Kyzylorda & the Syr Darya
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The world’s first and largest spaceport, where Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin launched from. Leased to Russia; visits require arranged tours.
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Kyzylorda & the Syr Darya
A flat, dry region along the Syr Darya river in south-central Kazakhstan, best known as the home of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
