ERA 1994 // 1994 CRASH·● POST-SOVIET STEPPE CRISIS·● SOVOIL
1994: Kazakhstan — World Stock Crash & US Collapse
SOVEREIGNTY INDEX: 44%[LAUNCH 1994 MAP →]
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (1994): Almaty/Astana Soviet Republic & SovOil Caspian Combine
- 01.Massive new hydrocarbon discoveries in the Caspian Tengiz and Kashagan basins make Kazakhstan the crown jewel of SovOil’s expansion during the 1990s.
- 02.Baikonur Cosmodrome launches heavy Soviet orbital modules and mass-lift cargo rockets competing with the European Space Agency.
- 03.The shrinking Aral Sea leaves behind toxic pesticide dust plains across western Kazakhstan.
HUMAN TOLL & CASUALTY ASSESSMENTAral Sea Ecological Collapse & Toxic Dust Storms
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REGIMEEurodollar (€$) & Soviet Ruble