If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. Don’t visit expecting famous pieces, however, but the museum does house works by Turkmen, Russian and foreign artists. Because of this Ashgabat has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWk, bordering from BWh) with very hot, dry summers and cool, short winters. Hotels near Ashgabat National Museum of History, Hotels near Turkmenistan Independence Monument, Hotels near International Turkmen-Turkish University, Hotels near Sahand University of Technology, Hotels near Islamic Azad University of Tabriz. It was demolished in 1963.[89]. This statute also established the current four boroughs of Ashgabat. Land. Ashgabat has many parks and open spaces, mainly established in the early years of the Independence and well maintained and expanded thereafter. [7][95] It was also listed as the second most expensive city in the world overall by the 2020 Mercer Cost of Living Survey. The Kopet Dag mountains emerged toward the end of the Cretaceous Period.[129]. After receiving some support (but even more promises) from General Malleson, the British withdrew in April 1919 and the Tashkent Soviet resumed control of the city.

The top floor has a modern entertainment system with arcade games and even a small indoor roller coaster. [5] The Soviet-era Karakum Canal runs through the city, carrying waters from the Amu Darya from east to west. [92] For the decade from 1938 to 1948, when it was seriously damaged by the earthquake, it was an art gallery. This led to the golden period as money from the countries resources were pumped back into the countries construction. [7][8], Ashgabat is called Aşgabat in Turkmen, (Russian: Ашхабад, romanized: Ashkhabad) in Russian from 1925 to 1991, and Ešq-ābād (عشق‌آباد) in Persian. [16], It was formally part of Persia but de facto autonomous under Turkoman tribal control until Russian forces defeated the Teke army at the Battle of Geok Tepe in January 1881. It is located in the southwestern part of the city on Bekrewe köçesi.[147][148]. Four statues, of Lenin, Alexander Pushkin, Taras Shevchenko, and Magtymguly, date to the Soviet period, as do a statue and a bust of Turkmen composer Nury Halmammedov. December 4, 2014, the president issued a decree calling for construction of 60 9-story apartment buildings in the Parahat-7 microdistrict, a greenfield project in the southeast quadrant of the city. Places to See in Ashgabat Magtymguly Turkmen State University was founded in 1950.

In 1908 the Bahá'í community completed the construction of the first Bahá'í House of Worship, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name of mašriqu-l-'aḏkār (Arabic: مشرق اﻻذكار‎),[88] where people of all religions may worship God without denominational restrictions. Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World.