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Znamensk is a city (since 1962) in the north of the Astrakhan
region of Russia. This is the administrative and residential center
of the Kapustin Yar landfill. The city has the status of a closed
administrative-territorial entity (ZATO), it is the same name
municipal entity (urban district) ZATO Znamensk. During the Soviet
period, the city was named Kapustin Yar-1.
Near the city
there is a military airfield and a railway siding "85 km" on the
Volgograd I - Verkhniy Baskunchak railway line of the Privolzhskaya
railway; several access roads lead from the station to the military
airfield.
Founded in connection with the formation and
construction in 1947 of a landfill near the village of Kapustin Yar.
The site of the test site was determined on June 3, 1947 by the
decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Central
Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (b) No. 2642-817.
Initially, the future Znamensk consisted of barracks in which the
first rocket men lived. Most of the servicemen were settled in
dugouts, tents and houses in the village of Kapustin Yar. The first
Finnish houses began to appear in 1949. Capital houses, barracks,
administrative buildings of the future city began to be erected in
1951. Every year, several houses were rented, mostly two-story. In
1962, the military town was named Znamensk with the assignment of
the postal address Kapustin Yar-1.
At the end of the 1980s,
multi-storey buildings began to be built in the city, a new
microdistrict, jokingly called Prostokvashino, arose. On July 14,
1992, the city acquired the status of a closed
administrative-territorial entity within the Astrakhan region. On
January 27, 1993 Kapustin Yar-1 was officially renamed Znamensk. On
December 8, 1996, a representative body of power was elected - a
city representative Assembly of 11 deputies and an executive body of
power - the Administration of the ZATO. On October 25, 1996, the
charter of the closed administrative-territorial entity of the city
of Znamensk was registered.
Znamensk is the northernmost city of the Astrakhan region, located on
the Caspian lowland on the left high bank of the Podstepka river. Height
above sea level 6 m.
By road, the distance to the regional center
of the city of Astrakhan is 350 kilometers, to the nearest city of
Leninsk, Volgograd region, 44 km.
Moderate continental, arid.
Average annual air temperature:
10.0°C;
Relative humidity: 59%;
Average wind speed: 4.7 m/s.
There are 9 kindergartens, 4 secondary schools (No. 232, No. 233, No.
234, No. 236), and one gymnasium (No. 231), a sports complex, and a city
bath in the city.
Pool.
Children's and youth sports school.
Children's art school, combining art and music schools
Branch of
Astrakhan State University.
Cultural Center.
Znamensky branch of
the autonomous institution of the Astrakhan region Multifunctional
center.
Znamensk is connected with Volgograd and other Russian cities by rail
and road transport. Travel time from Moscow is about 13 hours. The city
has a bus station and a railway station.
There are city and
intercity bus routes:
1 Znamensk - Residential area "Znamensky"
2
Znamensk - Residential area "Rocket"
Znamensk (Yangelya Street / Bus
station) - Volgograd (Railway station Volgograd-1)
509 Astrakhan -
Znamensk
516 Akhtubinsk - Volgograd
1973/2193 Voronezh - Astrakhan
Previously, there was an intra-city bus route.
Local television
The Znamensky branch of the FSUE RTRS provides
reception of the first and second digital terrestrial television
multiplexes in Russia (21 TVK, 59 TVK) in the city.
On November
13, 2017, the Astrakhan branch of RTRS, together with the Lotos State
Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, began broadcasting regional
TV programs as part of the first multiplex. Regional programs are
available on Russia-1 and Russia-24 TV channels and radio stations:
Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Russia.
Digital terrestrial television
All 20 channels for RTRS-1 and RTRS-2 multiplex; Radio channel package
includes: "Vesti FM", "Mayak", "Radio of Russia / GTRK Lotos".
The package of TV channels RTRS-1 (television channel 26, frequency 602
MHz), includes: Channel One, Russia 1 / GTRK Lotos, Match TV, NTV,
Channel Five, Russia K, Russia 24 / GTRK Lotos, Karusel, OTR / Astrakhan
24, TV Center.
The package of TV channels RTRS-2 (TV channel 36,
frequency 658 MHz), includes: REN TV, Spas, STS, Domashny, TV-3,
Friday!, Zvezda, Mir", "TNT", "Muz-TV".
Mandatory publicly accessible
regional TV channel (“21st button”): TV channel “Astrakhan 24”.
Cable TV
The local TV channel Teleorbita airs on Thursdays and
Sundays from 19:00 to 19:30 on the cable network on the MTS-info channel
(channel 39 in analog broadcasting (RBC), 30 in digital).
Radio
station
From Kapustin Yar, it is possible to receive the Yuzhnaya
Volna radio station at 102.8 MHz.
Press
Local newspaper
"Orbita". Weekly information and analytical publication. Published
weekly on Wednesdays. It is sold mainly at retail in grocery stores, at
Rospechat kiosks and other press outlets. There is a subscription.