If a nation does not know its history, if the country loses its history, then its citizens have nowhere to go.
Mirzhakyp Dulatuly

Today in history

24 years ago the National Patent Office under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established by the Order of N. Nazarbayev

In 2010 in the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, one of the prospectuses was named after N. Nazarbayev

The Day of Kazakhstan's police

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In 1930, by the resolution of Council of People’s Commissars was formed Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp (Karlag)

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In 1930, by the resolution of Council of People’s Commissars was formed Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp (Karlag) - e-history.kz
May 13,1930, by the resolution of Council of People’s Commissars was formed Karlag on the territory of the county Karkaralinsk district, where it was given 110 hectares of the land.The management of the Karaganda camp was in the village Dolinka 45 km from Karaganda. When Karlag opened it had 2567 prisoners of 47 nationalities. In 1933, the number increased by 20 262, including 2 943 Kazakhs. In 1937- 1938, it already had 43 thousand prisoners. At the system of Karlag were 292 production points and 26 independent offices. About 1 million of people were in Karlag from 1931 to 1960. Beside Karlag on the territory of Kazakhstan were camps like Stepnoy,(Степной), Peschany,(Песчаный),Lugovoy,(Луговой),Dalnii (Дальний) and others.