HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION OF WATERWAYS IN THE KASHKADARYA OASIS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY

Canal, waterway, Russian irrigator, Nasaf, ditch, reserved land, engineer, Karshi desert.

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The changes that have occurred in the water supply of the Kashkadarya oasis, which is a geographically vast region of Uzbekistan, have been studied. The history of the existing water structures of the oasis is discussed. The large-scale policies pursued during the Soviet period with the aim of achieving a cotton monopoly in the region are analyzed.