One leader of this country (*) renamed all the days of the week for family members and built the Neutrality Arch, which is topped with a giant rotating gold statue of himself.
An early advocate for this country's autonomy was the Sufi poet Magtymguly Pyragy, through it was subsumed into the Russian empire after a twenty-three day siege at the fortress of Geok Tepe. The Russians called this country the Transcapian Province and were opposed at an unsuccessful 1916 revolt in Tejen. As a republic, this country's first president spent over six billion dollars on the massive manmade "Golden Age Lake." That president also made his autobiographical epic called the Rukhnama required reading. One leader of this country (*) renamed all the days of the week for family members and built the Neutrality Arch, which is topped with a giant rotating gold statue of himself. For 10 points, name this central Asian nation formerly led by Saparmurat Niyazov, who dubbed himself Turkmenbashi.
An early advocate for this country's autonomy was the Sufi poet Magtymguly Pyragy, through it was subsumed into the Russian empire after a twenty-three day siege at the fortress of Geok Tepe.
Republic of {Turkmenistan}