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2014 · 60m · Documentary
Azerbaijan in the era of the Qajar dynasty and Russo-Iranian wars at the sides of Aras river, also The Persian Constitutional Revolution in Tabrizi until death of Sattar-Khan (National Commander) in Tehran.
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