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20.06.2026

Author: Inessa Tsoi-Shlapak

Bayekenova, a medical orderly of the Karazhar collective farm, providing first aid. Aktobe Region, 1939 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings (Kazakhstan)/Coloured with AI

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Ambulance service vehicle. Kazakhstan / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings (Kazakhstan)

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Group of sick TurkSib railway builders and medical personnel. 1928–1930 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings (Kazakhstan)

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