Kenneth Alibek was born Kanat Alibekov in Kauchuk, in the Kazakh SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Kazakhstan), to a Kazakh family and grew up in Almaty, the republic's former capital.
Kenneth Alibek was born Kanat Alibekov in Kauchuk to a Kazakh family. This was in the Kazakh SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Kazakhstan). Kenneth Alibek grew up in Almaty. Almaty was the republic's former capital.