Kengir 2644811 197231385 2008-03-10T14:13:49Z Blofeld of SPECTRE 1616157 '''Kengir''' is a village in central [[Kazakhstan]]. During the [[Soviet era]], a [[prison labor]] camp of [[Steplag]] division of [[Gulag]] in [[Kazakhstan]] was set up adjacent to it. The camp, which was situated near the central-Kazakhstan city of [[Dzhezkazgan]], near the [[Kara River]] (also known as the [[Kengir River]]), and held approximately 8,000 prisoners, was notable for the prisoner uprising that took place there in the summer of [[1954]] (''see'' [[Kengir uprising]]). After the camp was closed, a big automotive depot was placed there. ==See also== *[[Kengir uprising]] *[[Vorkuta uprising]] *[[List of Gulag camps]] *[[Kengir River]] ==References== *{{cite book | author=Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr | title=[[The Gulag Archipelago]] | id=ISBN 0-06-080396-7 | publisher=Harper & Row | year=1976 }} *Kulchik, Josip, ''Seagulls of Kengir'' ("Chaiki Kingiru", in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]), [[Lviv]], 2000. [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Kazakhstan]] [[Category:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] [[Category:Gulag]] [[Category:History of Kazakhstan]] {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub}}