Kengir
Village in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
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Kengir (Kazakh: Кеңгір, 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[1] 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.
Kengir
Кеңгір | |
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  Kengir Location in Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′25″N 67°36′55″E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Karaganda Region |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (UTC+6) |
