Turkomen (Noun)
Meaning
A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- In the early 20th century, the Turkomen fought for independence against Russian rule in the region.
- The Turkomen Soviet Socialist Republic eventually gained a degree of autonomy in 1925.
- Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Turkomen gained full independence in the same year to become Turkmenistan.
- In the years leading up to the formation of the Turkomen Soviet Socialist Republic, there were ongoing discussions about a potential merger with neighboring Uzbekistan.
- Today the Turkomen constitute a large percentage of the population of modern-day Turkmenistan.