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May 16, 1954
On May 16, 1954, beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag. Robert Greenberg, Trevor Francis, Ebiet G. Ade would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 16, 1954
Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag.
The Kengir uprising was a prisoner rebellion that occurred in Kengir (Steplag), a Soviet MVD special camp for political prisoners, during May and June 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag rebellions during the same period, such as the Vorkuta uprising and Norilsk uprising.
Around 1954
The year in brief
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
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On May 16, 1954
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1954 Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag. 1954 Gulag prisoner revolt in Kazakh SSR
The Kengir uprising was a prisoner rebellion that occurred in Kengir (Steplag), a Soviet MVD special camp for political prisoners, during May and June 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag rebellions during the same period, such as the Vorkuta uprising and Norilsk uprising.
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Other moments from 1954
- April 1 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- April 18 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- April 22 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- April 25 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
- April 26 The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
- April 26 The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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