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929th State Test Flight Center (Taysoygan)

Other Name: Taysoygan; Vladimirovka
Location: three sections in Atyrau, Mangystau, and Western Kazakhstan Oblasts
Subordinate To: N/A
Size: Used to test aviation technology and various types of weapons for all branches of the military/leased to Russia
Facility Status: N/A

Kazakhstan leases Taysoygan's facilities and combat training grounds to Russia.

Sources:
[1] Ivan Safronov, "Kazakhstan Does Not Want To Be on Friendly Terms With the Test Ranges: it Wants to Sell Them," Kommersant, 15 June 2000, p. 2; in "Kazakhs Weary of Russian Military Leases," FBIS Document CEP20000615000322.
[2] Musa Satayev, "Rossiya khochet ispytat Kazakhstan . . . raketami," Ekspress K, 30 May 2000; in Eurasia Website, http://www.eurasia.org.ru/2000/ka_press/05_30_Vnp0529.htm.
[3] Kanat Shaymerdenov, "Nesmotrya na to, chto deputaty ne ratifitsirovali soglasheniya ob arende Rossiyey poligonov, oni vskore dolzhny blagopoluchno proyti cherez mazhilis," Panorama online edition, http://www.panorama.kz, No. 24 (390), 16 June 2000.
[4] "Kazakhstan Ratifies Agreements on Russia's Use of Testing Ranges," Monitor--A Daily Briefing on the Post-Soviet States, Vol. VI, Issue 130, 5 July 2000; in Jamestown Foundation Website, http://www.jamestown.org.{Entered 8/28/2000 KB}

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