Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E guzobere obodo ahụ na 1881 na ndabere nke obodo agbụrụ Ahal Teke, ma mee isi obodo nke Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic na 1924. Ala ọma jijiji e nwere n'afọ 1948 bibiri ọtụtụ ebe n'obodo Ashgabat
ma kemgbe ahụ e wughachiri ya n'okpuru ọchịchị nke Saparmurat Niyazov "White City" 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.