Turkmenistan's Astonishing Attempt To Build A City Of The Future

[Jazzy]

Turkmenistan was once an important stop on the Silk Road, and the country still has 2,000 years of architectural masterpieces. But since the fall of the Soviet Union, Turkmenistan's capital city Ashgabat has become a futuristic wonderland.

 

[DrLeftover]

From this:

Photo by Prokudin-Gorsky between 1905 and 1915.

to That in a hundred years.

Astonishing indeed.

Amazing what you can buy with European money for Natural Gas.

 

[Evil Eye]

Just like Dubai, eh?