Ashgabat
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Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border
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Independence Monument
Wedding Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque
Saparmurat Niyazov
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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov was a Turkmen politician and dictator who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1985 u
Ashgabat
…it was known as Poltoratsk. Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, but has since been extensively rebuilt under the rule of Saparmyrat Nyýazow's "White City" urban renewal project, resulting in monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble. The Soviet-era Karakum Canal runs through the…
Niyazov in 1998
A. Akaev, N. Nazarbaev, S. Niyazov, I. Karimov, R. Nabiev during the CIS meeting c. 1991
Saparmurat Niyazov is depicted on the 10,000 manat banknote from 1996
Niyazov with European Commissioner Hans van den Broek in Brussels, 24 February 1998