CAMPS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The article deals with the problems dedicated to one of the largest camps in the GULAG system during the Stalinist repressions of 1920-1950. Networks of camps of political prisoners, during the years of repression, were also located on the territory of modern Western Kazakhstan region.The proposed article examines the history of the formation of the Bezymyan Camp of political prisoners (1940-1946), located on the border between the Bayterek district of the West Kazakhstan region (formerly Zelenovsky district) and the Samara region of the Russian Federation and the camp near the village of Saykhyn Bokey-Ordinsky district. Documentary sources have been summarized on the topic of the study, previously published literature has been analyzed. The reason for the formation of political prisoners, the territory of deployment, the contingent, the household, social status of prisoners. The directions of the research subject are determined, the methodology, bibliographic and special scientific works and reference documents are analyzed.