Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast
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Znamensk () is a closed
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in Astrakhan Oblast,
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. Population: , 24,628 ( 2021 Russian census)


History

It was founded in 1948 as Kapustin Yar-1 to serve a missile test range known as
Kapustin Yar Kapustin Yar () is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material ...
. Kasputin Yar-1 was granted town status in 1962. The closed town was renamed Znamensk in 1992. The military testing range is officially known as 4GCMP (4th State Central Interspecific Test-site). Kapustin Yar is also the name of a nearby village.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #67/2006-OZ As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk is incorporated as Znamensk Urban Okrug.Law #43/2004-OZ


Education

The town has twenty-one
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s, four
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s, two gymnasium schools, a sports facility, and a branch of the Astrakhan State Institute.


Transportation

Railway station "Razyezd 85 km" on the Volgograd-
Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...
railway branch is located in the town. Kapustin Yar (air base) is near the town.


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External links


Official website of Znamensk

Znamensk Business Directory
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