Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Znamensk.
Znamensk (English)
Знаменск (Russian)
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Officers' House in Znamensk

Location of Astrakhan Oblast in Russia
Znamensk
Location of Znamensk in Astrakhan Oblast
Coordinates: 48°35′N 45°45′E / 48.583°N 45.750°E / 48.583; 45.750Coordinates: 48°35′N 45°45′E / 48.583°N 45.750°E / 48.583; 45.750
Administrative status (as of December 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Astrakhan Oblast
Administratively subordinated to closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk[1]
Administrative center of closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2010)
Urban okrug Znamensk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Znamensk Urban Okrug[2]
City Head V. N. Likh
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 29,401 inhabitants[3]
Time zone SAMT (UTC+04:00)[4]
Founded 1948
Dialing code(s) +7 85140
Official website
Znamensk on Wikimedia Commons

Znamensk (Russian: Знаменск) is a closed town in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Population:29,401 (2010 Census);[3] 32,068 (2002 Census).[5]

History

It was founded in 1948 as Kapustin Yar-1—the name which it had been known until 1992. Nowadays, Kapustin Yar is the name of a nearby rural locality. The military testing range is officially known as 4GCMP (4th State Central Interspecific Test-site). Town status was granted in 1962.

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.[1] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk is incorporated as Znamensk Urban Okrug.[2]

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.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Law #67/2006-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #43/2004-OZ
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.

Sources

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