Repression against Polish Citizens during the Construction of the Akmolinsk–Kartaly Railway Line in 1939–1943

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The paper examines the Soviet Union’s repressive policies against Polish citizens during the construction of the railway connection between Akmolinsk and Kartaly. Archival documents and memoirs of the deportees from prewar Poland present a terrifying image of the tragic fate experienced by those who worked building the key railway line established in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during the Second World War.

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Dr. Dmitriy Panto, Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk

A historian, graduate of the Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State Uni­versity (Kazakhstan) and the Catholic University of Lublin. Cu­rator and employee of the Research Department at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. His research interests include the history of the Catholic Church in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Stalinist terror and deportations into the USSR.

Selected publications
Okupacja sowiecka ziem polskich w latach 1939–1941 (co-authored with W. Łukaszun) (2018); Deportacje Polaków i obywateli polskich do Kazachstanu w latach 1936–1941 (introduction and compilation) (2019); Krzywy obraz wojny. Armia Czerwona w Gdańsku i Prusach w 1945 r. (co-authored with T. Gliniecki) (2019).

Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies

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2025-09-23

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PANTO, Dmitriy. Repression against Polish Citizens during the Construction of the Akmolinsk–Kartaly Railway Line in 1939–1943. Totalitarian and 20th Century Studies. Online. 23 September 2025. Vol. 6, pp. 12-28 (PL), 182-199 (ENG). [Accessed 26 March 2026]. DOI 10.12775/STW.2022.06.01.

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Vol. 6 (2022)

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