1968 Press Photo Natives of Tadzhik Soviet republic fill cans from water truck

Tadzhik, USSR: Russia: Living Conditions: Inhabitants of the arid Yavan valley of the Soviet Union's Tadzhik socialist republic, filled cans with water from a mobile water tank. People in the valley, bordering Afghanistan, depend on fresh water transported from other regions. For the last several years Soviet engineers have been boring a tunnel through the Karatau mountain range. The tunnel will bring water from the Vakhsh river

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 10 x 7 inches.