Stepnogorsk ( kk, Степногорск, translit=Stepnogorsk; russian: Степногорск) is a town in
Akmola Region,
Kazakhstan.
History
Stepnogorsk was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200 km North-East of
Nur-Sultan. It began as a
closed town
A closed city or closed town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research ins ...
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 ...
.
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