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The Akmola camp of the wives of traitors to the Motherland (A. L. Zh. I. R - .Акмолинский лагерь жён изменников Родины ) is the spoken name of the 17th women's special camp unit of the Karagandy ITL in the Akmola region, Kazakhstan (1938-1953).
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The largest Soviet women's camp, one of 3 "islands" of the "GULAG Archipelago". The name is associated with the composition of prisoners, much of which was repressed in accordance with the operational order of the NKVD of the USSR No. 00486 as FMTMs (CHSIRs) – “family members of traitors to the Motherland” settlement of labor settlements (now Akmol village (formerly Malinovka), Akmola region of Kazakhstan).
In 1938, there were about 8,000 female prisoners in the camp, including 4,500 FMTM (CHSIR). About 1500 more ChSIR were located in other departments of Karlag.