Tour to "USSR"

Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. You will visit Karaganda, the city in 200km from Astana where you still may see Soviet architecture and spirit. The tour includes the visit of Karlag museum of political repression victims, one of the largest Gulag labor camps with 800,000 inmates served in total over its history. And it is an essential part of understanding the people and culture of Kazakhstan. It is a very sobering experience and exhibits repression in many forms

Itinerary
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Stop At: KarLag / Museum of Political Repression Victims’ Memory of the Dolinka Settlement, Shkolnaya St, 15 Dolinka Village, Karaganda Kazakhstan

One of the Gulag camp during the Soviet time

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Karaganda Academic Theater of the Musical Comedy, Bukhar-Zhyrau Ave., 32/2, Karaganda Kazakhstan

The central building in Karaganda that was built in Soviet time

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Monument to Expression Gde-Gde? V Karagande!, Abdirova Ave., Karaganda Kazakhstan

Expression that made famous Karaganda in all Russian speaking countries

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Temirtausky City Local Lore and History Museum, Metallurgov Ave., 28/4, Temirtau Kazakhstan

You will see the ecological problem caused by steel plant