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Kengir uprising (1954)

On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “Kengir”

May–Jun 1954 — At Kengir camp near Dzhezkazgan, prisoners took control for forty days and elected their own leadership. Tanks and troops stormed the camp on 26 June. The official count recorded 37 dead, while prisoners’ accounts put the number of dead and wounded at 500 to 700.

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Site of memory
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Death of Stalin and de-Stalinisation (chapter 12 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
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The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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Map showing Kengir uprising (1954), site of memory in The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
SITE OF MEMORY · THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN, 1924–1953

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