Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union

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closed city cosmonaut training center military town

Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union was the primary Soviet cosmonaut training center and closed military town where many cosmonauts lived and prepared for space missions.

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Star City, Soviet Union 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf closed city ⓘ
cosmonaut training center ⓘ
military town ⓘ
accessStatus closed to the general public ⓘ
associatedWith Interkosmos program NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mir space station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salyut space stations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
culturalRole symbol of Soviet space achievements ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
functionedAs residential community for cosmonauts ⓘ
training base for manned spaceflight ⓘ
governedAs closed administrative-territorial formation ⓘ
governedBy Soviet military authorities ⓘ
hasFacility Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfrastructure administrative buildings ⓘ
housing complexes ⓘ
medical facilities ⓘ
recreational facilities ⓘ
training simulators ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
legalStatus restricted military settlement during Soviet period ⓘ
linkedTo Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow Oblast ⓘ
locatedNear Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor housing key personnel of the Soviet space program ⓘ
training of Soviet cosmonauts ⓘ
partOf Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationType primarily space program personnel ⓘ
postSovietStatus remained a major Russian cosmonaut training center ⓘ
primaryUse cosmonaut training ⓘ
residents cosmonauts ⓘ
cosmonauts’ families ⓘ
securityStatus highly classified during Soviet era ⓘ
strategicImportance central hub of Soviet human spaceflight ⓘ
trainingActivities centrifuge training ⓘ
spacecraft systems training ⓘ
spacesuit training ⓘ
survival training ⓘ
zero‑gravity simulation ⓘ
transportRole departure point for cosmonauts traveling to launch sites ⓘ
usedBy Soviet Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet military NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor preparation for space missions ⓘ

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Alexei Leonov → residence → Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union ⓘ
Vostok 6 → trainingLocation → Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star City, Soviet Union