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Priozersk, Kazakhstan

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Country
  
Kazakhstan

Founded
  
1956

Area code(s)
  
+7 71039

Population
  
13,479 (2009)

Region
  
Karaganda Region

Postal code
  
101100

Area
  
54.5 km²

Local time
  
Monday 1:32 PM

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Weather
  
2°C, Wind E at 14 km/h, 73% Humidity

Priozersk (Kazakh: Приозёрск, Priozyorsk; Russian: Приозёрск, Priozyorsk) is a closed city at Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of Sary Shagan anti-ballistic missile testing site.

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Map of Priozersk, Kazakhstan

Priozersk is located in Karaganda Region (central Kazakhstan), approximately 620 kilometers to the south-east of the Karaganda and 747 kilometers from Astana. The Cambala Airport lies in the suburbs.

Population: 13,479 (2009 Census results); 11,033 (1999 Census results). By nationality, the city is 46% Russian, 39% Kazakh, 6% Ukrainian, and 9% other. The town is closed for visiting by foreign citizens.

History

Tens of thousands of workers and hundreds of missile experts and army officers arrived after the Soviet government decided to establish a secret military base in the Kazakh Steppe. This testing site for the soviet missile defense system was one of such centers, which had led to construction of anti-ballistic missiles and to attain parity in the arms race between the USSR and United States.

After the Soviet Union collapse, the Russian Federation agreed with Kazakhstan to lease some military units for 50 years. The Russian Army continues to use the base at Priozersk as the testing site for improving anti-ballistic and anti-aircraft defense systems.

Climate

According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system, the city of Priozersk has a steppe climate/cold semi-arid climate (BSk).

References

Priozersk, Kazakhstan Wikipedia