Science

13.09.2021

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Fascinating landscapes and wonderful natural monuments: the Khayrabat apple tree

The nature of Turkmenistan is unique and amazingly beautiful. Travelers are attracted by unique natural monuments: stunning flora - forests of wild fruits and nuts, juniper forests on mountain slopes, pistachio savanna woodlands, saxaul forests, floodplain tugai; diverse fauna - Central Asian leopards, argali, kulans, gazelles. Here are mesmerizing landscapes - from picturesque mountain ranges to lifeless desert sands, from green oases - to subtropics with rare animals and plants.

09.09.2021

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A student from Turkmenistan received a grant from the VI International Youth Forum "Eurasia Global"

Results of the All-Russian competition of youth projects of Rosmolodezh and the grant competition of the Foundation for the Support of Public Diplomacy named after AM Gorchakov was summed up on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the International Youth Forum "Eurasia Global" in Orenburg.

07.09.2021

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Camel thorn - "queen of the desert"

On the endless expanses of the Karakum Desert, she grows - "the queen of the desert" or as she was called by the people "camel thorn". This ancient medicinal plant from the legume family is mentioned in the Quran and has several names.

06.09.2021

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New issue of the journal "Science and Technology of Youth" is available on the AST website

The website of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan presented the first issue of the electronic popular scientific journal "Science and Technology of Youth", which is published on quarterly basis.

06.09.2021

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The land of incredibly sweet melons

Many centuries ago, various varieties of melons and watermelons were created in Turkmenistan, which give a rich harvest in local climatic conditions, as well as long-term storage and suitable for transportation. In the 17th-19th centuries, as a result of selection selection, Turkmen farmers cultivated such well-known varieties of melons as "Vakharman", "Bishek", "Gok Gulyabi", "Garrygyz", as well as dozens of other varieties. Currently, over 1600 varieties of melons are registered in the world melon growing, of which 400 varieties are Turkmen melons, and now the work on the selection of seeds is carried out by experienced melon growers and scientists - breeders.

04.09.2021

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Flora of the Great Balkhan

The Great Balkhan is a mountain range where ancient relict species have found refuge, which have a narrow distribution area. Here you can find moisture-loving plants, huge trees-old-timers. Only endemic plants, that is, growing entirely on the Great Balkhans, there are up to twenty species. These are dorema, astragalus, hare-tooth, and a dozen and a half unique representatives of the flora kingdom. On a relatively small mountain formation, you can find ferns, conifers and wormwood. Representatives of medicinal, food and ornamental plant groups meet here. As a result of numerous expeditions, the places of their growth, distribution, and resource potential have been studied.

01.09.2021

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The school was named after the warrior and teacher Annak Sakhetmuradov

On the eve of the Day of Knowledge, at the numerous requests of the residents of the village of Babarap in the Akhal velayat, and also, taking into account the requests of the khyakimliks of the Geoktepe etrap and the Akhal vedayat, by the resolution of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan secondary school No. 42 was named after their fellow countryman Annak Sahetmuradov. In addition, a new educational institution for schoolchildren in the village received the status of a “specialized school”.

25.08.2021

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Ready for the new academic year

Preparations for the new academic year in the Dashoguz velayat have been successfully completed. The northern region of the country, thanks to the successful implementation of various state programs aimed at the further development of the education sector and its technical re-equipment, has an extensive network of general educational institutions. So, today there are 529 general education institutions. A considerable part of them are modern new buildings erected in recent years.

23.08.2021

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Journey to the ancient city of craftsmen Ulug-Depe

One of the most interesting historical monuments of the Akhal velayat is the Ulug-Depe settlement, which is located in the Kaakhkа etrap. Its uniqueness is that it has the deepest archaeological layers in all of Central Asia, helping scientists to reveal the secrets stored in the earth from the early Eneolithic to the Iron Age (IV-I millennium BC).