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Place · 1881 CE

Ashgabat

Also known as

'Ishqabad
`Ishqabad
`Ishqábád
Achagaváte
Achgabad
Achgabad

Image illustrating Ashgabat — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Ashgabatsee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

in countryRussian Empire1721 CE
containsAbadan Etrap1963 CE
birthplace ofAhmet Agamyradow1979 CE
birthplace ofAhmet Ataýew1990 CE
birthplace ofAksoltan Ataýewa1944 CE

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birthplace of

Aliasker Bashirov1979 CE

place of death ofAltimurat Orazdurdiev1969 CE

place of death ofAman Kekilov1912 CE

birthplace ofAmir Gurbani1987 CE

containsAshgabat Memorial Complex

birthplace ofAtaya Aliyeva1920 CE

birthplace ofAwdy Kulyýew1936 CE

Ashgabat · Alexandria