Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Türkmenabat (Türkmenabat), Turkmenistan.
Türkmenabat is the 2nd-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. From 1924 to 1927, it was also named Leninsk in honor of Vladimir Lenin. Türkmenabat is located at an altitude of 187m on the banks of the Amu Darya River, near the border with Uzbekistan. Some 70km south of Türkmenabat in the East Karakum Desert is the Repetek Nature Reserve, famed for its zemzen, or desert crocodiles. A modern industrial city, Türkmenabat’s history spans 2,000 years. In ancient times, it was known as Āmul (to be distinguished from the Iranian city of Amol). When the Russian Empire began annexing Central Asian Turkestan, Āmul was surrendered to Russians by the Bukhara emirate, which subsequently became a vassal of Russia and pledged allegiance to the Russian emperor. The modern city was founded in 1886, when Russian Cossacks settled in Uralka in what is now the eastern part of Türkmenabat, naming their settlement New-Chardjuy. Settlement here was necessary to complete construction of the Trans-Caspian railway.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
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