It existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991. Transcaspian Region was administered by officials appointed from the Turkestan Governor-Generalship in Tashkent. The countrys first (at least nominally) contested elections were held in February of the following year, and, amid widespread criticism that they were marred by fraud, Berdymukhammedov was declared the winner and was formally inaugurated as Turkmenistans president. [85] In the 20th century, Danatar Ovezov began composing classical music using Turkmen themes, and that classical expression of Turkmen motifs and melodies reached its apotheosis in the compositions of Nury Halmammedov. After an unanimous vote of its Supreme Soviet, Turkmenistan declared its sovereignty in August 1990. [96] After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Turkmen historians went to great lengths to prove that the Turkmen had inhabited their current territory since time immemorial; some historians even tried to deny the nomadic heritage of the Turkmen. [1], Because the Turkmen generally didn't oppose the introduction of Soviet rule in 1917, little revolutionary activity occurred in the region in the years that followed. The Morghb River, the lower reaches of which are crossed by the Karakum Canal, can supply more water for irrigation. In late 2006, after more than two decades of rule, Niyazov died suddenly of heart failure. Topographically, four-fifths of Turkmenistan consists of the southern part of the Turan Plain. The desert is home to foxes, wildcats, gazelles, and tortoises, while the mountains support goats, cheetahs, lynx, snow leopards, and porcupines. According the U.S. Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report for 2019, According to U.S. government estimates, the country is 89 percent Muslim (mostly Sunni), 9 percent Eastern Orthodox, and 2 percent other. A new government was established under a president named Saparmurad Niyazov. Author of numerous publications on Turkmen S.S.R. On 22 August 1990, Turkmenia declared its state sovereignty, who means that its laws have a priority over the Soviet laws. [90], In sharp contrast to other Central Asian and Turkic ethnic groups, Turkmen do not eat horse meat, and in fact eating of horse meat is prohibited by law in Turkmenistan. It earned him the USSR State Prize for Literature in 1948.[83]. This works include, but are not limited to the Book of Dede Korkut, Gorogly and others. Although Gorbachev is famed as a reformer, Niyazov soon proved himself an old-fashioned communist hard-liner. (Show more) Official Language: Their organization was exclusively tribal, and the tribes were either nomadic and independent or subject to neighbouring Persia or to the khanates of Khiva and Bukhara. [91][92], Conquest by the Russian Empire in the 1880s introduced new foods, including such meats as beef, pork, and chicken, as well as potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers, though they did not find widespread use in most Turkmen households until the Soviet period. :Country data Turkmen SSR; :Country data Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; Usage on en.wikipedia.org Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; Template:Country data Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; Asian Relations Conference; Timeline of national flags; User:Polip1965/sandbox; List of inscribed flags Serdars candidacy was announced days later. After Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan is the least densely populated of the Central Asian states. Flag of Turkmen SSR(1937).png 300 150; 2 KB. This work is not an object of copyright according to the Civil Code of Turkmenistan of July 17, 1998. The music of the nomadic and rural Turkmen people reflects rich oral traditions, where epics such as Koroglu are usually sung by itinerant bards. Turkmenistan is located in the southwest of the Central Asia region. It is known that for a long time the Turkmens were engaged in the production of silk as the main material for embroidery, and Turkmen women and girls embroidered their dresses with colored silks. Jackals, wild boars, various species of birds, and the rare pink deer inhabit the tugai; wild donkeys roam the Badkhyz and Garabil plateaus in the southwest. [44][45][46], Before the formation of the Turkmen ethnicity, the Oghuz Turks inhabited parts of Transoxiana, the western portion of Turkestan, a region that largely corresponds to much of Central Asia as far east as Xinjiang. Weaving is one of the types of home craft that has its roots in the deep past. It was succeeded by the Assembly of Turkmenistan in 1992. On 27 October 1991, it declared its independence and Turkmen SSR was renamed to Turkmenistan. Turkmenistans main rivers are the aforementioned Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River), which flows along its northeastern border toward the Aral Sea, and the Tejen, Morghb (Murgab, or Murgap), and Atrek; there are also numerous small mountain rivers. [38][39], The origins of the Turkic peoples has been a topic of much discussion, but evidence point either to a homeland in South Central Siberia, close to the Altai Mountains and Lake Baikal or further East in Mongolia. In 1993, he awarded himself the title of "Turkmenbashi," meaning "Father of all the Turkmen." He held all power and outlawed opposition political parties. It displaced supposedly less important subjects such as physics and algebra. Fabrics, depending on the purpose, were divided into various types: for sewing women's and men's clothing, thin fabric for camel wool dressing gowns, for cotton tablecloths was highly valued. Since Turkmenistan's independence in 1991, a cultural revival has taken place with the return of a moderate form of Islam and celebration of Novruz, the Persian New Year marking the onset of spring. [80][81] Other prominent Turkmen poets of that era are Dwletmmmet Azady (Magtymguly's father), Nurmuhammet Andalyp, Abdylla abende, eday, Mahmyt Gayby and Gurbanally Magrupy. M. Nauka (Science), 1971. Famous historian and ruler of Khwarazm of the XVII century Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur links the origin of all Turkmens to 24 Oghuz tribes in his literary work "Genealogy of the Turkmens". Most Turkmen were nomads until the 19th century when they began to settle the area south of the Amu Darya. Szczepanski, Kallie. During the Soviet period Turkmenistan benefited from educational and health care modernization but experienced political repression. Unique to Turkmen culture is kalim which is a groom's "dowry", that can be quite expensive and often results in the widely practiced[citation needed] tradition of bridal kidnapping. For woolen thread: 1) washing and drying wool, scuttling with twigs until a fluffy mass is obtained; 2) combing, loosening, yarn and twisting into a thread with a spindle, winding into skeins; 3) dyeing skeins. Except in the oases and mountain valleys and plateaus, the vegetation is of a pronounced desert character. [47] [20][21][22] To preserve their independence, those tribes that remained in Turkmenistan were united in military alliances, although remnants of tribal relations remained until the 20th century. In 1869, the Russian Empire established its presence in present-day Turkmenistan, creating a new sea port named Krasnovodsk (now Trkmenbay). The two blue stripes (1 3) between the red (1 20) represents the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, the red represents the "revolutionary struggle of the working . Until 1924 the Transcaspian (after 1921 called the Turkmen) province formed part of the Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, while the remaining districts of Turkmenistan were embodied in the Bukharan and Khorezm peoples soviet republics formed in 1920. The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the region was an administrative subdivision of the Turkistan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, but in 1924 it became the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. That same year an upper chamber was created for the legislature; Gurbanguly became its chair, which would allow him to retain a postpresidential political role. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. While now consumed widely, they are, strictly speaking, not considered "traditional". Retrieved 2010-10-08. It was their boast that not one Persian had crossed their frontier except with a rope round his neck. By 2022 only a section of the pipeline stretching from Turkmenistan into western Afghanistan had been completed. Usually they narrated the woeful and gloomy events of the Turkmen history through their music. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. [78] The medieval Turkmen literature was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian, and used mostly Arabic alphabet. Kafesolu, brahim. At the same time the desert is a zone of fuel and mineral resources, and its richest pastures can be used year-round for sheep, goats, and camels. Later in the same year, the Russians signed an agreement with the Persians. 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John C. Dewdney, 50-52, D. Yeremeyev. By this time, Niyazov had a firm grip on the countryand was using the successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB to suppress dissent and encourage ordinary Turkmen to inform on their neighbors. Additionally, Turkmenia was a landlocked country; however it had access to the Caspian Sea in the west. 1967 CPA 3524.jpg 1,018 726; 136 KB Blanc TSSR.jpg 1,024 768; 110 KB COA Turkmen SSR (1924-1937).jpg 429 435; 50 KB COA Turkmen SSR.png 200 213; 23 KB [25][26] Only later did this word come to refer to a specific ethnonym. - At the end of the XI century, for the first time in the, Arminius Vambery, "The Turcomans Between the Caspian and Merv", The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. Turkmenbashi's cult of personality developed apace. https://www.thoughtco.com/saparmurat-niyazov-195770 (accessed June 5, 2023). These early Turkmens are believed to have mixed with native Sogdian peoples and lived as pastoral nomads until being conquered by the Russians in the 19th century.[55]. Karluks, Oghuz Turks, Khalajes, Kanglys, Kipchaks, etc.) In their cultural life the Trukhmens of today differ very little from their neighbours and are now settled farmers and stockbreeders. The Karakum is one of the worlds largest sand deserts, taking up the entire central part of Turkmenistan and extending northward toward Kazakhstan. During excavations of many ancient and early medieval settlements on the territory of Turkmenistan, archaeologists discovered fragments of cotton and woolen fabrics, the analysis of which does not exclude local production: the warp and wefts (transverse threads) have the same thickness, the yarn is single, the weave is simple. Moscow initiated nearly all political activity in the republic. The economic and administrative centre of the oasis and the region is Trkmenabat (Chardzhou), the second largest city and industrial centre in Turkmenistan. [34] Zuev (1960) links the tribal name Yumeihun (< MC *i-mut-un) in Tang Huiyao to the name Yomut of a modern Turkmen clan. The republic declared independence on October 27, 1991, and adopted the name Turkmenistan. On the other hand, Turkmenistan remains officially neutral, one of Niyazov's key foreign policies, and exports increasing amounts of natural gas, also an initiative he supported throughout his decades in power. [86], Characteristics of traditional Turkmen cuisine are rooted in the largely nomadic nature of day-to-day life prior to the Soviet period coupled with a long local tradition, dating back millennia before the arrival of the Turkmen in the region, of white wheat production. Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov was born on February 19, 1940, in the village of Gypjak, near Ashgabat, the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. There are several types of threads: natural threads such as silk and cotton threads; synthetic and acrylic threads. (1960). Soviet era After the Russian Revolution, during the Civil War (1918-20), Turkmenistan was the scene of sporadic fighting between the Social Revolutionary Transcaspian Provincial Government and the Bolshevik troops trying to penetrate from Tashkent. When other Soviet republics claimed sovereignty over their territory in 1988 and 1989, Turkmenia's leadership also began to criticize Moscow's economic and political policies. 1967 CPA 3524.jpg 1,018 726; 136 KB. The capital is Ashgabat (Ashkhabad), which lies near the southern border with Iran. 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Dewdney Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Durham, England. President Saparmurat Niyazov awarded himself the name "Turkmenbashi," meaning "Father of the Turkmen," as part of his elaborate cult of personality in the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan. Additionally, Turkmenia was a landlocked country; however it had access to the Caspian Sea in the west. What Was the USSR and Which Countries Were in It? From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Media in category "Coats of arms of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic" The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total. Initially, on 7 August 1921, it was established as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR before being made. In reality, the political process remained under the governments tight control. The official name of the state of Turkmenistan when it was a member republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ThoughtCo. Precipitation occurs mainly in the spring and ranges from about 3 inches (80 millimetres) per year in the northwest desert to as much as 12 inches in the mountains. Later medieval Turkic groups exhibited a wide range of both West-Eurasian and East Asian physical appearances and genetic origins, in part through long-term contact with neighboring Iranian and Mongolic peoples. [64], The Turkmen adopted Islam between the 12th and 14th centuries. [100] The law was repealed in March 2005. The 12 meter (40 foot) high statue stood with arms outstretchedand rotated so that it was always facing the sun. The Royal Geographic Society reported in 1882, The food of the Tekkes [sic] consists of well-prepared pillaus and of game; also of fermented camels' milk, melons, and water-melons. After the Russian Revolution, during the Civil War (191820), Turkmenistan was the scene of sporadic fighting between the Social Revolutionary Transcaspian Provincial Government and the Bolshevik troops trying to penetrate from Tashkent. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: , Trkmenistan Sowet Sotsialistik Respublikasy; Russian: , Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also commonly known as Turkmenistan or Turkmenia, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. [19] These early Oghuz Turkmens moved westward from the Altai Mountains through the Siberian steppes, and settled in the region now known as Turkmenistan. Saparmurat Niyazov, also known as Turkmenbashi, first president of Turkmenistan. It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Most ethnic Russians and Armenians identify as Orthodox Christian and generally are members of the Russian Orthodox Church or Armenian Apostolic Church. The Seljuks, Khwarazmians, Qara Qoyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, Ottomans, and Afsharids are also believed to descend from the Turkmen tribes of Qiniq, Begdili, Yiwa, Bayandur, Kayi, and Afshar respectively. [74][75] However, the closest language of Turkmen is considered Khorasani Turkic, spoken in northeastern regions of Iran and with which it shares the eastern subbranch of Oghuz languages, as well as Khorezm, the Oghuz dialect of Uzbek language spoken mainly along the Turkmenistan border. The country was governed by the republic's sole party, Communist Party of Turkmenistan, a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931) Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders. (2013) found Q-M25 in 31.1% (23/74) and Q-M346 in 2.7% (2/74) for a total of 33.8% (25/74) Q-M242 in a sample of Turkmens from Jawzjan. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline was expected to stretch about 1,125 miles (1,800 km) and to be operational by the end of 2019, though financial troubles in Turkmenistan left the pipeline construction far behind schedule. The republic's Supreme Soviet declared Turkmenistan's independence on October 27, 1991. They established settlements from Balkh Province to Herat Province, where they are now concentrated; smaller groups settled in Kunduz Province. The country is widely criticized for its poor human rights, its treatment of minorities, and its lack of press and religious freedoms. Adjustments included ending bans such as those on ballet and opera, reversing Niyazovs decree renaming the days of the week and months of the year after himself and members of his family, and ordering that the Neutrality Arch, with its large gold effigy, be moved from the capitals centre to its southern reaches. This . During the course of Niyazovs rule, his primary interest proved to be propagating an elaborate personality cult. [66] The country of Turkmenistan encourages the conceptualization of "Turkmen Islam", or worship that is often mixed with veneration of elders and saints, life-cycle rituals, and Sufi practices. [73], The Turkmen language is closely related to Azerbaijani, Turkish, Gagauz, Qashqai and Crimean Tatar, sharing common linguistic features with each of those languages. Turkmenistan gained independence in 1991. In 1924, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic; it achieved independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. This sponsorship has validated the country's two presidents (Nyazow and Berdimuhamedow) as pious Turkmen, giving them an aura of cultural authority. Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov was born on February 19, 1940, in the village of Gypjak, near Ashgabat, the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. He won the election with more than 70 percent of the vote and took over as president a week later. Ordinary citizens wailed, cried, and even threw themselves on the coffin as Niyazov lay in state in the presidential palace; most observers believed that the mourners were coached and coerced into their sentimental displays of grief. As a rule they did not settle in cities and towns until the advent of the Soviet government. Some religious customs, such as Muslim burial and male circumcision, continued to be practiced throughout the Soviet period, but most religious belief, knowledge, and customs were preserved only in rural areas in "folk form" as a kind of unofficial Islam unsanctioned by the state-run Spiritual Directorate. Much of its waterless expanse is inhospitable to plant and animal life. 192-200, "Language Materials Project: Turkish". A few years later, they annexed Khiva Khanate in 1873. [113], Although the Turkmen language belongs to the Oghuz group of Turkic languages, in Stavropol it has been strongly influenced by the Nogai language, which belongs to the Kipchak group. For silk thread: 1) cleaning and unwinding (sarmak) cocoons (goza) with a spinning wheel (parh), steaming in a boiler with boiling water; 2) fixing the threads on the spindle using a rotating spinning wheel, twisting the threads into one thread, rewinding them from the spindle into a ball, then into skeins; 3) dyeing skeins, drying in the sun. However, in 1869 a Russian military force landed on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea and founded the port of Krasnovodsk (now Trkmenbashy). After the Russian Revolution, Soviet control was established by 1921, and in 1924 Turkmenistan became the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Rhymes: -blk; Proper noun . Although the Transcaspian Region essentially was a colony of Russia, the Russians still had concerns, such as the British colonialist intentions in the region and with possible uprisings by the Turkmen. Turkmenbashi's proudest achievement seems to have been his autobiographical work of poetry, advice, and philosophy, titled Ruhnama, or "The Book of the Soul." Many Turkmen became semi-nomadic, herding sheep and camels during spring, summer, and fall, but planting crops, wintering in oasis camps, and harvesting the crops in the summer and autumn. In 2004, the government revised primary and secondary school curricula across the country so that approximately 1/3 of classroom time was now devoted to study of the Ruhnama. Russian SFSR. Baked goods, especially flat bread (Turkmen: rek) typically baked in a tandoor, make up a large proportion of the daily diet, along with cracked wheat porridge (Turkmen: arma), wheat puffs (Turkmen: pime), and dumplings (Turkmen: brek). In spite of changes prompted during the Soviet period, the Ahal Teke tribe in southern Turkmenistan has remained very well known for its horses, the Akhal-Teke desert horse and the horse breeding tradition has returned to its previous prominence in recent years. He expected to be next only to the Turkmen people and the new nation in his subjects' hearts. were designated "Turkmens". In October 1924, when Central Asia was divided into distinct political entities, the Trans-Caspian District and Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic became. The Karakum Canal, completed in 1967, is one of the worlds largest irrigation and shipping canals. In 1991, it became unthirlt an wis renamit Turkmenistan . His rule was as severe as that of the Soviets, however. On 22 August 1990, Turkmenia declared its state sovereignty, who means that its laws have a priority over the Soviet laws. The actual notion of a Turkmen state was not realized until the twentieth century tury, with the creation of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Atheism affected religious development and contributed to the isolation of the Turkmen people from the international Muslim community. Library of Congress Country Studies. The names and music of these bakshys have become legendary among the Turkmen people, and passed orally from generation to generation.[84]. It existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991. Although similar to the Flag of the Soviet Union, the layout is identical to the flag of the Kirghiz SSR with a ratio of 1:2. Under this regime of fear, few dared speak up against his rule. He spent lavishly on monuments and other pet projects, while ordinary Turkmen lived on an average of one US dollar per day. They use their fingers in conveying food to their mouths, but guests are provided with spoons. He quickly advanced, and in 1985, Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev appointed him First Secretary of the Turkmen SSR's Communist Party. [67] The Turkmen word tary, meaning "God", derives from the Turkic Tengri, the name of the supreme god in the pre-Islamic Turkic pantheon. B Badges of honorary titles of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (3 F) C Coats of arms of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (21 F) Communist Party of Turkmenistan (1 C) F Flags of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (2 C, 10 F) Flags of Turkmen SSR on stamps (9 F) Tools made of wood in the form of a saber were used to seal the weft threads. [37] He describes Oghuz as a Turkic tribe and says that Oghuz and Karluks were both known as Turkmens. In October 1924 Central Asia was divided into distinct political entities. The expanding Russian Empire took notice of Turkmenistan's extensive cotton industry, during the reign of Peter the Great, and invaded the area. Bearman, T.H. PERSIAN LITERATURE IN THE TIMURID AND TRKMEN PERIODS (782907/13801501). I, pp. A rambling screed including his observations of daily life, and exhortations to his subjects on their personal habits and behavior, over time, this tome became required reading for all citizens of Turkmenistan. The water lost from these canals through irrigation and from evaporation in the arid climate contributes to the shortfall of the Amu Darya and other streams in their lower courses. (1958) Trkmen Ad, Manas ve Mahiyeti, in, Zuev Yu.A. After an unexpected absence from public in 2019, however, rumours began swirling about the state of Berdymukhammedovs health. Of all the Central Asian peoples, the Turkmen had the hardest resistance against the Russian expansion. (2023 est.) Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: , Trkmenistan Sowet Sotsialistik Respublikasy; Russian: , Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also commonly known as Turkmenistan or Turkmenia, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. The lower Amu Darya oasis lies in the ancient delta of the Amu Darya and was long one of the most important agricultural regions of the republic. [23], The term Turkmen is generally applied to the Turkic tribes that have been distributed across the Near and Middle East, as well as Central Asia, from the 11th century to modern times. The Supreme Soviet's building was in Ashkhabad. In the 1880s, a railroad was built from Krasnovodsk to Ashgabat and later extended to Tashkent. [77], Turkmen literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in old Oghuz Turkic and Turkmen languages. Bags for storing grain and flour were made of fabric of thick twisted yarn, narrow strong strips of fabric (512cm) were used to fasten the poles to the yurt lattice. In P. Jackson & L. Lockhart (Eds. These Turkmen tribes played a significant role in the ethnic formation of such peoples as Anatolian Turks, Turkmens of Iraq and Syria, as well as the Turkic population of Iran and Azerbaijan. Thus, while the Tekkes were the principal opponents of the Russian invasion in the 1860s and 70s, the other tribes either failed to support them or helped the Russians. Szczepanski, Kallie. On October 27, 1991, Niyazov and the Supreme Soviet declared the Republic of Turkmenistan independent from the disintegrating Soviet Union. On 13 May 1925, Turkmen ASSR was promoted to a union republic of the USSR as the Turkmen SSR. [101], Other customs include the consultation of tribal elders, whose advice is often eagerly sought and respected. In total, the number of Turkmens living abroad is about 2.2 million.[108]. Using a simple technique of weaving, the craftswomen achieved a great effect in the manufacture of peculiar national fabrics, which cannot be reproduced in mechanical production: a loom consisting of 3-4 columns dug into the ground, a transverse roller, a heald. 9. Subsequently, Turkmen tribes founded lasting dynasties in Central Asia, Middle East, Persia and Anatolia that had a profound influence on the course of history of those regions. Representatives of such contemporary Turkmen tribes as Yomut, Goklen, gdr, Saryk, Salar and Teke have lived in Iran since the 16th century,[110] though ethnic history of Turkmens in Iran starts with the Seljuk conquest of the region in the 11th century. These migrants belonged mainly to the Chowdur (Russian variants Chaudorov, Chavodur), Sonchadj and Ikdir tribes. 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Until 1924 the Turkmens never experienced even nominal political unity. During the 16th and 17th centuries the Chaudor tribe led a powerful tribal union in the north, while the Salor tribe was dominant in the south. Fish consumption was largely limited to tribes inhabiting the Caspian Sea shoreline. The politics of Turkmenia took place in the framework of a one-party socialist republic. The official result of the referendum was 94 percent in favor of independence. [30], Earlier references to Trkmen might be trwkkmn (if not trkwmn "translator"), mentioned in an 8th-century Sogdian letter and Tejumeng (< MC ZS *dk-ko-muH), another name of Sogdia, besides Suyi and Sute , according to the Chinese encyclopedia Tongdian. In collaboration with the local nationalists, the Soviet government sought to transform the Turkmen and other similar ethnic groups in the USSR into modern socialist nations that based their identity on a fixed territory and a common language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. republic with two legislative houses (Halk Maslahaty, or Peoples Council [56, Early civilization and arrival of the Turkmens, Presidency of Saparmurad Niyazov (Turkmenbashi), Presidency of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, Which Country Is Larger By Population? Niyazov won the June 21, 1992 presidential elections overwhelmingly - this was not a surprisesince he ran unopposed. The techniques of weaving craft of Turkmen women are similar to homespun production of other peoples. When asked to identify themselves, most Central Asians would name their kin group, neighborhood, village, religion or the state in which they lived; the idea that a state should exist to serve an ethnic group was unknown. Their region is called Turkmen Sahra and includes substantial parts of Golestan province. The Morghb oasis is famous for its fine-staple cotton, silk, handmade carpets and rugs, and Karakul sheep. [12], In Iran, the Turkmen language comes second after the Azerbaijani language in terms of the number of speakers of Turkic languages of Iran. This agreement established the pernament Russian-Persian border, which became the present-day border between Turkmenistan and Iran. Bolshevik rule was thereafter established. The music of the Turkmen people is closely related to the Kyrgyz and Kazakh folk forms. The Soviets of Working People's Deputies, which grew and attained strength as a result of the overthrow of the landlords and capitalists and the achievement of the dictatorship of the proletariat, constitute the political foundation of the U.S.S.R. He graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute with an engineering diploma in 1967. Turkmenistan possesses the world's sixth largest reserves of natural gas resources. Early in his presidency, Berdymukhammedov took steps toward dismantling the vestiges of Niyazovs personality cult and reversing some of his controversial orders. It is customary for the Turkmens to embroider with colored silks girls' and men's skullcaps (tahya), collars and sleeves of women's dresses (and in more distant times, men's shirts), the lower part of pants protruding from under the dress, various small bags for storing small things.[86]. Szczepanski, Kallie. UCLA International Institute, Center for World Languages. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between these languages. In 1897 a border agreement was signed between the Russians and Afghans. [99] In something of a modern parallel, in 2001, President Saparmurat Niyazov had introduced a state enforced "kalim", which required all foreigners who wanted to marry a Turkmen woman to pay a sum of no less than $50,000. [79], There is general consensus, however, that distinctively Turkmen literature originated in 18th century with the poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy, who is considered the father of the Turkmen literature. In 1874 the Transcaspian military district was established, and in 1881 this district became the Transcaspian province, which in 1899 was made part of the governorate-general of Turkistan. In return, the newly elected parliamentarians declared Niyazov "President for Life" of Turkmenistan. Today the terms are usually restricted to two Turkic groups: the Turkmen people of Turkmenistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia and Iran, and the Turkomans of Iraq and Syria. ), The Cambridge History of Iran (The Cambridge History of Iran, pp. 0 Ratings 0 Want to read; 0 Currently reading; 0 Have read; Constitution (fundamental law) of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic of March 2, 1937. For the most of its existion, the Muslim Board functioned mostly as an instrument of propaganda. Mary (formerly Merv) is the centre of the oasis and the surrounding region. Saparmurat Niyazov. "Saparmurat Niyazov." V. Minorsky, Commentary, in Sharaf Al-Zmn Thir Marvaz on China, the Turks and India, Arabic text (circa A.D. 1120) (English translation and commentary by V. Minorsky) (London: The Royal Asiatic Society, 1942), p. 94. Many Turkmens were self-dependent, contributing to the low impact of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika on Turkmenistan. Only parties with official recognition participated in the election, and individual candidates were carefully screened to ensure their loyalty to Berdymukhammedov. Soon job interviewees had to recite passages from the president's book in order to be considered for job openings, drivers license exams were about the Ruhnama rather than the rules of the road, and even mosques and Russian Orthodox churches were required to display the Ruhnama beside the Holy Koran or the Bible. 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