A funeral prayer at the grave of Mufti Ryza Fakhretdinov in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, formerly called the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.17.06.1959#351581
Friday prayer at the cathedral mosque in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, formerly called the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.17.06.1959#351580
A mosque in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, formerly called the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.17.06.1959#351579
Baimukhammed Tuguzbayev, imam of the city cathedral mosque, Bashkortostan (the former Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic)16.06.1959#351577
This printed miniature Koran is stored at a library in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, formerly called the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.10.06.1959#352041
Tazapir mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan, formerly the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. The city's clergy is receiving foreign visitors09.06.1959#349468
Domlo Negmatullayev, khatib of the Mavlono Yakubi Charkhi mosque in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (the former Soviet Socialist Republic).12.05.1959#351617
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. The Ulugbek Madrasah on the Registan Square in Samarkand.17.07.1958#5477543
The head of a coin from the era the House of Sasan, Iranian shahs who ruled the Sasanian Empire (224-651). Silver. Found in 1957 during the archaeological diggings on the territory of a Bulgar ancient settlement (Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic).09.12.1957#6413485
The tail of a coin from the era the House of Sasan, Iranian shahs who ruled the Sasanian Empire (224-651). Silver. Found in 1957 during the archaeological diggings on the territory of a Bulgar ancient settlement (Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic).09.12.1957#6413483
Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival of breaking the fast. Evening prayer service at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Third left: imam of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque Akhmetzyan Mustafin.08.08.1957#6414900
Mufti and Chair of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the European Part of Russia and Siberia Shakir Khiyaletdinov.29.03.1956#5815836
The 3rd International Congress on Iranian Art and Archeology in Leningrad in September 1935. Iranian Minister of Education Ali Asghar Hekmat, left, and State Hermitage Museum director Joseph Orbeli, 3rd left, near the entrance to State Hermitage Museum.26.09.1935#5795273
Participants in the 3rd International Congress on Iranian Art and Archeology in Leningrad in September 1935.26.09.1935#5795271