For nearly three decades between 1921 to 1949, photographer Max Penson chronicled the profound transformations in Uzbekistan.
The Forgotten Photographer Of Soviet Uzbekistan
As Central Asia was transformed under Soviet rule, one man made a remarkable record of life in the fledgling Uzbek S.S.R. before being driven from his career and toward tragedy.
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A lineup of young athletes in 1946. During World War II, Uzbekistan's demographic was altered dramatically when some of the U.S.S.R's heavy industry, along with its ethnic Russian and Ukrainian workforce, was evacuated to Central Asia.
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Two acrobats with an arm-quivering display of strength.
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A toddler chain at a kindergarten in the early 1940s.
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Tamara Khanum, an Uzbek dancer of Armenian origin who was famous for being the first Uzbek woman to perform without an Islamic veil.