During the rule of Saparmurad Niyazov over 14,000 monuments and busts of Turkmenbashi (The Father of Turkmens) had been erected in Turkmenistan. A huge 14 meter tall statue worth $10 M that rotates after the sun stands out among them.
- Categories: Politics
- Location: Ashgabad, Turkmenistan
- Event date: 01.01.2003
- Date published: 05.08.2009
- Author: Vladimir Vyatkin
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 03-2239, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3544x5226px, 6.3Mb