Czech archaeologists comb site of former Soviet Gulag in Kazakhstan that held Czechs and Slovaks

Radio Prague International - latest articles · Sep 16, 2026 · 6m

The site of a one-time Soviet Gulag, located in Kazakhstan, is now being studied by archaeologists from the University of West Bohemia in cooperation with the NGO Gulag.cz. The camp once held more than 20,000 people, mostly political prisoners, including around two dozen Czechoslovaks.