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| | Turkmenistan |
 | | Under the 1992 constitution there is a directly elected 50-member working parliament, the Majlis, and a supervisory 110-member supreme national assembly, the People's Council (Khalk Maslakhaty), comprising 60 directly elected representatives from the districts, the 50 Majlis members, members of the council of ministers, and local council and judicial heads. |
 | | However, in the March 1991 USSR constitutional referendum the population voted to maintain the Union, and the attempted anti-Gorbachev coup in Moscow August 1991 was initially supported by President Niyazov. |
 | | Turkmenistan was less severely affected by the dissolution of the USSR than many other republics due to its abundant natural resources. |
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