21 July 2013

Monument to Magtymguly Pyragy. Aşgabat. Turkmenistan

Monument to Magtymguly Pyragy. Aşgabat. Turkmenistan.

Magtõmgulõ (ka Mahtumkuli) mälestussammas Aşgabatis.

Памятник Махтумкули в Ашхабаде.

Postcard, 1973.
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2 comments:

  1. The gentleman is unfamiliar to me but the monument is sturdy and imposing!

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  2. Jonathan, thank you for you comment.

    Magtymguly Pyragy (1733–1797) was a Turkmen spiritual leader and philosophical poet, the father of Turkmen literature.

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