Baikonur (also spelled Bajkonur, formely Leninsk) is a city situated in Kzyl-Orda oblast of Kazakhstan. Baikonur city is rented and administered by Russia. Baikonur city main purpose is
Baikonur (also spelled Bajkonur, formely Leninsk) is a city situated in Kzyl-Orda oblast of Kazakhstan. Baikonur city is rented and administered by Russia. Baikonur city main purpose is to maintain the Baikonur cosmodrome. The city was officially named Baikonur with the help of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.
Baikonur population is about 59,000 (2009) on the land area of 57 sq. km.
Baikonur phone code - +7 33622; postal code - 468320.
The railway station is located 2 km to the north of Baikonur on the territory of the settlement Tyuratam. Highway Aralsk - Zhosaly - Kyzylorda goes 5 km to the north of the city, it has the number M32 (Samara - Shymkent).
Baikonur city and the space-vehicles launching site are served by airport Krainiy (6 km to the west of Baikonur) and Yubileiny (former landing complex for “Buran” 40 km to the north-west of th