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00:00Rary books and manuscripts preserved in Kazakhstan carry the written memory of its nomadic past. Worn by time, these fragile pictures require careful protection to survive for future generations. Join us as we explore rare additions and the delicate work that protects them today. Welcome to Kazakhstan. Welcome to Modern Nomads.
00:23The first stop on our journey is the National Library in Almaty.
00:30Here, one of its most remarkable treasures is preserved, a 12th century handwritten Quran.
00:35This ancient relic is just one part of the library's vast collection, filled with parchment, leather and paper editions that require restoration.
00:53But before any repair begins, each book must be carefully prepared.
00:57If these books are biologically infected, or infected by some insect, then we disinfect them first.
01:07Only after this, there is a mechanical cleaning of the document with the most soft, natural pieces and sticks.
01:15With time, pages yellow grow fragile and show the marks of age.
01:19Before restoration can move forward, conservators gently remove these changes along with traces of earlier repairs.
01:26Thank you.
01:28We place this document in water and that's when the magic happens.
01:32The water helps neutralize the acidity in the paper, preparing the document for the next stage, the careful removal of materials left behind from previous restoration.
01:43After the document is dried and restored, it will have such a shape.
01:53Only then can restoration truly begin.
01:56For that, we travel to Astana, to the Archive of the President.
02:00Here, documents dating back to 1918 trace the history of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, from its founding to the present day.
02:08Today, archivists and restorers work here with personal files, the records of people repressed during the Soviet era.
02:16These documents may look hopeless, but they are not. Even in this condition, they can still be restored.
02:27To restore these pages, specialists take a careful patient approach, reinforcing damaged areas layer by layer.
02:35In Japanese paper, its advantage is that it clears its molecules.
02:40After restoration, each document is placed in a storeroom with strictly controlled temperature and humidity.
02:59Today, the archive holds around 700,000 personal case files of people who were repressed and just as many other politically significant records.
03:08Back in Almaty, a golden landmark stands out against the winter craze, a quiet lighthouse of knowledge drawing the eye from afar.
03:16Under its roof is the scientific library, home to more than five million items.
03:21Tens of thousands of rare books here await restoration.
03:25The work is carried out by the restoration center within the scientific complex using advanced techniques.
03:32Here we have a vacuum table, where we do the restoration of waste.
03:36The books come to us with wasted edges, and often the waste goes directly to the text.
03:43And to make the restoration of waste, without touching the text, we do it using a drip.
03:49A paper pulp is carefully poured onto the damaged area.
03:53The vacuum table draws out excess water, allowing the new material to bond with the original page.
03:59How much time would it take to just restore this single paper?
04:03It takes a lot of time.
04:04One sheet can be restored for a whole day.
04:09Together with Harvard's Davis Center, the team restores rare books in Eastern languages and builds a unified digital rare books library.
04:17This year, they plan to give new life to 20 books.
04:21The Quran and the book is written from 1855.
04:24The book is from the unique books.
04:26There are books, which belong to the king of the Hivin.
04:32This is from the Hivin.
04:33It was in such a state.
04:35This is the last two books that we should restore, and then we will start to the Shithi.
04:41Rare books, especially Muslim religious publications, are bound entirely by hand.
04:46It's a delicate process that takes time and skill.
04:49But the effort is worth it.
04:51By preserving fragile pages today, this heritage remains alive for generations to come.
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