The Ruhnama is as book written by Turkmenistan's first modern age president, Saparmurat Niyazov. It used to be compulsory reading in schools, for all government employees and for everyone who wished to qualify for a driver's license. It's not quite as central to the Turkmen society anymore, but there are still plenty of monuments and tributes to it, all over the place.

This particular large-scale version of the book actually opens every night to a page with some nationalistic quote on it, while traditional music is being played.