Gurbansoltan Eje (Yylanly)
Gurbansoltan Eje ("Mother of Gurbansoltan"; born 1913 in Gypjak, Turkmenistan; died 6 October 1948 in Ashgabat during the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake) was the mother of Turkmenistan's first post-Soviet president Saparmurat Niyazov ("Türkmenbaşy").
Several places and institutions were named after her, including the city of Andalyp, as was the month of April in the Turkmen calendar, renamed in 2002 after the Turkmen government passed a law renaming all months and most days of week, a decision which was rescinded by his successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, in April 2008. Her son also abolished the Turkmen word for bread, to be replaced with Gurbansoltan.
A statue of Gurbansoltan Eje stands in Ashgabat at latitude 37.99366 degrees north, longitude 58.32227 degrees east, in front of the Gurban Soltan Eje Vocational Complex, also named after her.
Several places and institutions were named after her, including the city of Andalyp, as was the month of April in the Turkmen calendar, renamed in 2002 after the Turkmen government passed a law renaming all months and most days of week, a decision which was rescinded by his successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, in April 2008. Her son also abolished the Turkmen word for bread, to be replaced with Gurbansoltan.
A statue of Gurbansoltan Eje stands in Ashgabat at latitude 37.99366 degrees north, longitude 58.32227 degrees east, in front of the Gurban Soltan Eje Vocational Complex, also named after her.
Map - Gurbansoltan Eje (Yylanly)
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Country - Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan has long served as a thoroughfare for other nations and cultures. Merv is one of the oldest oasis-cities in Central Asia, and was once the biggest city in the world. It was also one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR); it became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| TMT | Turkmenistan manat | m | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| RU | Russian language |
| TK | Turkmen language |
| UZ | Uzbek language |