Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E hiwere obodo ahụ na 1881 na ndabere nke obodo agbụrụ Ahal Teke, ma mee isi obodo nke Soviet Socialist Republic nke Turkmen na 1924. E bibiri akụkụ ka ukwuu nke obodo ahụ site n'ikuku
Ala ọma jijiji Ashgabat nke 1948 mana kemgbe ahụ e wughachiri ya n'okpuru ọchịchị nke Saparmurat Niyazov "White City" oru mmezigharị obodo, na-ebute nnukwu ọrụ ndị a na-eji mabụl ọcha dị oke ọnụ. Ọwa mmiri Karakum nke oge Soviet na-agafe n'obodo ahụ, na-ebu mmiri sitere n'Amu Darya site n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ ruo n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ. Kemgbe afọ 2019, a matala obodo ahụ dịka otu n'ime ọnụ ahịa obibi ndụ kachasị elu n'ụwa n'ihi oke ọnụ ahịa Turkmenistan na nsogbu mbubata.