Kengir
Sign in to saveKengir (, 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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Place details
- Locality
- Жезқазған Қ.Ә.
- Region
- Ұлытау облысы
- Country
- Қазақстан
- Population
- 2,393
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kengir
- Settlement.native_name
- Кеңгір
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kazakhstan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karaganda Region
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.settlement_type
- village
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- UTC+6
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +6
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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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.
==See also== Vorkuta uprising List of Gulag camps
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