There is a first start with the "East"

This morning, from the second attempt, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Video from the observation site:



There was a video of Roscosmos. Notice how the rocket turns right after the launch, when you launch from Baikonur you will not see this.
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But a fresh film telling how in a few years a modern cosmodrome grew on the site of a deaf forest with ruins of buildings:



UPD : There is a unit separation unit "Volga". Satellites in the desired orbit.
UPD2 : Gorgeous photos appeared .