Abstract:
The article examines the history of the Aral Sea and the
environmental disaster of the twentieth century associated with the
disappearance of the world's fourth sea body of water. A comprehensive
author's research at the interdisciplinary level showed the role and place of
the Aral Sea from the moment of its formation in the surrounding space, its
influence on the socio-economic development of coastal areas. The
purpose of the undertaken research was to determine the cause-and-effect
relationships that determined the large-scale man-made environmental
disaster that occurred on the border line of the two states of Kazakhstan
and Uzbekistan. The authors tried to show how the disappearance of the
sea affected the ecological state of the environment, namely the KyzylOrda region, where the remains of the Aral Sea are located. The article
provides statistical indicators on the topic of the research, their
comparative analysis and the dynamics of the state of the environmental
situation in the Aral Sea region. The authors introduce a visual
representation of the changes in the Aral Sea throughout modern and
recent times. In conclusion, the authors demonstrate the existence of
measures taken by the state in an attempt to restore the Small Aral Sea by
constructing a hydraulic structure.
