Znamensk

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Znamensk is a closed town in southern Russia known primarily for serving the nearby Kapustin Yar military rocket launch and development site.

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Label Occurrences
Znamensk canonical 3

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf closed town
town
urban locality
accessRestrictions entry by special permit
administrativeStatus town of oblast significance
associatedWith Russian missile development
Soviet missile development
rocket launch tests
country Russia
establishedFor servicing Kapustin Yar test range
federalSubject Astrakhan Oblast NERFINISHED
governingBody administration of the closed town of Znamensk
hasAlternativeName Rokot
surface form: Kapustin Yar-1

Kapustin Yar
surface form: Kapustin Yar-1 (Знаменск)
hasCategory Cities and towns in Astrakhan Oblast
Closed cities of Russia
hasFunction military support
residential area for military personnel and staff
hasInfrastructure military housing
support facilities for test range personnel
hasPopulation approximately 30,000
historicalEra Cold War military infrastructure
isClosedAdministrativeTerritorialFormation true
languageUsed Russian
locatedIn Astrakhan Oblast NERFINISHED
southern Russia
surface form: Southern Russia
locatedNear Kapustin Yar launch site
partOf Southern Federal District
primaryFunction support town for Kapustin Yar military rocket range
regionType steppe region of southern Russia
securityRegime closed city regulations
securityStatus strategic military site vicinity
serves Kapustin Yar
timeZone UTC+4
transportRole logistical hub for Kapustin Yar
usedBy Russian Armed Forces
Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces

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Astrakhan Oblast hasCity Znamensk
Kapustin Yar locatedNear Znamensk
Kapustin Yar associatedTown Znamensk