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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan became an independent state in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, following decades as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Further reading

• Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan Adrienne Lynn Edgar · 2004

  Scholarly history of how Soviet nation-building created the modern Turkmen national identity and republic.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Turkmenistan'
• Open Library search API, Adrienne Lynn Edgar record