Turkmenistan - Where is it? Today I would like to share with you probably a new term, that called "Turkmenistan". Perhaps, the first question, coming in mind is "Where is it?" and "Why haven't I heard about it before?". And I'll try to reply fot it. Let's back for some in history. There was a country - Soviet Union, which was consisted of 15 republics, and one of them was Turkmen Soviet Socialistic Republic. Well, then comes 1991 when Soviet Union crashes and the country, named Turkmenistan has been creating. In head of state came Turkmenbashi ("The head of Turkmens" - name that he has given to himself). Since then Turkmenistan has being one of the most closed countries in the world. That times may remember us the Stalin's period with cult of personality and even studying at school classes about a book, written by him. Obviously, internet was prohibited, there was no freedom of speech, as there is no currently as well. After his death, ascends to the throne second and today's dictator, no much has changed, but at least internet has been provided and country has become, so to speak, a little more opened, although it's still practically impossible to get visa to visit it. And this is the main reason, why so few people have ever heard about it. But I sincerely hope, that something will change, and tourists can discover exciting places such as endless desert, "Gates to hell", enormous canyons, plateau of traces of dinosaurs and many other amazing sites. Thanks for reading p.s. Beg your pardon for any mistakes in advise, waiting for recommendations how to avoid them.