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Priozersk is a closed city located on the northern shores of Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of Sary Shagan anti-ballistic missile testing site. Priozersk is located in Karaganda Region (central Kazakhstan), approximately 620 kilometers to the south-east of the Karaganda and 747 kilometers from Astana .
10 hours ago · People enjoy the beach of The Golden Sands hotel and spa in Priozersk, Kazakhstan, on June 17, 2024. The former secret city on the shores of Lake Balkhash serves as the administrative centre of ...
1 day ago · Sur le toit de son hôtel abandonné, Alekseï Verechaguine en est certain : bientôt, des touristes y siroteront des cocktails avec panorama sur Priozersk, ex-ville secrète du Kazakhstan qui se ...
2 days ago · AFP. Priozersk, Kazakhstan: From the roof of his abandoned hotel, Alexei Vereshchagin remained certain that tourists would one day sip cocktails up there as they enjoyed the lakeside view of ...
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It is unclear. Police are stationed at the entry of the city, but when we entered in 2016, we were not stopped. We were driving on Kazakh license plates, though; I cannot vouch if they might stop a car with foreign license plates. In 2011, Ikuru Kuwajima reported(do click the link, the pictures are marvellous) that local officials were unconcerned,...
During the Cold War, Priozersk was the central hub for the surrounding military installations: the Sary Shagan missile test range, the Dunay ABM radar experiment, the Sary-Ozek missile launch and elimination site and the Balkhash-9 space surveillance radar station. Visit these sites at your own risk; they are still considered restricted military ar...
The town hall marks the center of town, with a large open square in front of it. The back door is the entry to a museum about the test range, but it was closed when we came. The park behind the town hall hosts the main exhibition of missile defense systems. A highlight for enthusiasts must be the V-1000 Griffon. This missile made the world’s first ...
A fighter jet looms over the beach. The train station had just received a train full of military personnel when we got there, so we did not have a closer look. I did make out a “Glory to the Soviet army” in huge letters at the top. Beyond this, your level of comfort with uncertainty, coupled with a bit of luck, will determine what you might find. M...
Priozersk (Russian: Приозе́рск; Finnish: Käkisalmi; Swedish: Kexholm) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Priozersk (Template:Lang-kz; Template:Lang-ru) is a closed city at Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of Sary Shagan anti-ballistic missile testing site. Priozersk is located in Karaganda Region (central Kazakhstan), approximately 620 kilometers to the south-east of the Karaganda and 747 kilometers from Astana .
