@Ezizmuhammet1991
Turkmenistan is an example of bad geography. They have a LOT of gas and oil, but they can't sell them in large amounts because It is sandwiched between global powers. There was a project that would send gas and oil to India through Afghanistan and Pakistan, but got cancelled because of Taliban. Turkmenistan also tried to install pipes across Caspian sea to sell oil and gas to Europe, but Russia was mad cause it was the one to sell those things to Europe.
@blensaa_mowsaa
As far as I know, Iranian Farsi, Dari, and Tajik are varieties of Persian, differing mainly in the vowels. Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language, which is very different from Persian
@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo
Moved to Bishkek 4 years ago and its one of my favorite places in the world. Kyrgyzstan is absolutely beautiful and its a hidden gem for travelers.
@user-cmcumm
fun fact: Turkmenistan is the only country that had a horse racer, weightlifter, writer, songwriter, architect, father of all people, sun-faced deity, month renamer, bread renamer and a devoted tea expert president No so fun if you really think about it
@mr.gamewatch6165
Rich dictatorships: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฟ Poor democracies: Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ Poor dictatorships: Tajikistan ๐น๐ฏ
@alessioleporati1478
Is Afghanistan Central Asian, South Asian, or Middle Eastern? Kind of all of them and non of them at the same time.
@anderporascu5026
The Stans in a nutshell.
@Zee-yz1de
Wakhis, Pashtoons and Baloch of Pakistan are also part of the iranic world
@throwod2923
Love these!
@ู ุณุชููู-ุฑ7ู
Fun fact both ''uzbeks'' and ''uyghurs'' and ''krygz'' did not call thrmselves such before soviet occupication and recategorization krygz were actually ferghana kipchaks and uzbeks and uyghurs actually spoke the same languange called chagtai before soviets artificially recategorisised them
@Real_Person_Not_A_Bot
Actually the closest cousins to the Turkmen (if you want to call them cousins and not outright brothers and sisters) are the Turkmen of Iran just south of Turkmenistan. Also the Khorasani Turks, also just south of Turkmenistan in Iran, are another contender for their closest cousins.
@OackaOrAukah
I like your 150 years Canada shirt! I have one :D
@KhanD-x7l
I am Turkic and i approve every sentence here ๐
@stardust2441
Turkmenistan is where the akhal-teke horse breed came from, and its one of the prettiest in my opinion :]
@christimorgret7818
Why do I get the feeling there might be disputation over the horses ๐
@RandomGuy-rc6vd
Is this a reupload? I have a deja-vu of exactly the same short earlier
@Black-And-WhiteWorldview8488
Likewise for Mongolia as well
@jonahwellnitz4282
Gotta love central asia
@WilliamSantos-cv8rr
I never met anybody from Kyrgizstan
@GeographyNow