In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Chief Pilot of Aeroflot Alexander Golovanov addressed the Supreme Command Headquarter with the proposal to staff the long-range aviation with the pilots of civil aviation fleet. They did not require any additional training. The initiative of Golovanov was approved and shortly after that he was appointed as the commander of long-range aviation. By the end of war, in August 1944, Alexander Golovanov became the Air Chief Marshall. The war required th...

16 transactions were registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Afghanistan bought gasoline produced at Seydi Refinery. In addition, for foreign currency Russia, Turkey and Serbia purchased cotton fabrics and yarn, dry extract of licorice root, clear sheet glass and Portland cement. Total amount of transactions exceeded 41,662,000 US dollars. For manats, businessmen for United Arab Emirates a...

The works on the establishment of the Olympic sports faculty, which will enter the structure of the National Institute of Sports and Tourism start on Turkmenbashi Avenue. On an area of more than ten hectares - from the southern wing of the university building to the crossing with Oguzkhan Street will be formed an administrative and educational cluster. The project, which will be implemented by the company “Ajayip gurlushik”, provides the reconstruction of the eight-story office building of th...

During the session of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman D. Amangeldiyev informed on the work for construction of boundary automobile road Turkmenbashy – Garabogaz – Kazakhstan. In this regard, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that at present time, comfortable and safe international transport corridors with the involvement of all modes of transport were created in the country what provides stable development in the region and improvement of political and cultural coopera...

National Institute of Sport and Tourism hosted the award ceremony of annual event action “Turkmenistan – the Country of Health and Inspiration” that is aimed at wide popularization of mass sports. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as well as the above-mentioned institute were the organizers of the event. During the whole month, the residents of the capital and regions participated in the different sport competitions defining the best on football, volleyball, basketball, track and field ath...

On the occasion of the upcoming 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, the capital’s Mekan Palace hosted a ceremony to honor war veterans and widows of fallen warriors and present money, valuable gifts and bouquets of spring flowers from the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. An exhibition of paintings, photographs and books showcasing exemplary courage and resilience of those who forged the victory on the battlefields and through feats of...

On May 5, 2018 Tashkent hosted the XVI festival of cultural traditions and national dishes, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan together with diplomatic missions accredited in Uzbekistan. The event was aimed at spiritual unity of peoples and intensification of international humanitarian dialogue. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Uzbekistan, as well as cultural fi...