The Story of Uzbekistan: Silk Road Kingdoms and Soviet Legacy — Fexingo History
The Cotton Monoculture: How Uzbekistan Became the USSR's Cotton Field — Fexingo History
This episode details the Soviet Union's transformation of Uzbekistan into a cotton monoculture from the 1920s onwards. It covers forced collectivization, irrigation projects, the environmental consequences including the Aral Sea's shrinkage, and Uzbekistan's post-independence…