Independence Day of Turkmenistan is the main state holiday in Turkmenistan. This date is celebrated in Turkmenistan annually on September 27.
Independence Monument, Ashgabat
A military parade in Ashgabat.
An honor guard performance in Ashgabat.
The opening of International Equestrian Sports Complex by Akja Nurberdiýewa in 2011.
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law on December 26, 1991. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union's federal government
Independence Day (Turkmenistan)
…with festivities on September 27. On the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of independence, a military parade was held for the first time since the fall of the USSR. The parade took place on Makhtumkuli Avenue in Ashgabat and was commanded by Minister of Defence, Colonel General Dangatar Kopekov. In 1997, the…
Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987
Anti-Soviet rally of about 250,000 in Lithuania, whose Sąjūdis movement helped restore independence (August 1988)
Environmental concerns over the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant drove initial demonstrations in Yerevan.
Andrei Sakharov, formerly exiled to Gorky, was elected to the Congress of People's Deputies in March 1989.