Ashgabat

Country

Turkmenistan

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
• Ашхабад (1927–1991), Soviet Union
• Ашхабад (1991–1992), Turkmenistan
• Ashgabat (1992–), Turkmenistan

Composers

• Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982), was born in Асхабад
• Veli Mukhatov (1916–2005), died in Ashgabat
• Iraida Yusupova (1962–), was born in Ашхабад