Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, march 22, 2007
Ruhnama monument in Balkanabat. Ruhnama, written by the former president Saparmurat Niyazov, gives spiritual guidelines for the Turkmen people and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
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22.03.2007
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