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The Cotton Famine: Uzbekistan's Soviet Agricultural Revolution
In this episode of The Story of Uzbekistan, Lucas and Luna explore the Soviet cotton monoculture that transformed Central Asia's landscape and society. Focusing on the era from the 1920s to the 1960s, they discuss how Uzbekistan became the USSR's primary cotton producer through forced collectivization, massive irrigation projects like the Ferghana Canal and the Karakum Canal, and the exploitative 'one-crop' system. The conversation highlights the human cost: the disruption of traditional farming, the environmental devastation of the Aral Sea, and the legacy of economic…
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