At the age of 78, the Honored Journalist of Turkmenistan, the nominee of the Presidential award “Türkmeniň Altyn asyry” (“Golden Age of Turkmen”) Vladimir Komarov passed away. This was reported by the electronic newspaper “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”, in the editorial office of which Vladimir Mikhailovich has worked in recent years.

- The other day, after a long illness, the aksakal of Turkmen journalism Vladimir Mihailovich Komarov passed away at the age of 78. After graduating from school in the middle of the last century, like many of his peers, succumbing to his youthful passion for aviation, he enters the Riga School of Special Civil Aviation Services. After college, he works as a technician in the Department of Civil Aviation and at the same time studies at the evening department of the philological faculty of the Turkmen State University.

But one day it so happened that his other childhood passion for photography helped him find a new profession, which he remained faithful to until the end of his days. Once, as part of a group of Turkmen aviators, he went on a business trip to Ulyanovsk. Upon his return, the leadership of the Department asked the philology student to prepare an article about the trip for the departmental newspaper “Vozdushnye trassy”. Vladimir Mihailovich prepared the material not easily, but also illustrated his story with photographs. The guy's abilities were noted in the editorial office and enrolled in the staff of the “Vozdushnye trassy”. This is how journalism entered Komarov's life.

Subsequently, interesting essays and reports about pilots, drillers, geologists signed by Komarov drew attention in the leading editorial offices of the newspapers “Turkmenskaya iskra”, “Komsomolets Turkmenistana”, “Vecherniy Ashgabat”. And in 1974 he received an offer to become a correspondent for the industry department of the “Vecherniy Ashgabat” newspaper. Since then, news and achievements in the field of economy, construction and industry of Turkmenistan have become the main topic of interest for journalist Komarov.

The bright memory of Vladimir Komarov, a brilliant journalist and a wonderful person, will forever remain in our hearts. And his numerous publications and photographs will remain a model of true professionalism in journalism for young employees for a long time to come, underlines the editorial staff of the electronic newspaper “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”.