The Erbent Monument

In the middle of the desert lies a small village called Erbent.

The guide made a stop to show us a monument dedicated to the 11 Red Army soldiers killed during the Basmachi uprising in 1931, a series of rebellions against Soviet rule in Central Asia.

This stop gave us a chance to see life conditions outside the large cities full of golden marble monuments. The village is made up of brick and corrugated metal houses, and the presence of a public restroom suggests that many of these homes don’t even have a private bathrooms.

The streets are unpaved and dusty, with a lot of trash along the sides.
Very different from Dashoguz and Ashgabat, where everything is extremely clean and orderly.Baca lagi