Ashkhabad
Former name (to 1992) of Ashgabat.
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AshkhabadFormer name (to 1992) of Ashgabat. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Its objective was to travel north along the Persian-Afghan border in order to safeguard the cities of Meshed and Ashkhabad, the latter being situated on Trans-Caucasia Railway. On December 5,100 men were packed onto a train bound for Ashkhabad for an escape over the border into Iran (one was too sick to travel). Khrushchev's monument was unpopular with his successors, and Neizvestny's sculpture for the facade of the Communist headquarters in Ashkhabad caused a scandal when it was unveiled because it was composed around the shape of a cross. |
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