Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 27 October 1924, Turkestan ASSR yakaparadzwa. Maererano nomutemo weCentral Executive Committee yeUSSR neTurkmen SSR, yakava imwe yenyika dzeSoviet Union. Panguva iyi miganhu yemazuva ano yeTurkmenistan yakaumbwa. Hurumende yeTurkmen yakatumidza zita reAshgabat kuti Poltoratsk zvichitevera mutsinhiro wemuno, zvisinei zita rekuti "Ashgabat" rakadzorerwa muna 1927. Muna February 1925, Communist Party yeTurkmenistan yakaita musangano wayo wokutanga muAshkhabad. Kubvira panguva iyi zvichienda mberi guta racho rakakura nokukurumidza uye rakava indasitiri, kunyange zvazvo rakakanganiswa zvikuru neOctober Revolution.
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kweAshgabat muna 1948. Nokudengenyeka kwacho kwakauraya vanhu 10 000 kusvika ku110 000 pakukura kwakanga kwava kunzi kwaiva 7.3. Maererano nedzimwe nhau dzomunzvimbomo, zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvavagari vemo vane 176 000 zvakafa.