Expedition “Saraishyk-Prorva-Burynshyk-Atyrau-Saraishyk”

Today, scientists of the State State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Saraishyk” together with the akimat of the Makhambet district started a trip with a research expedition along the route “Saraishyk-Prorva-Burynshyk-Atyrau-Saraishyk”.

The purpose of the expedition: during the implementation of the scientific project “The Camps of Prorva and Astrakhan in the GULAG system (1932-1950): history, memory, lessons”, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the creation of a 3D model of the GULAG camps, aerial photo-video shooting and conducting historical and archaeological exploration at the site of the camps, collecting materials. As a result of the expedition, special exhibitions will be organized in the region, the republic, and abroad in the future. The archival documents necessary for the expedition were withdrawn from the archives of the cities of Moscow and Astrakhan of the Russian Federation.