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Turkmen in Independence Park
Arch of Neutrality
Independence Monument
Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque
President's Palace
A Lonely Lenin
Turkmenistan flag
The prize
Ministry of Defence
Local girls at the Hippodrome
Earthquake Monument
Local girls at the Hippodrome
Local uniform
Traditional costume
Ruhayyet Palace
Race track 2
All the Presidents' men
Local cakes
Race track
Turkmen horses' sculpture
Carpets at Tolkuchka
Carpet bazaar
Carrots at Tolkuchka
Yet more Carpets
Kyz Kala - interior
Yarns
Wedding decoration
Peppers at tolkuchka
Fabric Bazaar at Tolkuchka
Remains of the day
Tolkuchka hats
Judo at the Races
Mausoleum of Ibn Zaydi
Cotton fields
Pilgrims at Najm ad-Din al-Kubra shrine
Walls of Kyz Kala
Cotton pickers Urgench
Dried fruit
Melons
The disputed mausoleum
Nejm ad-Din al-Kubra shrine
Inside Dome of the Mausoleum of Turabeg
Portal of Nejm ad-Din al-Kubra shrine

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Earthquake Monument

Earthquake Monument

Ashgabad

Located nearby the Arch of Neutrality is the earthquake monument which consists of a black bull with, between his horns, the planet which is being shaken. Amid the resultant rubble a woman holds a gold painted child above the destruction. In 1948 an earthquake which virtually flattened the entire city of Ashgabad killed the president’s mother and two brothers.

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