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| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Ruhnama — literally "Book of the Soul" — was a two-volume spiritual and nationalist text authored by Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's autocratic president-for-life, who required it to be memorized for citizenship tests, driving exams, and university entrance. Schools replaced hours of conventional instruction with Ruhnama study. This coin was issued the year before Niyazov's sudden death in December 2006, part of a broader state program that treated the book as quasi-scripture. His successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, quietly removed Ruhnama requirements from public life within two years of taking power.