Museum of Victims of Political Repression — Attraction in Shymkent

I very much appreciate the initiative of such museums and was very interested in it. However, the experience was not the best. As I foreigner, even if I spoke good Russian, I didn't feel very welcome. The price is 1.000 tengue (I think it's the foreigners fee, overpriced for the two small halls you can visit) and the lady didn't ever offer me the brochure in English. I asked for it because I had read it in the comments. As I was the only visitor, they didn't even turn on the lights for me on the second floor. Also the cinema hall was off, I had to ask for it as well in order to watch the 25-min film (this one was indeed interesting and has English substitles). The exhibition is in Kazakh only, not even in Russian, for those who speak it. I would still recommend to visit but without hoping for too much.

Tip: the entrance is in the main building, not the door at the left -...

The exhibition is not very informative regardless of which language you speak. The only labeling they had was just a description of each subject: “Karlag”, “Deportation”, etc. Below these labels are photographs of apparent victims and copies of some documents (in Russian, I assume). There is no background information, no description of what repressions took place, no details on the outcome. The meager presentation hardly seems to justify the expense of the building and the staff...

Joining the comment of Alejandro about the visit, we would like to learn and understand more. However despite not speaking Kazakh or Russian you can feel the atmosphere and in my opinion paying a visit to this museum is also a way to support its activities. 1000T for foreigners I add the brochure in English so you can prepare the visit or in case it is not available...