IRRIGATION AND LAND-RECLAMATION HISTORY OF UZBEKISTAN
(As an example of the 50-80s of XX century)
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Based on solid scientific literature and archival sources, the article comprehensively reveals the history of irrigation and land reclamation in 1950-1980 in Uzbekistan to further expand irrigation networks in order to plant a monoculture of cotton in the republic, as well as its consequences. KEY WORDS: irrigation, irrigation canal, pumping station, siphon, collector, drainage, Soviet government, centre, cotton monopoly.
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2020 ◽
pp. 399-402
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