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Uzbekistan's Cotton Curse and the Aral Sea
We explore how Soviet economic planning turned Uzbekistan into a mono-crop empire, draining the Aral Sea and leaving behind toxic dust storms. This episode details the political maneuvering of Nikolai Baibakov and the tragic environmental cost of 'white gold'. We trace the journey from the Karakum Canal to the salt-covered shores of the drying sea, examining the human and ecological price paid for Moscow’s cotton quotas.
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