No ballet, no lip-synching, no car radios...

The president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, died on Wednesday. This guy banned ballet, had public libraries with books only written by him, then he closed those too...oy vey...plus the others in the title of this entry.
"He ordered the months and days of the week named after himself and his family, and statues of him were erected throughout the country. He is listed as author of the "Rukhnama" (Book of the Soul) that was required reading in schools." (from Macleans)