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Our thanks to Coincheck for sponsoring this video! Go to https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coin-identifier-coincheck/id6455731760 to download the app. Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a look at the destruction of the Aral Sea. We look at what policies and processes led to the environmental devastation as well as Soviet attempts to fix or mitigate the problem. The Soviet Economy: Brezhnev, Oil, & Stagnation: https://youtu.be/NUUZCD_XfjI The Soviet Economy: Revolution to Khrushchev: https://youtu.be/2arxTSPhr6g How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People: https://youtu.be/qIZDa7ZcUhE How Khrushchev Housed Everyone: https://youtu.be/lazVrmC7IVQ Soviet Tourism: https://youtu.be/t9KrH-xG20Q Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?: https://youtu.be/Dgr9F3WFsbo Soviet Education System: https://youtu.be/AD_JwbivtMA Communist Girl Scouts of America: https://youtu.be/QvgEHc0iyoQ ASALA, Armenia Secret Army: https://youtu.be/DFzIVfTNjH0 Amchitka Island Nuclear Test: https://youtu.be/Z89YnSS5RQA Soviet Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/zEJrivfLKGc Project Iceworm: Nukes Under the Ice: https://youtu.be/ePT8gp0LKsk Haiti and the Dominican Republic: https://youtu.be/apgYxvtDFQY Red Army Faction: https://youtu.be/wgYfTQJYCkI Colonial Indochina to 1945: https://youtu.be/uijOG8oYHgo First Indochina War pt. 1 GUERILLA: https://youtu.be/V9wSqx0W8h0 First Indochina War pt. 2 INTERNATIONALIZATION: https://youtu.be/58PAc7zAtSg Alcohol Prohibition in the USSR https://youtu.be/kyPdGderIxk Cocaine and Cartels: https://youtu.be/A9VA51N-Ug4 International Terrorism: https://youtu.be/VqHMjA35aLM Liberation Theology: https://youtu.be/Dfu2I_LTKt4 Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/TheColdWar, Youtube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGvq-qmjFmmMD4e-PLQqGg/join ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/thecoldwar ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/thecoldwar ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/thecoldwartv ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/thecoldwartv #ColdWar #ColdWarHistory #History #ModernHistory #USSR #Soviet #SovietUnion #aralsea #ecodisaster #environmental #environmentalimpact #uzbekistan #kazakhstan #qazaqstan #Siberia **SOURCES** Philip P. Michelin and William D. Williams (eds.), The Aral Sea Basin, NATO ASI Series, Springer (1996) Philip P. Micklin, “Desiccation of the Aral Sea: A Water Management Disaster in the Soviet Union,” Science, Vol.241 (1988) The True Costs of Cotton: Cotton Production and Water Insecurity, The Environmental Justice Foundation (2012) Arkadiy Levintanus, “Saving the Aral Sea,” The Environmentalist, Volume 12, Number 2 (1992) https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985/desiccation-of-the-aral-sea/ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/supreme-soviet-declares-aral-sea-disaster-area Michael H Glantz, Alvin Z. Rubinstein and Igor Zonn, “Tragedy in the Aral Sea basin: Looking back to plan ahead?” In Global Environmental Change (June 1993) Ian Small, J. Van der Meer, and R.E.G. Upshur, “Acting on an Environmental Health Disaster: The Case of the Aral Sea” in Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol.9, No.6 (2001) Everett J. Peachey, “The Aral Sea Basin Crisis and Sustainable Water Resource Management in Central Asia” in Journal of Public and International Affairs, Volume 15 (Spring 2004)