Where was White Sun of the Desert filmed?

1969 film by Vladimir Motyl

White Sun of the Desert (1969) was filmed in Makhachkala, Karakum Desert, Mary, Merv, Luga, Baýramaly and 2 more places, 8 places named in its Wikipedia article, in Turkmenistan, Russia. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. Each place says where its claim comes from.

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Places per Wikipedia's article

The Wikipedia article names 8 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.