Museum-memorial complex of victims of political repressions and totalitarianism ALZHIR
114 reviews
July 5, 2024
The adjacent territory of the museum is full of historical objects. The Arch of Sorrow is very impressive, there are a couple of sculptures very themed. There is a huge wall behind the museum with the names of the prisoners. In my opinion, the ticket price is very high, and there are very few exhibits, mostly copies of prisoners' letters and orders for them. To be honest, I do not recommend going in for such a price. But this is my opinion only. And it's worth a visit.
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September 9, 2024
ALGERIA, a memorial complex for the victims of the wives of traitors to the Motherland. A sad place, thanks to Kazakhstan for remembering and honoring the memory of the dead repressed people is located near Almaty, we took a taxi, not very expensive, and also took a taxi back, the three of us gave us audio guides, listened very interestingly, walked, watched everything, and a documentary was shown for us separately, after We had an excursion
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November 25, 2024
In May 2024, the family visited the memorial complex. It is worth visiting with a family, with children. The younger generation should know all sides of the history of the USSR.
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March 9
It was very interesting to see and listen, there are exhibits in the museum that were used, I advise you to visit the museum.
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August 29, 2024
The story of the generation of our parents, grandparents, which must not be forgotten and must be conveyed to the current generation. I definitely recommend visiting this museum, listening to the guide and watching a movie.
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October 13, 2024
Medium. On the one hand, it is interesting historically, on the other hand, there is too much Kazakh nationalism in the guide.
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August 25, 2024
The best legacy that we should not forget about is who we are and what our ancestors had to go through.
This is our history and how our ancestors were intertwined with other outstanding people.
It is here that it is shown what women faithful to their husbands had to go through. Through what separation and longing and pain.
Remember, know and never forget your story!!!
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December 23, 2023
A very good museum complex. The museum exposition, layouts, stands, and photographs are well developed. Thanks a lot for saving your memory, everyone should see this!!! To remember and grieve, so that this would not happen again. The memorial itself is very well maintained, there is a little lack of exposure in the open area. As far as I know, the prisoners were buried near the camp, it would be good to restore the cemetery of the camp's prisoners...
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November 20, 2024
A difficult place with an equally difficult history. For a visit, you can definitely advise not to forget such a terrible story that happened to our people.
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May 15, 2024
It's a very interesting place, I recommend it to everyone. After watching the series ALGERIA, I really wanted to go there and in 2023 we visited it with the whole family, it was very interesting and informative for the children.
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January 18
The tour of the museum makes a strong but heavy impression. The museum's halls feature books and photographic materials about the victims of Stalin's repressions. The dioramas, which clearly show the harsh conditions of detention of Algerian prisoners, are impressive. Here you can also see some of the prisoners' personal belongings and their letters to their relatives. I bow low to the creators and staff of the museum for their hard work, for preserving the memory of the innocent victims of the Stalinist regime.
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June 21, 2024
We were in June 2024, with a tour group. Algeria is a museum dedicated to the memory of wives, mothers of traitors to the Motherland. The tour shook me to goosebumps. I recommend.
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June 13, 2023
Today we went to the A.L.J.I.R. museum complex. There is no information on how to get there by public transport on the museum's website. I found information on the Internet that a bus 305 runs from the Asia Park shopping center. Arriving at the stop at the shopping center, this bus was not found. I had to take a taxi, we agreed on 10,000 tenge in both directions plus an hour of waiting - there is free parking on the territory of the museum.
This museum is special - it is primarily a historical memory - both collective and individual - of the fate of individuals and their families…
It is better to prepare for the trip. There are life stories of some female prisoners on the museum's website. Plus, a good TV series ALGERIA was filmed, which is available on Kinopoisk. The series is based on historical events. The parallels with real Algerian women are easy to read.
I liked the tour - the girl guide talked very interestingly and emotionally.
I'm glad that I managed to get here. I was with my 12-year-old daughter. And to the question of who the traitors to the motherland were and why they were imprisoned, she now has her own answers.
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June 18, 2024
I read it on the travelers' website, decided when I would be in Astana, I would stop by. There are not many exhibits, but it was hard to see the children's ears. Most of the visitors were visitors from different cities, as well as from Russia and Germany.
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September 11, 2024
A place with a tragic history. It makes me shudder to visit. The museum is modest, but it gives an idea of the tortured human destinies. The price is symbolic. You can get from Astana by bus (although it rarely goes)
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October 31, 2024
Heavy aura, tears in his eyes, probably if they took an audio guide, they would burst into tears.It is necessary to visit such places, it is a naga story
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February 22, 2024
The overall impression of visiting the museum is GOOD.THE TERRITORY FROM THE FIRST STEPS MAKES YOU GO BACK TO THAT TERRIBLE TIME.THE SILENT SCENE IN THE CARRIAGE AND IN THE BARRACKS IS VERY CLEARLY CONVEYED.ENTERING THE MUSEUM, AND HAVING FAMILIARIZED WITH DOCUMENTS, THINGS, SCENES FROM LIFE, WATCHING A MOVIE, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW A PERSON CAN ENDURE SO MANY HARDSHIPS AND HARDSHIPS.THERE IS NO BAD NATION - THERE ARE NEGLIGENT DICTATORS.THE DISADVANTAGE IS THAT THE GUIDE ONLY WORKS WITH GROUPS.AUDIO TRANSLATOR HEADPHONES ARE ALSO NOT FOR EVERYONE.THERE IS NO ALGORITHM FOR PASSING THE MUSEUM.
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February 12
The memorial was done very well, and there is a huge memory for those who died from repression.
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August 16, 2023
A must-visit place for anyone interested in history; it is better to take a Russian-speaking guide; we had Elmira; 1.5 hours + an excellent documentary; impressions are the most positive, despite the tragedy of this place
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February 19, 2024
The place is very iconic, but the design is quite formal. The guide did not allow me to ask questions, it feels like I just memorized the text. And yet it is very good that this museum exists and has preserved the memory of those terrible years
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March 31, 2024
It's a good museum. Very conceptually done. It is a pity that it is not on the site of the camp itself. But generally well thought out. Prices are affordable,
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December 23, 2023
This place is a must-visit for all people who think and appreciate memory and truth. Great respect to the people of Kazakhstan for preserving so many materials from this terrible page of our country's past. This should not be forgotten and it is simply necessary to remember that such horrors will never happen again!
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July 14, 2024
It's a scary place, but it's a must-see. A person can see with his own eyes what repression is and how a person ( guards ) can become a scat.
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May 10, 2024
A place with a special atmosphere, few people will be able to understand the fate of those people who were cut off or maimed there. My great-grandfathers, both on my father's and mother's sides, were in such camps thanks to the moral invalid Stalin.
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May 17, 2024
A strong place. You feel the full weight of the repressions that have been. I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves history.
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March 9, 2023
I brought my 18-year-old Daughter with me. It was interesting to watch. I didn't understand everything, but I got into the story. The museum is small, but excellent. 30-40 minutes is enough. Different programs. A tour guide, an audio guide, watching a movie. The prices are symbolic. Keep it up!)
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May 23, 2023
The place is interesting, a monument to the past years of harsh reality. Russian russians did not like one thing, all the articles presented bet on the fact that pre-revolutionary Russia oppressed Kazakhstan, and in Soviet times Kazakhs suffered from Russians in general (I even photographed almost all the fragments of articles and documents presented there), although there were more Russians among the prisoners than all other nationalities combined! There is almost no word about the fact that Kazakhstan was under the protection of Russia, and subsequently the USSR. It's very bad when history is treated so one-sidedly!
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March 25, 2024
I've been planning to go for a long time, I took my son on an excursion. The weather was gloomy.My son didn't like it, it was boring.
I liked the place. Everything was shiny and solemn because of the rain. The museum occupies a large area, everything is well-groomed and orderly. I liked the audio guide.A big minus is there is no place to relax, where you can sit and drink tea, chat, have a snack.
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December 26, 2023
A historical place. Useful information about people that everyone needs to know. There are models of cells for prisoners, the whole life is described, a lot of information. The place has historical value, it is recommended to watch the TV series ALGERIA after visiting
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October 27, 2024
A historic place! An interesting tour
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May 14, 2023
A.L.J.I.R. memory of the cruel past.
Many descendants of prisoners of a non-titular nation still live in Kazakhstan and consider the country their homeland. But, many Kazakh families were affected by this and similar places on the territory of the former USSR.
Do not forget this and do not repeat mistakes.
I estimate the external (outdoor) exposition of the Complex at 5.
The museum itself can be improved, as an example, I can recommend the experience of the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, it has a different theme, but the concept itself can be borrowed to attract a younger audience.
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March 30, 2024
Every citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan should visit this place to know the history of his country, to know how hard our freedom and independence have been for us!
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October 12, 2023
Thank you very much for this memory! As they say, those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it.
Unfortunately, there are too few such museums on the territory of the former USSR, although there were dozens of camps! This museum is a must-visit for EVERYONE!
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September 15, 2024
A place where you just want to be silent. This is our past, and without the past there is no present and no future.
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June 10, 2023
The memorial complex is done perfectly, competent guides! The place is certainly difficult to visit, but you need to know our history.
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May 26, 2023
The ALGIERS Memorial Museum is very impressed with its historical past. Whose past will never be forgotten! It's scary to even imagine what happened there in the distant 37-38s. This museum is a witness to all this. We advise everyone to go. Everyone should know and remember this story! Good luck to everyone.
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May 20, 2023
A wonderful museum! A vivid evidence that NOT everything in the USSR was perfect! Stalin staged a terrible genocide of his compatriots. Thanks to the Kazakh land and all Kazakhs for the warm welcome of my ancestors. We shared the last piece, but we didn't let them die!
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September 14, 2024
It's strange to give five stars to such a place, but how else to show that everyone should visit it
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January 30, 2024
It's worth going to listen and see, the entrance is inexpensive. The guide in Kazakh was excellent.
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March 7
A wonderful museum, you can visit and preserve history
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April 5, 2024
Interestingly, you need to know the history. Maybe I just love such places, it's definitely worth taking the children.
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July 15, 2024
A gorgeous historical place. I recommend everyone to visit. The only camp in the whole world was for women.
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June 4, 2022
We visited the museum with the children. It's not far from the city. The road is good. They found it on the map right away. I liked the museum, the prices are reasonable, we watched the film in Kazakh, the original in Russian, we had to watch it. We learned the history of this place.
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August 6, 2022
It is a very informative place to understand the difficult periods of the history of the entire Soviet people and the ancestors of people living in the post-Soviet space. It vividly conveys the pain and suffering of ordinary people. The territory and the huge barrier strongly resemble past times
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March 18, 2023
The complex is large-scale, especially a museum with good attributes, exhibits and immersion in history. The guide will give you a good tour
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November 6, 2022
An interesting place , the museum itself is small . On the ground floor there is the history of Kazakhstan, the second floor is dedicated to the history of the camp itself.
We took a taxi to the museum itself - it was difficult to call a taxi back. The waiting time was 25-30 minutes. I had to hitch a ride to Astana
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September 5, 2022
Scary parenting inside...
The memorial complex in memory of the victims of political repression "ALGIERS" is a large—scale open-air structure 40 km from Nur Sultan in Kazakhstan.
It was here that the infamous Akmola camp of wives of traitors to the motherland was located, where thousands of women were held in different years (from 1938 to 1953), whose fault was only that they were simply the wives of arrested, shot "enemies of the people".
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October 1, 2024
An interesting place with a terrible past.
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August 18, 2023
A place that everyone must visit. Emotions flow over the edge when visiting this complex. Everyone should know these tragic years in the life of our country...
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November 20, 2022
I just strongly recommend visiting this memorial. The museum opens the sad and sad history of our country, the tragedy of the Kazakh and the entire Soviet people. Tears flow seeing how people suffered. The senseless sacrifices, the incredible cruelty of the entire NKVD system of that time and at the same time the kindness of the Kazakh people.
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