Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

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national anthem composed by Latif Khamidi, Mukan Tulebaev, Yevgeny Brusilovsky with lyrics by Gabit Musirepov, Abdilda Tazhibaev

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Kengir (, Keñgır) is a village in central Kazakhstan. It is situated between the cities of Zhezqazghan and Satpayev. During the Soviet era, a prison labor camp of the 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-Kengir River, and held approximately 5,200 prisoners, was the scene of a notable prisoner uprising in the summer of 1954. After the camp was closed, a large automotive depot was placed there.

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former administrative division of Kazakhstan

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