Ashgabat Monuments - works of art constructed in Ashgabat with the aim of perpetuating people or historical events.
| Picture | Name and location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Turkmenistan neutrality monument ( Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue ) | Monument dedicated to the neutrality of Turkmenistan. Installed in 1996 . In 2011, the monument was built in a new place. The dismantling of the monument to neutrality and its reconstruction in a new place was entrusted to the Polymex company, which had previously built the monument. | |
| Turkmenistan Independence Monument ( Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Avenue ) | Monument dedicated to the independence of Turkmenistan. The monument was erected on the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov. | |
| Monument in honor of the 15th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan | Monument dedicated to the 15th anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan. The monument was established on the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov [1] . | |
| Monument to the Holy Ruhnama ( Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Avenue ) | A giant monument in the form of a book by Saparmurat Niyazov was erected in the Independence Park. | |
| Memorial to the soldiers of Turkmenistan who fell during the Great Patriotic War | The memorial was erected in memory of the Turkmen who fell in the battles of World War II. | |
| Monument in memory of the victims of the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake | the memorial complex, created on the initiative of Saparmurat Niyazov in the form of a mighty bull holding the shattered Earth on its horns, the bodies of the dead and a woman, lifting her little Saparmurat Niyazov over the ruins of the city with the last desperate hand movement. | |
| Constitution Monument ( Archabilskoe highway ) | Monument dedicated to the Constitution of Turkmenistan . It is the second tallest structure in Turkmenistan. It was opened in 2011, according to the project of the construction company Polymex. | |
| Monument to Soviet political and statesman Vladimir Lenin | The monument was unveiled in 1927. | |
| Monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin | The monument was unveiled in 1911, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet. The oldest monument of the city [2] . | |
| Monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko | The work of the sculptor Mikhail Lysenko [3] . | |
| Monument to Turkmen poet Makhtumkuli Fraghi ( Makhtumkuli Avenue ) | ||
| Monument to the Akhal-Teke horses | ||
| Monument to the Turkmen hunter ( "Health Path" ) | The original sculptural ensemble is a hunter with a falcon in his hands, sitting on a one-humped camel, and next to them is a Turkmen hound of pots. Opened in 2011 . Sculptors Maksat Tugurov, Nurmukhammet Ataev and Nurmukhammet Sabirov [4] . | |
| Monument to the Turkmen commander Alp Arslan in front of the Emergency Management Center | Opened in 2010 [5] . | |
| Monument to the Turkmen commander Alp Arslan ( Archabil highway , in front of the Turkmen National Youth Theater) | Opened in 2006 [6] . | |
| Monument to the horse Yanardag at the intersection of Andalib street and Kopetdag avenue | Opened in 2014 [7] . It is a pyramidal pedestal with a golden sculpture of a horse. The horse is depicted in a flying run, next to the figure of Yanardag - a foal. The total height of the monument is 37 meters. The total area of the monument is more than 1.3 hectares | |
| Monument to the horse "My white city Ashgabat" on Makhtumkuli Avenue | Opened in 2014 [8] |
Notes
- ↑ Saparmurat Niyazov allocated $ 4.5 million to create a monument in honor of the 15th anniversary of independence
- ↑ In the country of Turkmenbashi
- ↑ Monument to Kobzar in Ashgabat will be moved to a new place
- ↑ A monument to a Turkmen hunter was erected in the foothills of the Kopetdag
- ↑ A monument to Alp Arslan was erected in front of the Turkmen Center for Emergency Management
- ↑ A monument will be erected in Ashgabat to the legendary ruler of the ancient state of Seljuk Turkmen Alp Arslan
- ↑ President of Turkmenistan attended festivities
- ↑ President of Turkmenistan holds a meeting on the development of the capital