Polity Baikonur Cosmodrome

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Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian space program continued to operate from Baikonur, a Russian lease in Kazakhstan, under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Establishment

  • December 1991: Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian space program continued to operate from Baikonur under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Chronology

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1. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full independence.

  • December 1991: Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian space program continued to operate from Baikonur under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States.