Baikonur
City
City in Kazakhstan leased to Russia that serves the Baikonur Cosmodrome, launch site of Sputnik and Vostok 1.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1846 Kazakh Khanate
- 1868 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – December 30, 1922 Russia
- December 30, 1922 – December 25, 1991 Soviet Union
- since December 26, 1991 Kazakhstan
Events here 3
- October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1
- April 12, 1961 Vostok 1
- November 20, 1998 Launch of the International Space Station