Tour to Alzhir (Akmola camp of wives of traitors of the Motherland) from Astana
ALZHIR was the biggest concentration camp in USSR for country traitors’ wives and their children. Visiting this place, you will learn how people lived, worked and survived in soviet concentration camps.
Itinerary
Day 1: Tour to ALZHIR
In the morning, depart Astana and drive to memorial complex ALZHIR, located 40 km away from the city. Concentration camp was built in the middle of vast Kazakh steppe in 1938 and stopped functioning in 1953, the year Stalin died. For 15 years, just as much as 20,000 women were brought to the camp from different regions of USSR. In 2007, memorial complex was opened on the territory of the former camp ALZHIR to commemorate those who have fallen under Stalin repressions.
In the afternoon, return to Astana. Drop off at your hotel.
Cost
- Transportation, driver, gasoline
- Airport pick up and drop off
- English Speaking guide
- Guest house
- Visit to Ethno-village Hunnu
- Mineral Water
- Taxi to closed zone of Big Almaty Lake
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- Travel Insurance
- Visa
- Alcohol
- Snacks
- Renting Snowbording gear and hiring and ski instructor
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