Evacuated to Ashkabad in the Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, he became known as a talented poet, but by the time he received his graduate degree in mathematics in 1949, he had also immersed ...

The Akhal-Teke faced near extinction due to events like the 1924 Ashkabad earthquake and discussions surrounding turning them into slaughter animals in the 1950s. Highly prized, an Akhal-Teke horse in ...