Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.
Annexed by
Russia between
1865 and
1885,
Turkmenistan became a
Soviet republic in
1925. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the
USSR in
1991. President
Saparmurat Niyazov retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated.
Extensive hydrocarbon (natural gas) reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects can be worked out.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.