Türkmenistan merkezi Aziýada bir döwlet. Goňşy döwletler: Owganystan, Eýran, Gazagystan we Özbegistan. Түркменистан меркези Азияда бир дөвлет. Гоңшы дөвлетлер: Овганыстан, Эйран, Газагыстан ве Өзбегистан.
Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia. The name Turkmenistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land of the Turkmen". It is bordered by ► Afghanistan to the southeast, ► Iran to the southwest, ► Uzbekistan with ► Karakalpakstan) to the northeast, ► Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Turkmenistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Turkmenistan.
Map of the Western (purple) and Eastern (blue) GöktürkKhaganates at their height, ca. 600 CE. Lighter areas show direct rule; darker areas show spheres of influence.
Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
Russia becomes the Soviet Union in 1922. In 1924 Turkmenistan becomes a separate member republic of the Soviet Union
Evolution of the Soviet Union
The republics of the USSR
Turkmenistan inside the USSR
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Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union
Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989
Satellite maps
Satellite map
Notes and references
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