The Caspian Sea is bounded by the Republic of Turkmenistan to the southeast.
It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast .	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Iran	Iran	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Russia	Russia	Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan -LRB- -LSB- trkmnstn -RSB- Trkmenistan /  /  , -LSB- tykmenitn -RSB- -RRB- , formerly known as Turkmenia , is a country in Central Asia , bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , Iran to the south and southwest , and the Caspian Sea to the west .	Central Asia	Central Asia	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Iran	Iran	Caspian Sea	Caspian Sea
