Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Monument in Mirny commemorating Kosmos-2000 spacecraft launch from Plesetsk cosmodrome on February 2, 1989, featuring genuine spacecraft capsule (2005 photo)
Monument in Mirny commemorating Kosmos-2000 spacecraft launch from Plesetsk cosmodrome on February 2, 1989, featuring genuine spacecraft capsule (2005 photo)

Mirny (Russian: Ми́рный) is a closed town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, serving the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Population: 30,502 (2002 Census).

Founded in 1957 as a settlement for ballistic missile launch site workers, received closed town status in 1966 with the development of the cosmodrome.

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Administrative center: Arkhangelsk

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Closed Cities of the Former Soviet Union

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Coordinates: 62°46′N 40°20′E

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