Discover Kurgan in Russia
Kurgan in the region of Amur is a place located in Russia - some 3,437 mi or ( 5531 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital .
Local time in Kurgan is now 04:49 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Yakutsk " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Verkhniy Orsk, Tolmachevo, Sotnikovo, Nizhniye Buzuli, and Chudinovka. When in this area, you might want to check out Verkhniy Orsk . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kurgan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Ledyanaya railway station
Ledyanaya is a railway station on the Trans-Baikal Railway in the Svobodnensky District, located in the Amur Oblast near the town of Svobodny. The station has use in the construction and serving of the newly build spaceport, Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Located at 51.75 128.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Svobodny Cosmodrome
Svobodny was a Russian rocket launch site used since 1996 and located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast. Originally constructed as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles called Svobodny-18, it was planned as a replacement for Baikonur Cosmodrome. Baikonur was located in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which became independent as Kazakhstan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Located at 51.70 128.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Vostochny Cosmodrome
The Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Восточный Kosmodrom Vostochny "Eastern Spaceport") is a planned Russian spaceport, to be located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is located in Kazakhstan. Construction began in January 2011 and is expected to be completed in 2018.
Located at 51.82 128.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
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