Znamensk is a closed

Closed city

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 town in Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast

Astrakhan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan.-Demographics:Population: Ethnic groups...

, Russia

Russia

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. It is the center of the Kapustin Yar

Kapustin Yar

Kapustin Yar is a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan. Known today as Znamensk , it was established 13 May 1946 and in the beginning used technology, material, and scientific support from defeated Germany...

 missile test range. Population: It was granted town status in 1962.

Railway station "Razyezd 85th km" on the Volgograd

Volgograd

Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

-Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...

 railway branch.

Founded in 1948, known under the name of Kapustin Yar-1 before 1992, nowadays Kapustin Yar is the name of the village nearby and the military testing range is officially known as 4GCMP (4th State Central Interspecific Test-site).

The city has 21 kindergarten

Kindergarten

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s, 4 middle school

Middle school

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s and 2 gymnasium schools, a sporting complex and a branch of the Astrakhan State Institute.