Institution

Karlag

1931–1959 · 20th century · Also known as Karaganda Corrective Labour Camp

Karlag, the Karaganda Corrective Labour Camp, was one of the largest camps of the Soviet Gulag, on the steppe of central Kazakhstan. From 1931 to 1959 its prisoners worked mainly on vast farms supplying the Karaganda coal-mining region. Hundreds of thousands passed through it, including political prisoners and deported people.

Karlag
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Kazakh SSR

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Karlag. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karlag
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