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  Karaganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karaganda (Russian: Караганда) or Qaraghandy (Kazak: Қарағанды) is the capital of Qaraghandy Province in Kazakhstan.
Karaganda is an industrial city, built to exploit nearby coal mines using the slave work of prisoners of labor camps.
Karaganda is often used as the punchline in a popular joke in the former USSR.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qaraghandy   (454 words)

  
 | Gridded Lives: Why Kazakhstan and Montana Are Nearly the Same Place | The American Historical Review, 106.1 | The ...
Karaganda constitutes a prison city because it was built largely by convicts, and it was fed on crops grown in the labor camp's farms, while prisoners and deportees worked in the mines and factories of the city's blossoming industries.
Yet Karaganda is a city erected in the midst of a vast labor camp, a city where children planting trees in the schoolyard still come across human bones.
In both Montana and Karaganda, the rush for land, water, minerals, and cash crops displaced the indigenous peoples who had formerly inhabited the territories, while the European populations who replaced them were sorted according to contrived understandings of race, class, and loyalty.
www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/106.1/ah000017.html   (15633 words)

  
 Direction: The Karaganda Mennonite Brethren Church: A Requiem?
Karaganda is also known for its concrete and brick plants, steel milling, and the manufacture of mining equipment.
Karaganda Mennonite Brethren church records suggest a high level of discomfort in being surrounded by a completely Russian religious environment.
The reconstruction of the Karaganda Brethren Church depended essentially on the memories and possible prejudices of a few aging ministers ordained in the 1920s and early 1930s.
www.directionjournal.org /article?932   (4603 words)

  
 Take a tour to Karaganda Kazakhstan with Introduction Dating Marriage agency Oksanalove.
Karaganda is not a huge city as it has only 600.000 inhabitants.
Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport is one of the biggest in the Central Asia.
Known as the Air Gateway to the Karaganda region, the airport is situated 22 km (3.5 miles) to the southeast from Karaganda and 200 km (120 miles) from Astana, Kazakhstan’s new capital.
www.oksanalove.com /public/about_karaganda.html   (657 words)

  
 Karaganda --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It lies at the centre of the important Qaraghandy (Karaganda) coal basin.
The settlement, a satellite city of Qaraghandy (Karaganda), came into being when the reservoir was built in 1934; until 1945 it was called Samarkandsky.
In World War II a steel mill using scrap metal was established, and by 1945 the city had...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9044675?tocId=9044675   (441 words)

  
 DATELINE: Karaganda, Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During Soviet Union era, Karaganda was the third highest producer of coal.
Karaganda and Kazakhstan served as a place where people were banished.
One church in Karaganda had almost 200 people leave in the last 10 years.
www.joeragan.org /karaganda.htm   (397 words)

  
 Karagandinskaya oblast - Karaganda - "Mitsva" Association of Kazakhstan
The total area of Karaganda Oblast is about 430 thousand square kilometers.
Karaganda coalfield is one of the main power resources of Kazakhstan.
The population of Karaganda for 1999 is 437 thousand people.
www.mitsva.kz /regkaz/karaganda/province_e.shtml?2   (210 words)

  
 Joel's Kaz Blog
I met my last full day in Karaganda with a lot of walking around the city and a lot of visiting to with friends that I had met in the last year.
And for those of you in Karaganda who are reading this, I hope my stories made you laugh to see how a American tries to adapt to a new life and a new culture for a year.
That may not seem like such a horrible job, but here in Karaganda I have had my share of watching the work of those ticket collectors who have to wander the aisle of a bus for the entire day trying to remember who paid and who is trying to escape without paying.
www.kerseykaz.blogspot.com   (3346 words)

  
 She knows her only by name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The story of Karaganda resident Valentina Grigor'evna Mikhno, who was born in a German concentration camp in 1945, is similar to a scene from a Soviet war film, but with a very touching ending.
About 40 Karaganda residents, who are looking for relatives that have disappeared without a trace, assembled on Friday on the square before the city Akimat (Kazakhstani city administration).
Karaganda residents arrived, filled out forms indicating the name and surname of those whom they seek, and their own address.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1225444/posts   (4812 words)

  
 SUMMARY OF FACT-FINDING MISSION TO KAZAKHSTAN
Karaganda Oblast, therefore, needs laboratory equipment and western blot capabilities so that test results are not delayed.
The Karaganda Oblast and city administration have established a coordination council whose aim is to inform the government on the number of HIV infections and pay attention to the finances of the HIV centers.
Karaganda has two such trust points plus an NGO called Mother to Child for mothers of drug users.
www.eurasianet.org /policy_forum/kazakhst030101_print.shtml   (4513 words)

  
 KARAGANDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After ten years they are condemned to exile for life in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, an exile which ends with the politics of Khrushchev in the fifties.
After ten years of internment they are condemned to exile for life in Karaganda, also in Kazakhstan, an exile which does not find its end until politics of Khrushchev in the mid-fifties.
They meet friends, prisoners they were formerly interned with and prison guards and allow us to share in the hope, which, despite an inconceivably hard life, they have managed to preserve.
www.agdok.de /GermanDocumentaries/gD151.htm   (339 words)

  
 Karaganda
At some point along the way I was informed that our Karaganda coordinator had decided this was the best way to go and she wouldn’t like it if we changed her plans.
You see, the Karaganda airport was closed to landing planes (kind of ironic isn't it).
She was put on soy formula shortly after we left Karaganda and put on almost 2 pounds before we went back to get her.
home.nycap.rr.com /bankoskis/karaganda2.html   (4466 words)

  
 Karaganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Karaganda is an industrial city, built to exploit nearby coal mines using the slave work of prisoners of concentration camps.
When used in the locative case, the final syllable rhymes with the russian word for "where".
Thus the exchange: "You're going where?" "To Karaganda." Has a rhyming, silly sound, and its nuance could be approximated in American English as: "Where are you going?" "To Kalamazoo!" or "Timbuktu!"
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Qaraghandy   (220 words)

  
 Kazakh Adoptive Families: Karaganda/Qaraghandy
Karaganda was made a city in 1934 and an oblast (province) administrative centre in 1936; by 1939 its population had swollen to 166,000.
Coal mining and the production of coal-mining machinery still dominate Karaganda's industry, but there are also major iron and steel works, utilizing ore from Karazhal and Lisakovsk; in addition, there are large cement plants and also food and other light industries.
By 1972 the concentration of industry in Karaganda had reduced water supplies in a region already semiarid and necessitated the construction of the Irtysh-Karaganda (Ertis-Qaraghandy) Canal, dedicated in that year.
kazakhadoptivefamilies.com /cities/qaraghandy.html   (1077 words)

  
 KARAGANDA STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
The Karaganda State Technical University (KarSTU) is one of the largest higher educational establishments in training engineering, scientific and scientific-teaching personnel.
The Karaganda branch of the Academy of Natural Sciences of RK, Central-Kazakhstan branch of the International Academy of Informatization, the Association of Welders of Kazakhstan headed by the leading scientists of the University were founded on the basis of the University.
The sports complex of the KarSTU is one of the largest sports structures of Karaganda (the area of 3,560 sq.m.) in which there are 7 specialized sports halls: three playing halls, a hall for step-aerobics, a hall for weight-lifting, a hall for table-tennis, a hall for lessons of special medical groups, a chess-club.
www.kazscinet.unesco.kz /html/7.html   (3248 words)

  
 Mennonite Life - June 2000 - Sawatsky article
Though the 500 missionaries meeting in the new church building in Karaganda were mainly Ukrainians, Russians and Germans, nevertheless the harvesting had begun.
The Karaganda church supported him, sent him off, and now he reported back on one year of ministry and the emergence of a small fellowship.
Their congregation near Karaganda had promised to assist, but most members were in a survival mode, the Kazakh currency worth even less than the ruble.
www.bethelks.edu /mennonitelife/2000june/sawatsky_ripe_harvest_pf.php   (979 words)

  
 VF Proposal: Mapping Nuclear and Industrial Pollution in Kazakstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1995, the Karaganda Ecological Museum was founded by a group of professional geologists and chemists.
The Karaganda region is one of the most industrialized in Kazakhstan - home to numerous mines and metallurgical factories, and bordered by the Semipalatinsk polygon, where above and below ground nuclear tests were conducted from 1949-1991.
To provide information on environmental conditions in Karaganda to the general population and NGOs of the region, with the goal of increasing community activism in the region.
www.virtualfoundation.org /proposals/ecomaps001.cgi   (248 words)

  
 ITAR-TASS: LOCAL POPULATION EVACUATED FROM AREA OF BLAST IN KARAGANDA@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Local population evacuated from area of blast in Karaganda
ASTANA, Aug 09, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- Around 360 local residents and servicemen have been evacuated from a hazardous area in the Karaganda region where an explosion went off at artillery depots on Wednesday afternoon.
The explosion was triggered by a fire which broke out at the artillery depots of the Kazakh Defence ministry located near the station of Tokrau in the Karaganda region, Itar-Tass was told by the Kazakh Agency for Emergency Situations.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:46148640&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (213 words)

  
 About Kazakhstan
Karaganda is at about 48 degrees latitude (Albany is about 43 degrees).
Kazakhstan was used as a testing ground for nuclear missiles and as an alternate to Siberia for political criminals and forced labor.
This was the launch site for Sputnik I. Karaganda started out as a set of coal mining forced labor camps during World War II.
home.nycap.rr.com /bankoskis/about_kaz.html   (543 words)

  
 Profi Hunt. Karaganda argaly Hunt.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Next days you will fly in the evening to Karaganda, so you can have adjust to the time and have a sightseeing program in Moscow in the morning.
We have two areas for hunting Karaganda Agrali/ one area located 150 miles and second one 300 miles away from Karaganda.
Arrival in Karaganda in the morning, travel to the hunting area, sight in your rifle; adjust to the time change, rest
www.profi-hunt.com /hunting/e_argali_karaganda.shtml   (280 words)

  
 Big Game - Karaganda Argali Hunt
Karaganda Argali - a sheep with beautiful strong horns can be met in one area in Kasakhstan only – in Karaganda.
This argali subspecie inhabits low mountains Karkaraly (500-1000 m a.s.l.), east of Karaganda.
Transfer: 3,5 hr flight from Moscow to Karaganda (there is direct flight from Europe), then 6-7 hr by car to the camp.
www.hunting.as /tours/biggame/karaganda_argali.htm   (387 words)

  
 The history of the Greek-Catholic Church in Kazakstan (10/07/01)
Since Karaganda is a large city, many parishioners were confronted with the problem of commuting to the church.
Since Bishop Medvit was appointed visitator to Karaganda, he has visited Kazakstan every year, meeting with parishioners in Karaganda and other cities.
Throughout the last four years the number of Greek-Catholic congregations has increased from one to seven (two in Karaganda, one each in the Karaganda region, Astana and Pavlodar, and two in the Pavlodar region).
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2001/400127.shtml   (835 words)

  
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Those who tested positive and were convicted were isolated in separate wards in prison colonies in Karaganda province; HIV-positive prisoners with tuberculosis were further segregated in a separate ward.
Medical staff at colonies with HIV-positive prisoners, for example, said they knew cases of HIV-positive patients at the Karaganda AIDS Center who had refused treatment in the belief that it was too difficult to follow or simply ineffective.
A prison medical commission with representation from the Karaganda AIDS Center is responsible for determination of humanitarian release.
www.hrw.org /reports/2003/kazak0603/formatkaz2-07.htm   (2089 words)

  
 Karaganda on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KARAGANDA MINERS URGE PRESIDENT NOT TO SIGN LAW ON PENSIONS.
(coal miners in Karaganda send delegates to the Communist Party conference in Moscow)
TWO KILLED, 56 INJURED DURING FIREWORKS IN KARAGANDA.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-K1aragand.asp   (210 words)

  
 Arellanes.com » Bowling in Karaganda
I’m in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, where I’m holding workshops on open source software for publishers and IT managers from the Kazakh Association of Publishers.
Karaganda is a small (by former-Soviet standards) mining-and-manufacturing town, almost entirely built up in the last 60 years.
At the airport, the customs authorities were intimidating at first when I showed them my American passport.
www.arellanes.com /wordpress?p=2027   (292 words)

  
 Sarmatian Review XV.3: NKVD #28
Names, surnames, and addresses of family members who have to be evacuated in connection with the deportation from the USSR of the accused: Ozjasz Eker, Pepi Eker, Emanuel Eker.
Eker was a representative of the Polish government in exile in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan, and Mr.
The Polish government's ambassador, headquartered in Kuibyshev, set up small representative offices in the regions to which large numbers of Poles were deported after the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~sarmatia/995/NKVD.html   (953 words)

  
 Send Flowers to Karaganda, Kazakhstan - gift delivery by a florist in Karaganda.
Send flowers and gifts to Karaganda, Kazakhstan with our highly professional and experienced local flower shop.
The florist in Karaganda features fast and reliable flower delivery service within the city and the region.
You can find all specific details related to gift delivery to Karaganda and the region in the green table on the right side of the page.
www.flowers-to-russia.com /kazakhstan/karaganda.html   (235 words)

  
 IREX - Promoting Internet Development | IATP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On January 18, the IATP alumni club in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, held an awards ceremony for alumni who have created their own Web pages.
Arina Negoda (UGrad 02) took first prize for the home page at http://www.arina.freenet.kz/ and was awarded with a certificate, an optical mouse for her computer, and a mousepad.
The week of January 13 to 17, at the IATP access site in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, was devoted to touch-typing training for alumni.
www.irex.org /programs/iatp/news/2003/0123_iatpbrief.asp   (3923 words)

  
 Karaganda Argali - Hunting in Russia
This argali is hunted throughout the Karaganda region of eastern Kazakhstan.
Karaganda argali live in low rolling terrain at elevations around 6,000 feet, making these hunts less physically demanding than most argali hunts.
Hunters who finish their argali hunt early will have time to hunt other game such as Saiga antelope and Goitered gazelle on a trophy fee basis.
www.elta.ru /travel/hunt/specie/karag.htm   (85 words)

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