Nikita in the ever wisdom of a centrally planned economy actually randomly decided that they Kazakhstan should start growing cotton because...well because that was the random thought in his head in the late 50's. It was in theory supposed to boost the economy as well as help provide the USSR with consumer goods which were lacking. Of course, cotton needs a lot of water, and they had trouble finding it, which led draining the Aral Sea.
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- Are you aware of the Aral Sea Crisis? Another man-made disaster by the Russians. [LINK]
- BaronVonZemo - 9:56pm 12/2/18
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- Saw that last night on Science Channel [NT] - CC72 - 5:45pm 12/3/18
- Vozrozhdeniya Island - secret Soviet bioweapons testing spot in the Aral Sea, no longer an island - Chris94 - 10:38am 12/3/18
- Chernobyl, Aral Sea, Arctic Oil Drilling, Whale hunting to extinction....you see the trend with the - BaronVonZemo - 6:16pm 12/3/18
- Not quite accurate - Hank Scorpio - 9:08am 12/3/18
- It began receding in the 60's but diversion began in late 50's. Cotton was 4 gunpowder & uniforms.. [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 6:14pm 12/3/18