Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudengenyeka kweAshgabat muna 1948
kwakakuvadza zvikuru chivako chacho ndokuchiita chisina kuchengeteka; mvura zhinji yemakore akatevera yakaderedza chimiro chacho. Yakaparadzwa muna 1963 uye nzvimbo yacho yakashandurwa kuva paki yevoruzhinji. Nokurambidzwa kworudzidziso neSoviet, vaBahá'í, vachibatisisa zvakasimba nheyo yavo yokuteerera hurumende yepamutemo, vakasiya kutarisirwa kwayo uye zvinhu zvayo zvakaitwa zvehurumende. Pakazosvika 1938, neNKVD (mapurisa epachivande eSoviet) uye nhevedzano yokudzvinyirira kworudzidziso vaBahá'í vazhinjisa vakaendeswa kutorongo nemisasa kana kuti kunze kwenyika; nzanga dzevaBahá'í mumaguta 38 dzakarega kuvapo. Muchiitiko cheAshgabat, zvinyorwa zveBahá'í zvinoratidza musi wa5 Kukadzi kuti nhengo dzedare, vatungamiriri vemunharaunda uye dzimwe nhengo dzese dzemunharaunda kusvika kuvanhu mazana mashanu vakasungwa, dzimba dzakatongwa uye zvinyorwa zvese nemabhuku zvakabiwa (vachiti vaive vachishanda kuti vabatsire vatorwa), uye dzimwe nguva vakamanikidzwa kuchera makuva avo sechikamu chekubvunzurudzwa. Kunofungidzirwa kuti mumwe mukadzi akazvipisa ndokufa gare gare muchipatara. Vakadzi navana zvikurukuru vakaendeswa kuIran. Muna 1953 vaBahá'í vakatanga kutamira kuSoviet Republics muAsia, pashure pokunge mutungamiriri worudzidziso panguva iyoyo, Shoghi Effendi, atanga gadziriro yainzi Hondo yeMakore Gumi. VaBahá'í vakatamira kuTurkmenistan vakawana vamwe vaBahá'í vari kugara ikoko kunyange zvazvo rudzidziso rwakaramba rusina kurongwa. Mukati mehondo yavagari vemo ya1978-9 muAfghanistan vamwe vaBahá'ís vakatizira kuTurkmenistan.