Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto eRussia akatanga kutora nzvimbo yeTurkmen mukupera kwezana remakore rechi19. Vachibva kuCaspian Sea kuKrasnovodsk (yava kunzi Turkmenbashy), mauto eRussia akazokunda maUzbek khanates. Muna 1879, mauto eRussia akakundwa nevaTeke Turkmen panguva yekuedza kwekutanga kukunda nzvimbo yeAhal yeTurkmenistan. Zvisinei, muna 1881, kurwisa kukuru kwokupedzisira munharaunda yeTurkmen kwakapwanywa muHondo yeGeok Tepe, uye nguva pfupi pashure pacho Turkmenistan yakabatanidzwa, pamwe chete nenharaunda yeUzbek yakavakidzana nayo, muUmambo hweRussia. Muna 1916, kubatanidzwa kweUmambo hweRussia muHondo Yenyika I kwakanzwika muTurkmenistan, sezvo kupandukira kwaipikisa basa rokunyoresa kwakapararira muRussia yose yeCentral Asia. Kunyange zvazvo Shanduko yeRussia ya1917 yakanga isina simba chairo, muma1920 mauto eTurkmen akabatana nevaKazakh, vaKyrgyz, uye vaUzbek mune inonzi Basmachi Rebellion vachipesana nokutonga kweSoviet Union yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Muna 1921 dunhu re tsarist reTranscaspia () rakatumidzwa zita rekuti Turkmen oblast (), uye muna 1924, iyo Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic yakaumbwa kubva pairi. Pakupera kwema1930, Soviet yakarongazve zvokurima yakanga yaparadza zvakanga zvasara pamararamiro evatorwa muTurkmenistan, uye Moscow yakadzora upenyu hwezvematongerwe enyika. Kudengenyeka kweAshgabat
Hondo yechipiri yenyika yose yakaitika muna 1948 yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura 110 000, vanokwana zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvevagari vomuguta racho.