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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 26188466, member: 56370&quot;]This post piqued my curiosity, so I found a page on Numista showing the coins Turkmenistan has issued over the years.&nbsp; The ones from the personality cult are particularly interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1672038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1672039[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1672040[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note that “Ruhnama” is a book of Turkmenbashi’s sayings that everyone was required to study and memorize, sort of like Mao’s little red book.</p><p><br /></p><p>There weren’t nearly as many featuring Berdymukhamedov, although every newspaper was required to have his picture on the front page every day.&nbsp; I suppose we could say he had the “personality cult lite”.&nbsp; Instead of a grand title like “Turkmenbashi” (father of the Turkmen) he took the modest title of “Arkadag” (the great protector).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1672042[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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