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The Aral Sea Disaster: Uzbekistan's Vanished Inland Sea
In this episode of The Story of Uzbekistan, Lucas and Luna explore the catastrophic shrinking of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest inland lake. They trace the story from the sea's natural history as a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Ocean to the Soviet-era irrigation projects that diverted the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers to grow cotton in the desert. The conversation covers the key decisions under Nikita Khrushchev's Virgin Lands Campaign, the construction of the Karakum Canal, and the devastating aftermath: the loss of the fishing industry in towns like…
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