The disappearance of Central Asia's Aral Sea is seen as one of the worst environmental catastrophes in recent history. This paper, which draws from a book project on the disaster, Aral: Life and Death of a sea, focuses on the fate of the Aral Sea and its people in the Soviet Union's last years (1998-1991). It examines the far-reaching consequences of the sea's loss for local residents, as well as why Moscow failed to take any meaningful action to address the disaster.
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Thursday, January 23
The Sea Moves the People: Climate Migration and the Making of an Aral Sea Disaster Zone
Time:
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Presenter:
Sarah Cameron
Location:
Porter Hall 246A Carnegie Mellon University
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with World History Center and Carnegie Mellon Department of History