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Touring Bagyr in Turkmenistan

Bagyr in the region of Turkmenistan (general) is a city located in Turkmenistan - some 9 mi or ( 14 km ) West of Ashkhabad , the country's capital city .

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Time in Bagyr is now 01:54 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Ashgabat " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mashhad, Gorgan, Bojnourd, Yasman, and Vanovskiy. Being here already, consider visiting Mashhad . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Bagyr ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Gypjak

Gypjak (also known as Kipchak) is a small village about 10 kilometers away from the Turkmen capital of Aşgabat. The village is known as the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov. Niyazov, while president, built the Kipchak Mosque and a tomb there for his family. It is in this tomb where Niyazov was buried on December 24, 2006. The Gypjak Mosque, lies across a highway from the rest of the village but is generally open to both male and female visitors for prayer.

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Located at 38.00 58.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Gypjak, Populated places in Ahal Province

Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque or Gypjak Mosque (Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Metjidi) is a mosque in the village of Gypjak about 7 kilometres west of the centre of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on the M37 highway. The mosque was constructed by the French company Bouygues, was built in the late Saparmurat Niyazov's home town. It opened on October 22, 2004 and was built by Niyazov with a tomb in preparation for his death. He was laid to rest in the tomb on December 24, 2006.

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Located at 38.02 58.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 21st-century mosques, Ashgabat, Buildings and structures completed in 2004, Gypjak, Islamic architecture, Mosques in Turkmenistan

1948 Ashgabat earthquake

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, at a magnitude 7.3 Mw, occurred on 6 October 1948 near Ashgabat, in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Due to censorship by the national government, the Ashgabat Earthquake was not much reported in USSR media. The scholars tend to agree that ban on publicity of the extent of earthquake casualties and damages did not allow the Soviet government to allocate enough financial resources to adequately respond to disaster. Admiral Ellis M.

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Located at 37.95 58.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1948 earthquakes, 1948 in the Soviet Union, Ashgabat, Earthquakes in Turkmenistan, Earthquakes in the Soviet Union, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: Түркменистан Совет Социалистик Республикасы Türkmenistan Sowet Sotsialistik Respublikasy; Russian: Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Turkmen SSR, was one of republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia.

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Located at 37.97 58.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Communism in Turkmenistan, Republics of the Soviet Union, States and territories established in 1921, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

Babadaýhan District

Babadaýhan District is a district of Ahal Province in Turkmenistan. The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.

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Located at 37.97 58.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Ahal Province, Districts of Turkmenistan