Place:Baikonur, Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

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NameBaikonur
Alt namesBajkonyrsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-13
Baykonursource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Leninsksource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates47.833°N 66.05°E
Located inDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
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Baikonur, formerly known as Leninsk, is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river, rented and administered by the Russian Federation as an enclave. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995. During the Soviet period, it was sometimes referred to as Zvezdograd, Russian for Star City.

The rented area is an ellipse measuring east to west by north to south, with the cosmodrome situated at the area's centre.

Foreign visitors need pre-approval from the Russian authorities to visit both the town of Baikonur itself and the Cosmodrome. Foreign visitors need to obtain a written approval which is completely separate from having a regular Russian visa.

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