Delegations from the us and russia visited ashgabat , turkmenistan 's capital , last week for negotiations about pipelines to lock in supplies of turkmen gas .
He banned all opposition , declared himself president-for-life and erected golden statues of himself everywhere , including one in ashgabat , the capital , which revolves with the sun .
Despite its enormous lack of water , the former turkmen president for life , saparmurat niyazov , who ruled the country until his death in december , 2006 , saw fit to develop a lush garden-like setting for his budding capital in ashgabat .
Russia chose to develop ashgabat as a regional center due to its proximity to the border of british-influenced persia .
俄罗斯选择了发展成为一个区域中心,因为它靠近英国影响的波斯边界阿什哈巴德。
The capital , ashgabat , is a modern city .
在首都阿什哈巴德,是一个现代化的城市。
The huge rotating gold statue of niyazov may continue to tower over ashgabat , the capital , but the months of the year were returned to their original names last spring .