State · 1991 – present

Turkmenistan

A state of 1991 – present — 35 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Soviet Union. The atlas records 2 things within it — people 2. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.

Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 35 years; and still standing
Rulers: 3; the President of Turkmenistan
Most ground: 467,500 km²; in 1992
Within it: 2; recorded rows
Symbols: 7; on record, with years

Map: Turkmenistan in 1992, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Turkmenistan in 1992, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 467,500 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Soviet Union · replaces · 1923 – 1991

Rulers

The line of President of Turkmenistan - the office this state names as its head of state.

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in office

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Saparmurat Niyazov	1990 – 2006	16 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	2007 – 2022	15 years	resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Serdar Berdimuhamedow	2022 – in office	in office since 2022	still in office	child

3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1990 – 2022. Only 32 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

467,500 km² in 1996, 467,500 km² in 2021; at its largest 467,500 km² in 1996. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, 1925 – 1992Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1974–1991), Flag of Turkmenistan (1991–1992) · Public domain
flag, 1992 – 1997Flag of Turkmenistan (1992–1997) · Public domain
coat of arms, 1992 – 2000Emblem of Turkmenistan (1992–2000) · Public domain
flag, 1997 – 2001Flag of Turkmenistan (1997–2001) · Public domain
coat of arms, 2000 – 2003Emblem of Turkmenistan (2000–2003) · Public domain
flag, from 2001Flag of Turkmenistan · Public domain
coat of arms, from 2003Emblem of Turkmenistan · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1900 – 19992 rows

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow · ruler · 1957 – present
Serdar Berdimuhamedow · ruler · 1981 – present

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood35 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held467,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 73% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1981 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1992, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q874 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.