The article deals with the process of 3D reconstruction of the tragedy of famine and political repressions in the 30s of the XX century. Until now, a complete historical and legal assessment of the repressive policy of the Soviet state in relation to the Kazakh people has not been given. In this regard, the problem of restoring historical justice is topical.

The work analyzes the foreign experience of visual and virtual reconstructions of historical and cultural objects and processes implemented based on information technologies.

Much attention is paid to the description of the used methods of virtual 3D reconstruction, as well as various types of sources, mainly photographic documents. The features of using various types of sources in 3D format are revealed. The formed source base of the study made it possible to conclude that its information potential is sufficient to create a scientifically substantiated virtual 3D reconstruction of events and facts of the period of the Soviet totalitarian regime.

The result of the work are virtually reconstructed scenes of the tragedy of the famine of the Kazakh people in the 30s of the XX century, obtained through photogrammetry in the software CloudPano, Pano2VR, 360degrees, 3DVista and others.