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Ruhnama The Book of the Soul (Annotated Version)

Saparmyrat Turkmenbasy

Translated as "The Book of the Soul" this is the manifesto of Saparmyrat Niyazov Turkmenbasy - the leader of the Turkemen. In this book, volume one of Ruhnama, Turkmenbasy lays out the history and the expected conduct of the Turkmen people. This book had become a cult book in Turkmenistan, leading d...

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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was a book written by Turkmenbashi, that he attempted to enforce as a required reading alongside the Quran, even going as far as making it a prerequisite for prisoner release and university applications.

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He required universities to test all applicants on their knowledge of his dumb book, the Runama.

— Episode: Part Two: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who...

Episode: Part Two: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared...

It was a book written by Turkmenbashi, that he attempted to enforce as a required reading alongside the Quran, even going as far as making it a prerequisite for prisoner release and university applications.

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He required universities to test all applicants on their knowledge of his dumb book, the Runama.

In 2004, he demanded that the Runama should be used in mosques alongside the Quran.

Real Dictators

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Real Dictators

The Ruhnama was described as a bizarre pinkandgreen book with a goldcapped cover that became a compulsory text in Turkmenistan.

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there was a book there called the Ruhnama... everybody compelled to read this Ruhnama... the book itself was quite strange looking. It's kind of pink and green with this gold head on the cover.

— Episode: BONUS: Dictators’ Books

Episode: BONUS: Dictators’ Books

The Ruhnama was described as a bizarre pinkandgreen book with a goldcapped cover that became a compulsory text in Turkmenistan.

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there was a book there called the Ruhnama... everybody compelled to read this Ruhnama... the book itself was quite strange looking. It's kind of pink and green with this gold head on the cover.

I managed to find it online... page by page so I could read it. And it was quite weird and terrible, but in an equal measure.

the Rukh Namah is not as easy to get hold of now and Rukh Namah volume two is very difficult.

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