Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

ASHGABAT (Reuters) – Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode.

The president of Turkmenistan has unveiled a giant statue to his favorite dog. The 19-foot (6 metre) ... as he takes part in celebrations for the Day of the Horse in Ashgabat on April 28, 2018.

Drivers rounding a prominent traffic circle in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat now have the chance to take in a rather unusual sight. ... a gilded statue of a dog standing 19 feet tall.

The gilded statue, which towers over the streets below from atop a grand pedestal in Ashgabat, honors the Central Asian shepherd dog known locally as Alabai.

Updated Sept. 17, 2024 at 6:15 p.m.* From Mount Rushmore to Lenin's statue at St Petersburg’s Finland Station, political legacies have long been carved into stone, literally.

Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

ASHGABAT, April 25 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and ...

Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode. ASHGABAT, April 25 ...

Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

Turkmenistan's longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...