Nightmares from the USSR

Nightmares from the USSR

Part of this tour takes places in the former Semipalatinsk nucleair testsite. A short stay in this area is not hazardous for your health, provided that you follow the safety instructions. Your guides are experienced and have the necessary knowledge to protect your health. 

A tour for people with an 'unhealthy' interest in the former USSR, and especially in its atrocities. This program is new, unusual and packed with excursions to memories to the USSR, foremost the labour camps and nucleair test sites. Not for the faint of heart!

A Kazakhstani part of the Soviet heritage is represented in the central part of the country in the best way. This is here where notorious correctional camps of the Stalin epoch – “Karlag” and “ALZHIR” were situated. These are the lands which became witnesses of the nuclear explosions, made during Cold War and Arms Race. History of the Civil War, which followed the October revolution, is also represented abundantly. Developing virgin lands, industrialization, urbanization… Silent witnesses of all those processes, being a part of life in the USSR, are still can be seen here, in the very heart of Kazakhstan

Photos of this trip

Program summary

Days Day description Distance
Day 1 Soviet memories around Astana 73 km
Day 2 To the Center of the former Nucleair Test Site 635 km
Day 3 At the Test Site 120 km
Day 4 Picnic in the Oasis 290 km
Day 5 Karkaralinsk and Karaganda 218 km
Day 6 A Visit to the former Labour Camps 160 km


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Additional travel information

Tour title: Nightmares from the USSR
Length of tour: 6 days
Number of persons: unlimited
Group or indiv. tour: Individual travel
Departure dates: NA
Total distance of tour: 1500 km
Accommodation: hotels
Transportation: minibus
Included: all transfers by 4WD minibus, services of a driver and english speaking local guide, accommodations in tent and homestay, three meals a day, entrance fees to all mentioned musea, rent of a sleeping bag and mat
Not included: Kazakh visa, transfer until Astanba and from Karaganda
Price: 663 euro (at 4 p.)
Comfort:
3
Physical effort:
4
Remarks:
Seasons:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Areas: Astana & Central Kazakhstan
Themes: Thematic Tours