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Natural Gas is Coming – East Germany advertisement poster from 1970 by Walter Traus showcasing blue and red flames.

Natural Gas is Coming

Walter Traus, 1970

Natural Gas is Coming – East Germany advertisement poster from 1970 by Walter Traus showcasing blue and red flames, framed in apartment with parquet floors and soft sunlight

Medium: Offset/paper
Dimensions /: 84 H x 59 W
Country: East Germany
Condition: A | Excellent - Minimal to no signs of wear

Natural Gas is Coming – East Germany advertisement poster from 1970 by Walter Traus showcasing blue and red flames, framed in a wooden frame on a white wall with soft sunlight

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"A Wrocław girl" in Grunwaldzki Square, 1982

Location: Wrocław, Poland

Photograph: Chris Niedenthal

Soviet fashion photoshoot, 1985

Location: Moscow, Russian SFSR

Photograph: Vitaly Sozinov & Vladimir Yatsina

In 1954, National Geographic published a detailed account by Milton J. Clark, who spent a year living among Kazakh refugees in Kashmir.

His article documents the long and dangerous journey of Kazakh nomads who fled Xinjiang after it came under Chinese Communist control in 1949.

When the Communists took power in 1949, Kazakh leaders entered talks with the new authorities.

They demanded freedom of religion, cultural rights, and freedom of movement. These requests were denied.

The new Chinese Communist government feared a unified Kazakh population and resisted their demands.

What followed was a 5,000-kilometer journey from Xinjiang to Kashmir. Roughly 4,000 families set out. Only 350 reached Kashmir.

The slow pace of their livestock made it difficult to outrun their Communist pursuers, who launched small attacks along the way.

In summer, they endured extreme heat, sandstorms, and water scarcity. During winter, they faced blizzards and melted ice for water.

They avoided natural water sources, fearing traps or poisoning. Mountain sickness was another major cause of death.

Upon arrival, the Kazakhs were initially housed by the Kashmir authorities in a fortress along the Jhelam River. However, adapting to a large city like Srinagar proved difficult for these nomads.

Many migrated to mountain pastures (jailau) outside Srinagar during summer, as they resembled their ancestral grazing lands in the Tian Shan mountains, even though this was initially forbidden.

Eventually, Turkey offered to resettle the Kazakhs on the Anatolian plateau. The landscape resembled the Xinjiang steppes, and the Turkic and Kazakh peoples shared language, ancestry, and cultural history.

In November and December 1952, about 200 Kazakhs traveled to Turkey, followed by another 85 soon after. Kalibek and sixty others remained in Kashmir for another eighteen months before also relocating to Turkey in June 1954.

Budapest Zoo, 1969

Location: Hungary

Artist: Unknown

"A Wrocław girl" in Grunwaldzki Square, 1982

Location: Wrocław, Poland

Photograph: Chris Niedenthal

Soviet fashion photoshoot, 1985

Location: Moscow, Russian SFSR

Photograph: Vitaly Sozinov & Vladimir Yatsina

In 1954, National Geographic published a detailed account by Milton J. Clark, who spent a year living among Kazakh refugees in Kashmir.

His article documents the long and dangerous journey of Kazakh nomads who fled Xinjiang after it came under Chinese Communist control in 1949.

When the Communists took power in 1949, Kazakh leaders entered talks with the new authorities.

They demanded freedom of religion, cultural rights, and freedom of movement. These requests were denied.

The new Chinese Communist government feared a unified Kazakh population and resisted their demands.

What followed was a 5,000-kilometer journey from Xinjiang to Kashmir. Roughly 4,000 families set out. Only 350 reached Kashmir.

The slow pace of their livestock made it difficult to outrun their Communist pursuers, who launched small attacks along the way.

In summer, they endured extreme heat, sandstorms, and water scarcity. During winter, they faced blizzards and melted ice for water.

They avoided natural water sources, fearing traps or poisoning. Mountain sickness was another major cause of death.

Upon arrival, the Kazakhs were initially housed by the Kashmir authorities in a fortress along the Jhelam River. However, adapting to a large city like Srinagar proved difficult for these nomads.

Many migrated to mountain pastures (jailau) outside Srinagar during summer, as they resembled their ancestral grazing lands in the Tian Shan mountains, even though this was initially forbidden.

Eventually, Turkey offered to resettle the Kazakhs on the Anatolian plateau. The landscape resembled the Xinjiang steppes, and the Turkic and Kazakh peoples shared language, ancestry, and cultural history.

In November and December 1952, about 200 Kazakhs traveled to Turkey, followed by another 85 soon after. Kalibek and sixty others remained in Kashmir for another eighteen months before also relocating to Turkey in June 1954.

Budapest Zoo, 1969

Location: Hungary

Artist: Unknown

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Natural Gas is Coming

Walter Traus, 1970

Medium: Offset/paper
Dimensions /: 84 H x 59 W
Country: East Germany
Condition: A | Excellent - Minimal to no signs of wear

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