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The Tashkent Earthquake of 1966: Uzbekistan's Soviet Reconstruction
In this episode, Lucas and Luna delve into the devastating 1966 Tashkent earthquake—a magnitude 7.5 tremor that leveled much of the Uzbek capital on April 26, 1966. They explore the immediate aftermath, the Soviet Union's massive reconstruction effort that transformed Tashkent into a model Soviet city, and the human stories of displacement and resilience. The conversation covers the role of Soviet seismology, the architecture of the new city (including the metro expansion), and the long-term social and political impacts, including how the disaster inadvertently shaped Uzbek national…
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