HISTORY OF IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL AND RIVER ENGINEERING VOL.I: HISTORY OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE IN THE USSR// USSR National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage

1. History Of Irrigation In Central Asia 1.1 Introduction To History Of Irrigation In Central Asia 1.2 Natural Condition In Central Asia 1.3 Origins Of Agriculture And Irrigation Practices 1.4 Evolution Of Irrigation Farming In Central Asia And Kazakhstan 1.5 Irrigation In Ancient Central Asia And Southern Kazakhstan 1.7 Popular Irrigation Practices And Water Economy Of Turkestan Before It Became Part Of Russia 1.8 Irrigation In Central Asia And Kazakhstan After The Area Was Made Part Of Russia 2. Land Irrigation in the Caucasus and Povolzhye 2.1 Natural Condition of the Caucasus and Development of Agriculture 2.2 Armenia 2.3 Georgia 2.4 Azerbaijan 2.5 the North Caucasus 2.6 Povolzhye 3. History Of Drainage Development 3.1 Introduction To History Of Drainage Development 3.2 First Drainage Work In Russia 3.3 Hydroengineering Land Improvement In The 18th-First Half Of The 19th Centuries 3.4 Drainage In The Late 19th-Early 20th Centuries 3.5 Legislation 3.6 Organisation Of Experimental Work And Development Of Land Reclamation Science 4. Land Improvement In The Years Of Soviet Power 4.1 Development Of Agriculture 4.2 Land Improvement During Civil War (1917 - 1921) 4.3 Land Improvement In 1922 - 1941 4.4 Land Improvement After The End Of The Great Patriotic War 4.5 Land Improvement In The Period 1966-1980 4.6 Prospects Of Further Land Reclamation Development

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