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    The Uzbek cotton scandal, also known simply as the cotton scandal (Russian: хлопковое дело, Uzbek: paxta ishi) or the Uzbek scandal (Russian: Узбекское...
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    producer and the 11th largest exporter of cotton in the world. Cotton's nickname in Uzbekistan is "white gold" (Uzbek: oq oltin). Up to 2017, the industry...
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  • without criminal prosecution Soviet fish mafia Soviet fur mafia Uzbek cotton scandal; investigations continued well into the late 1980s, during Breshnev's...
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    is even used to make banknotes in South Korea. Uzbek cotton exports have become the cause of a scandal related to the Russian-Ukrainian war and sanctions...
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  • Soviet fur mafia (category Political scandals in Soviet Union)
    several fur coats were uncovered without proper manufacturer's tags. Uzbek cotton scandal, another major Soviet corruption case Soviet fish mafia Corruption...
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  • corruption along with Galina's brother, Yuri, for his involvement in the Uzbek cotton scandal. In 1990, when Churbanov was still in jail, Galina filed for a divorce...
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    Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (category CS1 Uzbek-language sources (uz))
    of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR. Usmonxoʻjayev became General Secretary following the disastrous "Cotton Scandal". Usmonxoʻjayev succeeded Sharof...
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    Yadgar Nasriddinova (category Articles containing Uzbek-language text)
    (Russian: Ядгар Садыковна Насриддинова, Uzbek: Yodgor Sodiqovna Nasriddinova; 26 December 1920 – 7 April 2006) was an Uzbek Soviet engineer, politician, and...
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    entire Uzbek party leadership. However, this move increased Uzbek nationalism, which had long resented Soviet policies such as the imposition of cotton monoculture...
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  • Sharof Rashidov (category CS1 Uzbek-language sources (uz))
    symbol of Uzbek nationalism. Sharof Rashidov District was named in his honor. While the cotton scandal was seen as a shame by Russians, Uzbeks largely supported...
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    Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: Гулнора Исломовна Каримова; Russian: Гульнара Исламовна Каримова, Gul'nara Islamovna Karimova; born 8 July...
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    corruption in Uzbekistan is a “cancer that had spread everywhere.” Bribery, nepotism, and extortion are common throughout the Uzbek public sector. Uzbek artist...
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    so-called Uzbek Affair. To the common Russians, some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late...
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  • including cotton pulp and nitrocellulose. These components are key in the manufacture of explosives and gunpowder. At least two large Uzbek exporters...
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    labour and "seeks to avoid" using Uzbek cotton, but admitted it did "not have any reliable methods" to ensure Uzbek cotton did not end up in any of its products...
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  • and politician, Arkansas state treasurer (2003–2007). Turgʻun Azizov, 89, Uzbek actor (Maftuningman, Fiery Roads). Tommy Baldwin, 78, English footballer...
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    replacement was part of the Central Asian purges in the wake of the Uzbek cotton corruption scandal. In January 1990 Niyazov was elected to the Supreme Soviet...
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    had removed his predecessor, Muhammetnazar Gapurov, following a cotton-related scandal. Under Niyazov, the Turkmen Communist Party had a reputation as...
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  • Spacecraft Aircraft parts Aluminium Car parts Coal Coffee Computers Copper Corn Cotton Diamonds Electricity Electronics Engines Gas turbines Gold Integrated circuits...
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  • People from Sri Lanka are allowed to join the show. ^22 Following the fraud scandal on the finale of Russian's The Voice Kids season six, the broadcaster closed...
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    and nuts. The American South has historically been a large producer of cotton, tobacco, and rice, but it has declined in agricultural production over...
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    viticulture and wine-making, cotton growing and medicinal plants. In some areas it is profitable to grow grain, potatoes, sugar beets, cotton and tobacco. Livestock...
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    Indira Gandhi went on to nationalise the coal, steel, copper, refining, cotton textiles and insurance industries. The main reason was to protect employment...
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    pro-independence movement. 1898: The Dukchi Ishan (Andican Uprising): Kirgiz, Uzbek, and Kipcak peoples rebelled against Tsarist Russia in Turkestan (Fargana...
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    Mayor of Blackburn 1899-1900". Cotton Town. Blackburn with Darwen. Retrieved 30 October 2020. "Late 19th Century". Cotton Town. Blackburn with Darwen Council...
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    property bubble 2007 export / pet food recalls 2007 stock bubble 2007 slave scandal 2008–2009 economic stimulus plan 2010 Expo 2015–16 stock market turbulence...
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  • Beer Biotechnology Business process outsourcing Cement Coffee Container Cotton Electric motor Electric power Electronics Film Fishing Gambling Hedge fund...
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    opened. 1861: the Savings and Loans Bank was founded along with the first cotton-weaving mill. 1866: the German Confederation was dissolved. 1868: the Liechtenstein...
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    00 Yugur Turkic 3861 5717 7,670 0.00 12,293 0.00 13,719 0.00 14,378 0.00 Uzbek Turkic 13626 7717 13,810 0.00 14,763 0.00 13,370 0.00 10,569 0.00 Monba...
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    Soviet agricultural program to irrigate Central Asian deserts, mainly for cotton plantations. Some of the earliest written records of dust storm activity...
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