Olga Fominichna Mizgireva was one of those who stood at the origins of the birth of the Turkmen national fine arts. She was born in 1908 in Tashkent, later her family moved to Turkmenistan. From her youth, carried away by painting, Olga strove to get an art education. For her luck, in 1920, on the initiative of the artists Ruvim Mazel, Mikhail Libakov and Alexander Vladychuk, an art studio was organized in Ashgabat, later called the "Shock School of the Arts of the East" (USHIV). It was the g...

Educating children and young people, raising awareness is important for preventing crime, corruption and fostering a culture of law-abidingness. In this regard, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the Education for Justice Initiative for Turkmen specialists. The online meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, the teaching staff of the Institut...

Mentions of the mandrake are found in Egyptian manuscripts 4000 years ago. Among the ancient healers of the East, it was in the first place in the list of medicinal plants, and now the famous ginseng only in third. About mandrake, which "looks like cherry plum, the flesh is reddish like that of a plum, and the fruit tastes like a tomato", botanists say that this amazing plant was considered sacred in ancient times. And not everyone was trusted to dig it up. Usually, large mandrake leaves l...

On hot days of summer, Ashgabat residents spend their evenings in numerous parks of the capital. The green Ylham alley with its numerous fountains and majestic sculptures is especially popular among local residents. At the entrance to the alley, there is a monument to Garajaoglan, one of the brightest folk poet-singers, whose life and creative work testify to the unanimity of the historical and cultural roots of the Turkmen, Azerbaijani and Turkish peoples. The exact dates of Garajaoglan's bi...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan made their first tour in the Caspian Sea on a new Turkmen ship built in the Russian Federation. During his working trip to the Balkan velayat, the President of Turkmenistan took part in the ceremony of launching the new passenger ship «Rahat», which was delivered to the fleet of the «Türkmendeňizderýaýollary» Agency. Built in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, this high-speed passe...

Turkmenistan ranks seventh in the Global petrol prices ranking with the lowest gasoline price in Central Asia. The retail fuel prices around the world are an object of increased attention from the population, since they have a significant impact on the cost of other goods, including socially significant food products and services. The rise in gasoline prices threatens to increase the price of other goods, triggering inflationary processes along the entire chain of production, transportation,...

The educational center "KAMIL BILIM" was opened in Ashgabat in June 2021. The wide range of services offered here includes the study of English, Russian, German, and French, as well as mathematics. Speaking Club, at an educational institution, allows you to improve the speaking skills of listeners: children, teenagers and adults. During the 9-week course, which consists of 108 academic hours, which is conducted by a team of teachers with extensive experience and several international internsh...