Multiple choice

In 2010, where did Russia build a new Cosmodrome for its space launches and reduced its dependency on Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan?

  1. Astrakhan

  2. Irkutsk

  3. Kaluga

  4. Tomsk

  5. Vostochny
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Explanation

Russia began construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast, Far East Russia. This new spaceport was built to reduce Russia's dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which it had to rent after the Soviet Union's dissolution.

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