscape of Tajikistan, followed by shots of meadows 1:45 Turkic stone effigies or kurgan stellaes 2:00 Sogdian frescoes of Panjakent city – frescoes of warriors, followed by dancers and meditating people, followed by women 2:20- Illustrated manuscript of "Prayer beads of the Holy/Sabkhat al-Abrar" of the poet and scholar Abd Ar-Rakhman "Dashti" Jami 2:52 Hellinistic art of Bactrian (?) Panjakent 3:01 A collection of the ancient Later Bronze Age Tajik bronze pots, pitchers and ustensils, unearthed by B.A. Litvinski ; Gavhar…

- Kind: Documentary
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/52204-soviet-art-documentary)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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