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Turkmen Women to Get $14 Women's Day Gift

23:41 02/03/2013

Tags: Bolshevik revolution, Soviet republics, International Women's Day, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmenistan

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MOSCOW, March 2 (RIA Novosti) – Women in the ex-Soviet state of Turkmenistan will receive 40 manats or $14 this week as a gift from the state ahead of the International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8.

According to a decree signed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Friday, all women regardless of their age and occupation will get the bonus, turkmenistan.ru website reported.

In addition, a total of 174 mothers of large families in the impoverished country will be honored ahead of the holiday.

March 8 became an official celebration in Russia soon after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and remains popular in the former Soviet republics.

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