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8 unusual facts about Turkmenistan


14th Punjab Regiment

The 19th Punjabis, while serving in Persia had the unique distinction of being actively engaged against the Bolsheviks in 1918 during the hard-fought actions at Merv, Kaka and Dushak in the Russian Turkestan.

19th Punjabis

In February 1916, it moved to Persia, where it had the unique distinction of being actively engaged against the Bolsheviks in 1918 during the hard-fought actions at Merv, Kaka and Dushak in the Russian Turkestan.

2000 Turkmenistan earthquake

The epicenter was located some 25 kilometers north of the city of Balkanabat and 125 kilometers southeast of Türkmenbaşy.

Bharatpur district

Keoladeo National Park attracts 364 species of birds, including many from India, but also from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Siberia, China and Tibet, including the rare Siberian Crane.

Gököz, Keles

The village has a unique dialect, customs, and traditions, as in the past centuries, it was a popular place for nomads breeding cattle that had lived in different regions between Turkmenistan and Mongolia to migrate to.

Gustav Krist

En route he had been recaptured but jumped a prison-train and made his way via Merv, Northern Afghanistan and Meshed to Tabriz.

Malleson mission

There was further action at Kaka, Turkmenistan on 28 August, 11 and 18 September, which saw a minor success for the British, encouraging the Transcaspian and British leadership in Meshed.

South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition

But the river flows through the regional capital city of Mary, about 40 miles away from the exploration site of Gonurtepe.


1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown

One of the most serious of these occurred in the early morning of 21 June 1978, at 06:21 AM, when a Soviet radar site near the village of Bagir, not far from Ashkabad, detected four slow moving contacts which came from Iran and penetrated 15 to 20 kilometers into the Soviet airspace near Dushak, in Turkmenistan.

2008 Ýokary Liga

FC Bagtyýarlyk, FC Ahal, Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Altyn Asyr make up the four teams promoted to Turkmenistan’s top flight.

Alligator gar

In November 2008, a 0.5- to 0.6-m-long alligator gar was caught in the north of Esenguly, Turkmenistan by two officials of Turkmenistan Fishery Protection.

Amangeldy Hydyr

A number of his paintings have been acquired by the Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts and other museums in Balkanabat and some 55 pictures have been purchased in private collections in Turkmenistan, the United States, Russia, Germany and Poland.

Armenians in Central Asia

Boris Şyhmyradow former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Atamurat-Kerkichi Bridge

The Atamurat-Kerkichi Bridge is a bridge in Lebap Province of Turkmenistan, built over the river Amu Darya.

Atif Bashir

In March 2011, Bashir represented Pakistan in their unsuccessful 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifying campaign, appearing at the heart of the defence alongside Zesh Rehman in defeats to Turkmenistan and India.

Avitoluvarus

The first specimens were found from the Danata Formation Lagerstätten, of the Thanetian epoch of Turkmenistan, where they were originally thought to be smaller or juvenile individuals of the true louvar, Luvarus necopinatus.

Bukharan markhor

Today it is found in few scattered populations, for example in Kugitang Nature Reserve in easternmost Turkmenistan.

Central Bank of Turkmenistan

Ancient Akhal-Teke horses, known as "horses from heaven", are part of the national heritage of Turkmenistan, which is considered an international center of horse grooming.

Derweze District

The factory was built by Turkish company "5M Inşaat Tekstil Ithalat Sanayi Ticaret LTD Sti" but the framework for the factory was established as a result of intergovernmental agreements between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China.

Eldar Mansurov

"Bayatılar", lyrics by Vahid Aziz and music by Eldar Mansurov was performed by Brilliant Dadashova and was released in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Europe (including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Spain, France), the Arab World and Brazil.

Etrek

Gyzyletrek, a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, capital of Etrek District

Etruscan shrew

In Asia, it was observed in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Borneo, Bhutan, China (Gengma County only), Burma, Georgia, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia (Malaysian part of Borneo island), Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Vietnam.

Extreme points of Russia

Kushka in present-day Turkmenistan has been the southernmost point of the Empire since 1885.

The extreme points of the Soviet Union were identical, except that the southernmost point of the Soviet Union was Kushka in Turkmenistan, and the extreme elevation was the Communism Peak in Tajikistan, at 7,495 m.

Foreign relations of Turkmenistan

Former President Niyazov stated that the neutrality would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in multi-national defense organizations, but allows military assistance.

Following the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006, there has been much speculation and uncertainty regarding the fate of Turkmenistan's natural resources.

France–Turkmenistan relations

10–13 April 2008 was visit of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Bernard Kouchner to Central Asia, where during his visit to Turkmenistan opened a new building of the French Embassy in Ashgabat, with the presence of the Ambassador of France to Turkmenistan Christian Lechervy.

Galkynysh gas field

The Galkynysh gas field, formerly known as Iolotan gas field or South Yolotan – Osman field ) is a large natural gas field near Ýolöten in Mary Province of Turkmenistan.

Greater Khorasan

Khorasan in its proper sense comprised principally the cities of Mashhad, Nishapur and Sabzevar (now in northeastern Iran), Balkh, Herat and Taloqan (now in Afghanistan), Merv, Nisa and Abiward (now in southern Turkmenistan), and Samarqand and Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan).

Gurbansoltan Eje

Gurbansoltan Eje (earlier Ýylanly or Yilanli) is a town and capital of Gurbansoltan Eje District in the Daşoguz Province of Turkmenistan.

Haji Alakbar Mosque

The Haji Alakbar mosque was constructed in 1890 by renowned architect of the time Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi who also built Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque and Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque in Shusha, Agdam Mosque in Agdam, mosques in Horadiz and Qocahmadli villages, Tatar mosque in Odessa, Ukraine and Qababaghlilar Mosque in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

HTTU Aşgabat

International Turkmen-Turkish University Football Club (Ashgabat), usually referred to as HTTU, is a Turkmenistan professional football club based in Ashgabat.

Ice palace

Saparmurat Niyazov, the recently deceased president of Turkmenistan, ordered the construction of a huge ice palace near the capital city of Aşgabat in April 2004.

International Equestrian Sports Complex

It is located in the Ruhabat District, Ahal Province; on Kopetdag Avenue, situated near the National museum of wildlife of Turkmenistan.

International Turkmen-Turkish University

HTTU Aşgabat repeated champion of Turkmenistan among major league teams.

Joey Suk

But, due to their Indonesian citizenship haven't done yet, they can only play for the second leg in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, March 9, 2011.

Kaka, Turkmenistan

Kaka also known as Kaakhka, Kaakcha or Chaacha is a town and capital of Kaka District in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan.

Kazancı, Karaman

According to town page the name of the town may refer to Kazancıklı region in Balkan Province of Turkmenistan from where the original residents of the town migrated.

Khorasan Province

Some of the main historical cities of Persia are located in the older Khorasan: Nishapur and Tus (now in Iran), Merv and Sanjan (now in Turkmenistan), Samarkand and Bukhara (both now in Uzbekistan), Herat and Balkh (now in Afghanistan), Khujand and Panjakent (now in Tajikistan).

Kidarites

In Europe the Kidarites became known as the Avars, first mentioned in Balkan province of Turkmenistan attacking the Sabirs in 460 AD and who the following century (in 557) entered Europe under the leadership of Kandik.

Kushk River

The river gives its name to Kushk, the chief town in the Afghan province of Herat, situated some 20 miles from the border, and to Kushka (now Serhetabat), a former military post on the border of Turkmenistan.

Main Turkmen Canal

The length of the canal was to be more than 1200 kilometers, beginning from Takhiatash, a town/city in Uzbekistan, then extended 10 km from the town of Nukus to Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Coast of Turkmenistan.

Margu

It was located in the valley of the river Murghab which has its sources in the mountains of Afghanistan, and passes through Murghab District in modern Afghanistan, and then reaches the oasis of Merv in modern Turkmenistan.

Nurmuhammet Hanamow

Nurmuhammet Çaryýewiç Hanamow (in Russian : Нурмухаммед Ханамов, Nurmukhammed Khanamov, born 1 January 1945 in Tejen, in the Ashgabad region of the Turkmen SSR) is a Turkmen politician.

Registan

He captured Khiva in 1506 and in 1507 he swooped down on Merv (Turkmenistan), eastern Persia, and western Afghanistan.

Sarah Leah Whitson

While Whitson was praising Seif al-Islam as a reformer, journalist Michael Totten was comparing Libya to North Korea and Turkmenistan and describing Seif al-Islam as seeking to export “his father’s prison state system...to as many countries as possible.”

Turan Depression

Three of the largest cities in the Turan Depression are: Daşoguz in Turkmenistan, Nukus in Uzbekistan, and Urganch, also in Uzbekistan.

Turkmen people

The expanding Russian Empire took notice of Turkmenistan's extensive cotton industry, during the reign of Peter the Great, and invaded the area.

Turkmenistan national ice hockey team

The sport is unfortunately not so popular in Turkmenistan is ice hockey, until the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ordered the construction of an ice palace in the desert foothills of the Kopet Dag.

Turkmenistani parliamentary election, 2008–09

Polling stations were set up at Turkmenistan's 27 diplomatic missions, including those in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Moscow, and London.

Ulug Depe

Ulug Depe is an ancient Bronze Age site in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains in the Karakum Desert of Kaka District (Kaahka) in the Ahal Province of south-eastern Turkmenistan.

Yenikeyev

Descendants of the family reside on the territory of Russia, in the Republics of Tatarstan, Mordovia, Bashkortostan, Uzbekistan, as well as in Turkmenistan.

Ýolöten

Ýolöten or Iolatan (Russian:Ёлётен) is a town and capital of Ýolöten District in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan.

Some 10 billion cubic meters of gas will be exported to Iran per year from the Ýolöten gas field in the future due to a 2009 agreement between the governments of Iran and Turkmenistan involving people such as Gholam Hossein Nozari, the Iranian Minister of Oil and the Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister, Täçberdi Tagyýew.


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