english: Well, in the 1950s, the Soviets decided to divert that water to irrigate the desert to grow cotton, believe it or not, in Kazakhstan, to sell cotton to the international markets to bring foreign currency into the Soviet Union.
non_english: 1950. godine Rusi su odlučili da preusmere tu vodu da bi zalivali pustinju radi gajenja pamuka, verovali ili ne, u Kazahstanu, i da bi ga prodavali na međunarodnom tržištu, da privuku stranu valutu u Sovjetski Savez.