Almaty is the most populous city in this second largest former Soviet republic afterRussia.
In 2008, the Canadian company Cameco helped this country build a uranium processing plant inits eastern city of Oskemen. This country, which boasts the world's second largest reserves ofuranium, was the site of the Semipalatinsk nuclear facility before it voluntarily abandoned theworld's fourth largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. It is also the site of Baikonur (*) Cosmodrome,and it owns the northern part of Renaissance Island, an anthrax burial site that was once an island in theshrinking Aral Sea. Almaty is the most populous city in this second largest former Soviet republic afterRussia. For 10 points, name this Central Asian country whose capital is Astana.
In 2008, the Canadian company Cameco helped this country build a uranium processing plant inits eastern city of Oskemen.
Republic of Kazakhstan