January 9-22, the scientific expedition to Saint-Petersburg was organized. During the expedition the meeting with Savely Lapitskiy, a honored artist of Russian Federation, ex-prisoner of GULAG took place.They sent to the museum fund graphics and political posters.

Naidis Eugenia handed to the fund of the museum her embroideries made in the camp.

June 12-19, museum employees traveled to Aktobe to conduct research in regional historic museum and regional archive.Miroshnichenko Ivan Nikolayevich, a writer, studies activity of Mukhametzhan Tynyshpayev and Usmanov Shankhay Mergalievich,a son of Kurmanova Galia.