Young girls in Samarkand the once hugely important city on the Silk Road trading route prepare to run a mini marathon, Uzbekista

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Young girls in Samarkand, the once hugely important city on the Silk Road trading route, prepare to run a mini marathon. Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Former Soviet satellite state of Uzbekistan.

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Size: 5100px × 3407px
Location: Samarkand Uzbekistan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: asia, asian, black, central, females, girls, muslim, people, road, samarkand, silk, students, uzbeki, uzbekistan, uzbeks, white, women, youth, youths