KarLag / Museum of Political Repression Victims’ Memory of the Dolinka Settlement, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
4.5 (71 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Karaganda Speciality Museums
Must see in Karaganda
Really well made museum. It manages to convey both information and emotion. It does not feel kitschy or preachy and is quite accessible even if you only speak Russian. We got there by taxi. We paid for the tickets and received an English speaking guide. Do take your photos during the guided trip, you cannot explore without being accompanied by a guide. The exhibits themselves are impactful and tell about different aspects of what happened. Some of them are quite effective. Unfortunately, there are no books for sale about the topic but maybe that change sin the future. To return, we took a bus near the museum. And then another one. People were very helpful. If you go to Karaganda, do check this one out.
Address
Shkolnaya St, 15 Dolinka Village, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
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Website
http://museum.karaganda.kz/index.php/en/museums/muzey-pam-jertv-pol-repr
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4.5 based on (71 reviews)
Reviews
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5VShuptar 5:00 PM Sep 2, 2015
One of the most popular tourist destination in the surroundings of Karaganda
The Museum of memory of political repressions victims is located in a monumental two-storey building with columns, where Administration of the Karaganda corrective labour camp of the People’s commissariat of internal affairs had been housed until 1959.
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5Scott B 5:00 PM Jun 20, 2015
An important part of history that few people out of the former Soviet Union are aware of.
Our family visited this museum in June 2015. We have a 14 year old son who we adopted from an orphanage in Karaganda when he was two. We decided to visit Karaganda together with our son's older brother so that we could learn more about our son's heritage and roots. It is likely that some of his ancestors came to the area through the Karlag. This was an excellent museum. It gave important information about the Soviet "Gulag" system. They were many educational displays. There is no doubt about it, it is hard to see. Despite that, everyone should see it! It was appropriate for our teenagers, but may be challenging for some children at that age. Our guide spoke English. She was a little nervous at first, but she got much better as we went along. She knew enough to answer questions that were off the script. More people need to educate themselves about the abuses of Stalin.
