Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland
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Background
ALZhIR, the Akmolinsk Camp of Wives of Traitors to the Motherland (Russian: ÐкмолинÑкий лагеÑÑ Ð¶Ñн изменников РодинÑ, ÐÐÐÐÐ , romanized: Akmolinskiy lager' zhon izmennikov Rodiny, ALZhIR), was a colloquial name for the 17th special female camp detachment of the Karlag, Karaganda labor camp of the Gulag in the Akmola Region of Kazakhstan. The name comes from the fact that the majority of the inmates were the ChSIR: members of the families of traitors to the Motherland after NKVD Order 00486 of 15 August 1937. Over 18,000 women spent some time in the camp during its existence, and about 8,000 women served a full sentence there, of which 4,500 were ChSIR. The name was an ironical joke of the inmates, because "ÐлжиÑ" means "Algeria" in Russian. It was established in August 1937 by the village of Malinovka (now Tonkeris) southwest of Akmola (now Astana). Its total area was 30,000 hectares.
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Sources
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World Prisons. (2026). Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akmol-labour-camp-for-wives-of-traitors-of-the-motherland
"Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akmol-labour-camp-for-wives-of-traitors-of-the-motherland.
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