KarLag / Museum of Political Repression Victims’ Memory of the Dolinka Settlement

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 ...

Ideal time to visit is at the morning

Absolutely great exhibition. Descriptions also in english. All room is very authentically furnishment and also accompaniment with music give you reverent feeling from this place. The museum surprised ...

Powerful Museum on Soviet Relocation and Gulag System

Well done museum showing history of political repression and gulag system set up by Stalin and the devastating famine which killed an estimated 1.5 million people... It goes through the timeline and ...

Part of the history

Last year I was in Perm, Russia, visiting another museum dedicated to the Gulag history. What happened in Kazakhstan during Stalinism indeed startles. It is absolutely worth to visit even if you do no...

Excellent gulag museum!

Dolinka Village is 36 km south-west of Karaganda. The main attraction here is the Karlag Museum. We had been to a few Gulag museums in Russia, but this was the best that we had visited. The museum is ...