Ashgabat

Country

Russian Empire

Coordinates

37.9500, 58.3833

History

• Асхабад (–1881)
• Асхабад (1881–1917), Russian Empire
• Асхабад (1917–1919), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Полторацк (1919–1922), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Полторацк (1922–1927), Soviet Union
• Ashgabat (1927–1991), Soviet Union
• Ashgabat (1991–), Turkmenistan

Composers

• Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982), was born in Ashgabat
• André Hossein (1905–1983), was born in Ashgabat
• Iraida Yusupova (1962–), was born in Ashgabat