Stepnogorsk ( kk, Степногорск, translit=Stepnogorsk; russian: Степногорск) is a town in
Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is ...
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
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History
Stepnogorsk was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200 km North-East of
Nur-Sultan
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
. It began as a
closed town with code names Tselinograd-25 (russian: Целиноград-25), Makinsk-2 (russian: Макинск-2). The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site,
[Report includes interview with a microbiologist who "ran a huge bioweapons production plant in Stepnogorsk"]
/ref> which was known as the Stepnogorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology
The Stepnogorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology, also known as the Scientific Experimental and Production Base, was one of the premier biological warfare facilities operated by the Soviet Union. It was the only Biopreparat faci ...
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Population
References
External links
STEPNOGORSK Online - Unofficial web site since 1999mirror
(in Russian)
Advertising and Information Portal town Stepnogorsk Kazakhstan
(in Russian)
Cities and towns in Kazakhstan
Populated places in Akmola Region
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1959
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Weapons test sites
1959 establishments in the Soviet Union