Leg 412 UNNT Novosibirsk (Russia) to UA0F Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan)
UNNT - Airport Info
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ICAO code: UNNT
Airport name: Tolmachevo
Location: Novosibirsk
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Novosibirsk Info
Novosibirsk is Russia's third-largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia. It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District. The city is located in the south-western portion of the federal district and occupies an area of 477.2 square kilometres (184.2 sq mi).
UA0F - Airport Info
ICAO code: UA0F
Airport name: Semipalatinsk AFLD
Location: Semipalatinsk
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Semipalatinsk Info
The Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. It is located on the steppe in northeast Kazakhstan (then the Kazakh SSR), south of the valley of the Irtysh River. The scientific buildings for the test site were located around 150 km west of the town of Semipalatinsk (later renamed Semey), near the border of East Kazakhstan Province and Pavlodar Province with most of the nuclear tests taking place at various sites further to the west and south, some as far as into Qaraghandy Province.
The site is also known variously by its postcode Semipalatinsk-21 (it was common practice for secret Soviet installations to be referred to only by their nondescript postcode), the Semipalatinsk Polygon, and latterly the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan.