Baikonur

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Baikonur (kaz. Baıqonyr/Байқоныр; rus. Байконур) formerly known as Leninsk (also, see Tyuratam), is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river, rented and administered by the Russian Federation. 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 Звездоград (Zvezdograd), Russian for 'Star City'.

Baikonur Media

• Baikonur CIA U-2.gif

  U-2 photograph of R-7 launch pad in Toretam

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  Baikonur and Syr Darya River

• Baykonur city entry 2008.jpg

  КПП на въезде в город Байконур со стороны посёлка Тюра-Там

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  Kazakh boy wearing a national costume at the celebration of Nauryz event in Baikonur, with a camel