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Baikonur (Ulytau Region)

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(Redirected from Baikonur (Karagandy Region)) Not to be confused with Baikonur.For other meanings, see Baikonur (disambiguation). Place in Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Baikonur Байқоңыр (Kazakh)
Байконур (Russian)
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Coordinates: 47°49′23″N 66°2′50″E / 47.82306°N 66.04722°E / 47.82306; 66.04722
Country Kazakhstan
RegionUlytau Region
Population
 • Total427
Time zoneUTC+6 (UTC+6)

Baikonur is a small mining town in central Kazakhstan near Jezkazgan. Coal mining began in 1914.

In 1961, the name was appropriated for the Baikonur Cosmodrome about 320 kilometres southwest of the older mining town; some sources state this was done in order to keep the actual location of the cosmodrome secret. Leninsk, the town built to support the cosmodrome, was renamed Baikonur in 1995 after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Geography

River Baikonur flows by the village.

References

  1. Suvorov, Vladimir (1997). The first manned spaceflight: Russia's quest for space. Nova Publishers. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-56072-402-5.
  2. "The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project". NASA.
  3. "L-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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