Znamensk Знаменск
Town
Officers' House in Znamensk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Znamensk
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Coordinates: 48°35′N 45°45′E / 48.583°N 45.750°E / 48.583; 45.750
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Astrakhan Oblast
Founded	1948
Government
• City Head	V. N. Likh
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population (2010 Census)^[1]
• Total	29,401
• Estimate (2018)^[2]	26,927 (−8.4%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk^[3]
• Capital of	closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk^[3]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Znamensk Urban Okrug^[4]
• Capital of	Znamensk Urban Okrug^[4]
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 ^[5])
Postal code(s)^[6]	416540
Dialing code(s)	+7 85140
OKTMO ID	12719000001
Website	www.znamensk.astranet.ru

Znamensk (Russian: Знаменск) is a closed town in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Population: 29,401 (2010 Census)^[1]

History

It was founded in 1948 as Kapustin Yar-1 to serve a missile test range known as Kapustin Yar. 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.^[3] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk is incorporated as Znamensk Urban Okrug.^[4]

Education

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

Transportation

Railway station "Razyezd 85 km" on the Volgograd-Astrakhan railway branch is located in the town. Kapustin Yar (air base) is near the town.

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Law #67/2006-OZ
^ ^a ^b ^c Law #43/2004-OZ
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

Sources

Государственная Дума Астраханской области. Закон №67/2006-ОЗ от 4 октября 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Астраханской области», в ред. Закона №46/2017-ОЗ от 5 сентября 2017 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований и административно-территориальных единиц "Лебяжинский сельсовет", "Образцово-Травинский сельсовет", "Полдневский сельсовет" и внесении изменений в Закон Астраханской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований и наделении их статусом сельского, городского поселения, городского округа, муниципального района" и Закон Астраханской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Астраханской области"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Сборник законов и нормативных правовых актов Астраханской области", №47, 19 октября 2006 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. Law #67/2006-OZ of October 4, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Astrakhan Oblast, as amended by the Law #46/2017-OZ of September 5, 2017 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations and the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Lebyazhinsky Selsoviet", "Obraztsovo-Travinsky Selsoviet", "Poldnevsky Selsoviet", and Amending the Law of Astrakhan Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them the Status of Rural, Urban Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District" and the Law of Astrakhan Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Astrakhan Oblast". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication have passed.).
Государственная Дума Астраханской области. Закон №43/2004-ОЗ от 6 августа 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований и наделении их статусом сельского, городского поселения, городского округа, муниципального района», в ред. Закона №47/2017-ОЗ от 5 сентября 2017 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Астраханской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований и наделении их статусом сельского, городского поселения, городского округа, муниципального района"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Астраханские известия", №34, 12 августа 2004 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. Law #43/2004-OZ of August 6, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them the Status of Rural, Urban Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District, as amended by the Law #47/2017-OZ of September 5, 2017 On Amending the Law of Astrakhan Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them the Status of Rural, Urban Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).

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Administrative divisions of Astrakhan Oblast

Administrative divisions of Astrakhan Oblast
Administrative center: Astrakhan • Rural localities
Districts	Akhtubinsky Chernoyarsky Ikryaninsky Kamyzyaksky Kharabalinsky Krasnoyarsky Limansky Narimanovsky Privolzhsky Volodarsky Yenotayevsky
Cities and towns	Akhtubinsk Kamyzyak Kharabali Narimanov Znamensk
Urban-type settlements	Ilyinka Kirovsky Krasnye Barrikady Liman Nizhny Baskunchak Verkhny Baskunchak Volgo-Kaspiysky

Closed cities of the former Soviet Union

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