Stepnogorsk

Stepnogorsk (Степногорск; Степногорск) 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 (Целиноград-25), Makinsk-2 (Макинск-2). The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site, which was known as the Stepnogorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology.