The first movie. The prisoners of the Gulag

1954, Kazakhstan. Special camp No. 4 — “Steplag”, in one of its branches near the village of Kengir, so-called “anti-Soviet elements” were held. The camp's leadership was particularly cruel: beatings, abuse, massacres, and murders were the norm.

The second movie. First blood

1955. On Easter 1954, a column of women was being led from the night shift to the “zone”. A men's convoy was walking to work on a parallel road to meet them. They greeted each other: “Christ is risen!” and the girls replied: “He is truly risen!” (most of the prisoners were Ukrainians). One of the convoy guards fired a burst of automatic fire at the men's convoy: 13 prisoners were killed immediately, and five of the 33 wounded died in hospital later. And this was not the only case of arbitrary executions in the camp... It was in protest against these killings that the prisoners rebelled. The entire administration was expelled from the camp, the walls between the women's and men's zones were dismantled, barricades were built, and guards were posted.

The third movie. Freedom or death

1956. Thanks to high self-organization, the rebels held the camp for forty days. However, weapons and tanks were used to suppress the protest...