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The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991.
The Semipalatinsk Test Site or Semipalatinsk-21 (Russian: Семипалатинск-21; Kazakh: Семей-21, romanized: Semei-21), also known as "The Polygon", was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons.
Aug 29, 2023 · August 29 marks 32 years since Kazakhstan closed the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, a remote area that was used by the Soviet Union for hundreds of atmospheric and underground nuclear tests...
Aug 29, 2021 · August 29 marks 30 years since Kazakhstan closed its Semipalatinsk test site, a vast, remote area that was used by the Soviet Union for hundreds of atmospheric and underground nuclear tests over...
Semipalatinsk Oblast (Kazakh: Семей облысы, Semei oblysy; Russian: Семипала́тинская о́бласть) was an administrative division of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, established on October 14, 1939 from parts of East Kazakhstan and Alma-Ata Oblasts.
Feb 14, 2022 · The Semipalatinsk nuclear testing site now offers its unique infrastructure to support a global ban on nuclear tests. Kazakhstan has hosted several field experiments to help the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) test its verification regime.
The Balapan area, where the lake lies, was part of the Semipalatinsk test site (STS), where the former Soviet Union, over a period of four decades, performed a total of 456 nuclear testing explosions, 111 of them in the atmosphere.
