List of Famous people born in Mary Region, Turkmenistan

Yelena Bonner

First Name Yelena
Born on February 15, 1923
Died on June 18, 2011 (aged 88)

Yelena Georgievna Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.

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Eduard Asadov

First Name Eduard
Last Name Asadov
Born on September 7, 1923
Died on April 21, 2004 (aged 80)

Eduard Arkadyevich Asadov was a Russian poet and writer of Armenian origin.

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Eduard Baghdasaryan

First Name Eduard
Last Name Baghdasaryan
Born on February 5, 1928
Died on January 6, 2015 (aged 86)
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Yuri Kovshov

First Name Yuri
Last Name Kovshov
Born on September 5, 1951 (age 72)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Yuri Aleksandrovich Kovshov is a former Ukrainian Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He was born in Kushka, Turkmen SSR, and was affiliated with VDFSO Kiev. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and received a silver medal in individual dressage.

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Vadim Potomsky

First Name Vadim
Last Name Potomsky
Born on August 12, 1972 (age 51)

Vadim Vladimirovich Potomsky, is a Turkmen-Russian statesman, politician, and economist who is currently the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative in the Northwestern Federal District since 7 December 2018. He had also served as the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District from October 2017 to December 2018.

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Eduard Bagirov

First Name Eduard
Last Name Bagirov
Born on October 25, 1975 (age 48)
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Mekan Nasyrow

First Name Mekan
Born on April 16, 1982 (age 41)

Mekan Nasyrov is a Turkmenistan footballer who has formerly plays for Persik Kediri, Barito Putera, and Semen Padang.

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Ishodad of Merv

First Name Ishodad
Died on November 30, 0849

Mar Ishodad of Merv was a bishop of Hdatta and prominent theologian of the Church of the East, best known for his Commentaries on the Old and New Testaments.

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Abdullah ibn Mubarak

First Name Abdullah
Last Name Mubarak
Born on January 1, 0736
Died on November 1, 0797 (aged 61)

ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak was born during the reign of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. ‘Abdullah ibn Mubarak was an early, pious Muslim known for his memory and zeal for knowledge, collected hadīth (muhaddith), and was remembered for his asceticism. He earned the title Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith. His father, named Mubarak, was from Khurasan and became a client (mawālī) of an Arab trader from the tribe of Banī Hanẓala in the city of Hamadhān, and his mother was said to have been from Khwārizm. Mubarak later married Hind, the trader's daughter. It is said that ‘Abdullah ibn Mubarak left his hometown of Merv, and while living in Hamadhān, went on to visit and speak often in Baghdād. Imam Ahmad said about Abdullah ibn Mubarak that there was no one more eager to travel for seeking knowledge than him. His teachers included Sufyān al-Thawrī and Abū Hanīfa. He wrote Kitāb al-Jihād, a collection of hadīth and sayings of the early Muslims on war, and Kitāb al-Zuhd wa al-Rāqa’iq, a book on asceticism. He was also known for defending Islamic borders on the frontiers of Tarsus and al-Massisah, and later died at Hīt, near the Euphrates, in the year 797 CE. during the reign of Harun al-Rashid

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Al-Muqanna

Born on November 30, 0700
Died on November 30, 0782 (aged 82)

Hashim, better known as al-Muqanna‘ was leader of an anti Islamic revolt who claimed to be a prophet, and founded a religion which was a mixture of Zoroastrianism and Islam. He was a chemist, and one of his experiments caused an explosion in which a part of his face was burnt. For the rest of his life he used a veil and thus was known as "al-Muqanna‘". Said Nafisi and Arian-Pour have written about him in the "Khorrām-Dīnān" armies.

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