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The Karakalpak Nation: Aral Sea's Lost People
This episode explores the little-known history of the Karakalpaks, a Turkic people whose name means 'black hat' and who have lived for centuries at the southern tip of the Aral Sea. We trace their origins from the Nogai Horde to their absorption into the Khanate of Khiva and later the Russian Empire. The real focus, however, is on the 20th century: how Stalin's nationality policies created a Karakalpak autonomous republic, only to see it dismantled and merged with the Uzbek SSR. We discuss the devastating ecological catastrophe of the Aral Sea drying up, which has destroyed the…
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