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The 1966 Tashkent Earthquake: Rebuilding an Uzbek City
On April 26, 1966, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake flattened much of Tashkent, killing hundreds and leaving 300,000 homeless. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the disaster's aftermath: how the Soviet Union used the rebuilding as a showcase for centralized planning, importing architects from across the USSR to design a new 'ideal socialist city' of broad avenues and prefabricated housing. They discuss the controversial demolition of historic mahalla neighborhoods, the influx of tens of thousands of workers from other Soviet republics that forever changed Tashkent's…
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