In the footsteps of the former USSR
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne.
Where to stay - Baïkonour ?
The map of your stay "In the footsteps of the former USSR"
Detail of the stay : In the footsteps of the former USSR
How to get there - Baïkonour
Baikonur, the goal of space
Steps: Almaty
Between Almaty and the Aral Sea, the Baikonur cosmodrome has been and continues to be one of the busiest in the world. The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, took to the skies here, as did the first "space tourist", Dennis Tito, 50 years later. Depending on the duration of the flight, it can cost between 20 and 30 million dollars..
It is important to note that since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Westerners have not been allowed to visit the cosmodrome.
Places of interest : COSMODROME DE BAÏKONOUR
Aralsk, ancient cotton land
Steps: Aralsk
Witness to the greatest ecological catastrophe of the 20th century, Aralsk, the ancient Kazakh port on the Aral Sea, suffered directly from the Soviets' choice of cotton monoculture. The immense need for irrigation to meet Moscow's quotas led to the drying up of the sea, and its gradual disappearance. For some years now, hope has been revived around a dam, which you can also visit during your stopover.
Karaganda, former gulag
Steps: Karaganda
The largest gulag in the USSR, in Karaganda, covered more than 60,000 km². A small part of it can be visited, and has been converted into a museum, providing an insight into the prison world in the days of the NKVD and later the KGB.
