The State Museum of the History of Religion in Saint Petersburg keeps rarest photographs of Uzbekistan during World War II.
These are seven unique shots of Muslim gatherings in Tashkent and Samarkand, taken by TASS photographers in 1943.
One of the photos shows Eshon Babakhan ibn Abdulmajidkhan, one of the founders and the first chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
Even more archival photos of Uzbekistan in different historical periods can be found in the book-album Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the Collections of the State Museum of the History of Religion (Saint Petersburg).
The general sponsor of the project "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections" is the oilfield services company Eriell Group.