Today, 31st of May, is the annual Memorial Day for Victims of Political Repression in Kazakhstan, a country that hosted a large part of the network of labour camps, colonies and special settlements that made up the Soviet Gulag.

Today, 31st of May, is the annual Memorial Day for Victims of Political Repression in Kazakhstan, a country that hosted a large part of the network of labour camps, colonies and special settlements that made up the Soviet Gulag.Today, 31st of May, is the annual Memorial Day for Victims of Political Repression in Kazakhstan, a country that hosted a large part of the network of labour camps, colonies and special settlements that made up the Soviet Gulag.