Baikonur
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Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр; Russian: Байконур), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Qyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan rented and administered by Russia. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.
The original Baikonur is a mining town a few hundred kilometres northeast, near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan's Qaraghandy Province. The launch site was given this name to cause confusion and keep the location secret. The name Baikonur is Kazakh for "wealthy brown", i.e. "fertile land with many herbs". The railway station there, however, predates the base, and keeps the old name.
The fortunes of the city have varied according to those of the Soviet/Russian space program and its Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Google-panorama: goo.gl/maps/FNZiW23N4z8D13Wg9
The original Baikonur is a mining town a few hundred kilometres northeast, near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan's Qaraghandy Province. The launch site was given this name to cause confusion and keep the location secret. The name Baikonur is Kazakh for "wealthy brown", i.e. "fertile land with many herbs". The railway station there, however, predates the base, and keeps the old name.
The fortunes of the city have varied according to those of the Soviet/Russian space program and its Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Google-panorama: goo.gl/maps/FNZiW23N4z8D13Wg9
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur
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Coordinates: 45°37'42"N 63°15'32"E
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- Kopeysk 1079 km
- Chelyabinsk 1089 km
- Kurgan 1110 km
- Ufa 1166 km
- Makhachkala 1299 km
- Samara 1312 km
- Saratov 1444 km
- Ulyanovsk 1459 km
- Kazan 1525 km
- Cemetery 2.1 km
- Brewery. 2.9 km
- Runway 05/23 3.8 km
- Baikonur Krayniy Airport 3.8 km
- Area 3K: Hypergolic Fuel Storage 11 km
- Area 3 13 km
- S-200 (SA-5) Defensive Missile Site 17 km
- Site 195: R-36-O silo 18 km
- Site 196: R-36-O silo 24 km
- Baikonur Cosmodrome 26 km