Steplag
Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Steplag or Stepnoy Camp Directorate, Special Camp No. 4 (№ 4) was an MVD special camp for political prisoners within the Gulag system of the Soviet Union. It was established on February 28, 1948, on the base of the Spasozavodsky POW camp near Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Its headquarters were in Kengir or Jezkazgan. In 1956, Steplag was disestablished, and its camps were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kazakh SSR.
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