Proletarskiy Rayon

Places in this region

Image of Walk of Health located in Proletarskiy Rayon, Turkmenistan | The path, snaking up and down the bare mountains (Wiki Commons)
Proletarskiy Rayon, Turkmenistan

Walk of Health

Harsh mountain path along city aimed to improve health conditions

The Turkmen city of Ashgabat is probably one of the weirdest places on Earth. Much of the capitol was the brainchild of the long-standing totalitarian President Saparmurat Niyazov, who has become... »

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