Alabay Statue

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Alabay Statue
Turkmen: Alabaý heýkeli
Height comparison of Alabay statue (second from right) with the height of other notable statues
Artist
Year	2020 (2020)
Medium	Gilding
Movement	Realism
Subject	Alabay
Dimensions	15 m × 35 m (49 ft × 115 ft)[1]
Location	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Alabay Statue (Turkmen: Alabaý heýkeli) is a gilded statue that stands on Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The 49 feet (15 m) tall gilded statue (the statue itself is 29 feet, the pedestal is 20 feet),^[1] depicts a Alabay dog. The statue was created by Turkmen artist ^[2] with the President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's initiative in 2020.^[3]

Appearance[]

The height of the dog's figure is 6 meters, it is installed on a pedestal 9 meters high. The 15-meter monument is located on an area with a diameter of 36 meters. ^[4]

It is installed at a roundabout along Magtymguly Avenue , in a vast area between Taslama and Tehran streets. ^[5]

History[]

The idea to erect a monument appeared in 2017, several designs of the monument were presented in October. ^[6]

Construction began in 2019 and completed in autumn 2020. ^[7][8]

References[]

External links[]

• Berdimuhamedov's poem dedicated to Alabay

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