Turkmenbashi Railway Station

	Turkmenbashi Railway Station Turkmenbashi railway station ( tk, Türkmenbaşy demirýol menzili) is the main railway station in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan. It was built in 1895. The station is operated by the state owned company Türkmendemirýollary. History Station Turkmenbashi in the Moorish style was built in the years 1895–96. Architect - Alexeï Léontiévitch Benois, who has worked in Krasnovodsk. The station building - one of the most beautiful in the whole of Central Asia rail. The architecture of the station, there are many elements of the palace of the Emir of Bukhara. Railway Station Square is located near to a memorial to Turkmen soldiers killed in the Second World War (1941 - 1945). Service There are train route 606/605 Ashgabat - Turkmenbashi - Ashgabat. See also * Railway stations in Turkmenistan Railway stations in Turkmenistan include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Map Municipalities served by rail Trans-Caspian Railway * Turkmenbashy * Balkanabat * Bereket * Serdar * Bamy * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy ( Turkmen Cyrillic: Түркменбашы, Turkmen Arabic; توركمنباشی, also spelled Turkmenbashi, a back-formation of the Cyrillic Түркменбаши), formerly known as Krasnovodsk (russian: Красноводск), Kyzyl-Su, and Shagadam ( tk, Şagadam), is a city in Balkan Province in Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevation of . The population (est 2004) was 86,800, mostly ethnic Turkmens but also Russian, Armenian and Azeri minorities. As the terminus of the Trans-Caspian Railway and site of a major seaport on the Caspian, it is an important transportation center. The city is also the site of Turkmenistan's largest oil refining complex. This city should not be confused with the similarly named town of Türkmenbaşy ( tk, Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi), formerly called Janga (russian: Джанга, Cyrillic tk, Җанга), also in Balkan Province, or the city of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky in Daş ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia. Turkmenistan has long served as a thoroughfare for other nations and cultures. Merv is one of the oldest oasis-cities in Central Asia, and was once the biggest city in the world. It was also one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Türkmenbaşy Säheriň Demirýol Meňzili (depo) Turkmenbasi Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006) ( tk, Түркменбашы, lit=head of the Turkmen, links=no) was ruler of Turkmenistan from 1985 to 2006. He coined the title for himself. Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenbasi or other variants may also refer to: Places * Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan, a city formerly known as Krasnovodsk * Türkmenbaşy District, a district of Balkan Province in Turkmenistan * Türkmenbaşy Gulf, a bay of the Caspian Sea in the coast of Turkmenistan * Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi, previously called Janga, a town and the administrative center of Türkmenbaşy District, Turkmenistan Other uses * Turkmenbashi International Airport, the airport serving the city of Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan * Turkmenbashi International Seaport, the main passenger harbour and cargo port in Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan * Türkmenbaşı Nature Park, a protected area in Istanbul, Turkey * Türkmenbaşı Palace, former presidential palace of Turkmenistan * Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque, a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Moorish Style Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th century, part of a widening vocabulary of articulated decorative ornament drawn from historical sources beyond familiar classical and Gothic modes. Neo-Moorish architecture drew on elements from classic Moorish architecture and, as a result, from the wider Islamic architecture. In Europe The " Moorish" garden structures built at Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, ca. 1812, were an unusual touch at the time, a parallel to chinoiserie, as a dream vision of fanciful whimsy, not meant to be taken seriously; however, as early as 1826, Edward Blore used Islamic arches, domes of various size and shapes and other details of Near Eastern Islamic architecture to great effect in his design for Alupka Palace in Crimea, a cultural setting that had already b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Railway Stations In Turkmenistan Railway stations in Turkmenistan include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Map Municipalities served by rail Trans-Caspian Railway * Turkmenbashy * Balkanabat * Bereket * Serdar * Bamy * Baherden * Büzmeýin * Ashgabat - national capital - junction * Artyk (border crossing into Iran) * Dushak * Tejen * Parahat - junction * Mary - junction * Baýramaly * Türkmenabat - junction * Farap * (border crossing into Uzbekistan) ''Tejen-Sarahs branch line'' * Parahat - junction * Sarahs, Turkmenistan * (border crossing into Iran) * Sarakhs, Iran - break-of-gauge, bogies exchange. ''Mary-Serhetabat branch line'' * Mary - junction * Ýolöten * Ymambaba * Sandykgaçy * Galaýmor * Serhetabat * (border crossing into Afghanistan) * Torghundi, Afghanistan ''Türkmenabat-Kerki branch line'' * Türkmenabat - junction * Saýat * Garabekewül * Pelwert * Halaç * Kerki - junction ---- * Samarqand * border - Uzbekistan * Amu Dar'ya * Kerki - junction * Köýtendag * Kelif * border - Uz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]