Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, march 28, 2007
Golden statue of the former president Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Niyazov in front of the Independence Monument, guarded by soldiers. The five headed eagle is the presidential emblem.
city development, architecture, Nyazov, CCCP, USSR, Soviet Union, Soviet-Union, Central Asia, dictator, dictatorship, personality cult, propaganda, urban renewal, column, changing of the guards, soldier
28.03.2007
fot. Nick Hannes/Reporters/REPORTER