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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IIRC the USSR had planned to line the rivers with concrete and build other devices so there would be less loss.

Those never got built, and there was even less ability to do so after the collapse.

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago