Back in 1947, when Karaganda as a city could be called a stretch (small adobe houses stuck 
to the mines, little reminiscent of the regional center in today's view), the number of 
educational institutions could be counted on the fingers. One of the post-war schools that 
opened its doors to the children of miners and the repressed was secondary school No. 35.

True, few people knew her as the 35th, among the people she was simply called “German”. 
And the thing is that in the late 40s and early 50s, Karaganda gradually began to be inhabited 
by former Labor Army soldiers - Germans who came from Siberian logging, but once exiled 
from the Volga steppes. Moreover, around the school, which at that time became the only 
center of culture, knowledge and light, both figuratively and literally, the Germans built their 
houses with their inherent diligence and painstaking work.

The settlement later received the unofficial name "Berlin", and the school remained 
"German" for everyone. Although children of different nationalities studied here in Russian, 
and the teaching staff was international, and most importantly - professional.