CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Satymbekova, Raikhan |
|---|---|
| Title | The Gulag camp "ALZHIR": memorialization practices |
| Summary | On the territory of Gulag forced labor camps there was a female camp in the village of Akmola region (Kazakhstan) – ALZHIR (1937-1953). This camp was created to imprison women that were wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of political prisoners of the Soviet Union. Arrested based only on kinship these women were condemned for approximately 8 years. Nowadays there is a museum and memorial complex "ALZHIR", which was opened to commemorate the story of the female camp and its women. The main significance of this thesis is that for the first time it analyzes the history of the camp and its museum. By doing so, this research investigates how these women have been remembered, and what silenced or un-silenced strategies have occurred since the camp was closed till nowadays. The main result of this research shows that frames of commemorative practices of the museum have been based on political power relations that have controlled the interpretation of the history of the camp "ALZHIR". |
| Supervisor | Andrea Petö |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/satymbekova_raikhan.pdf |
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