A monument dedicated to the victims of the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake . The bronze sculpture is 10 meters high , mounted on a marble podium , rising above an area of 24 meters . Until 2012 , the monument built on the initiative of Saparmurat Niyazov as a mighty bull , holding on his horns that chopped the Earth was located in the central square of Ashgabat . The basis of the design of the monument lay an ancient legend about the fantastic bull , keep on their horns solid Earth . The bodies of the dead peoples and a woman , the last desperate hand movements saving her baby , lifting it over the ruins of the city
1948 Ashgabat earthquake
1948 Ashgabat earthquake
Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex