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Uzbekistan, Muynak, 21 August 2002 Sergey Bakaushin Lipatovich and his wife Maria Bakaushina Stepanova with other sailors pictured during the 1950s and 1960s, in Muynak harbor town on the Aral Sea (Northwest Uzbekistan in the Karakalpakstan Republic which borders Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan). Sergey Bakaushin Lipatovich is 68 years old. He was Muynak's port captain until the port moved westwards to the Sarikamish Lake in 1983. His grandfather was exiled here by the Tsar at the end of the 19th century, his father was sent here by Stalin in 1932. Maria Bakaushina Stepanova is 70 years old. She worked in one of Muynak's five fish canning factories. Her parents were sent here from Russia by Stalin in 1931. They have left for Mordoviya, Russia. Ouzbékistan, Muynak, 21 août 2002 Photographies de Sergey Bakaushin Lipatovich, de sa femme Maria Bakaushina Stepanova et des matelots de la flotte de la mer d'Aral, prises pendant les années 50 et 60 à Muynak. Sergey Bakaushin Lipatovich a 68 ans. Il est à la retraite, il était capitaine du port de Muynak jusqu'à 1983 où, à cause du recul des eaux de la mer d'Aral, le port est déplacé vers l'ouest aux bords du lac de Sarikamish. Son grand-père maternel était exilé à Muynak de la Russie par le Tsar Alexandre III en 1893, son père était envoyé à Muynak de la Russie par Staline en 1932. Ils partent à Mordoviya (Russie). © Rip Hopkins / Agence VU (KEYSTONE/Agence VU/)