Stepnogorsk

Stepnogorsk (; ) is a town in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

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Settlement.official_name: Stepnogorsk
Settlement.native_name: Степногорск
Settlement.image_skyline: Степногорск, фонтан.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Kazakhstan
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Kazakhstan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Akmola Region

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Stepnogorsk (; ) is a town in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

==History== Stepnogorsk was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It began as a closed town with code names Tselinograd-25 (), Makinsk-2 (). The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site, which was known as the Stepnogorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology.