Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk is incorporated as Znamensk Urban Okrug. The town has twenty-one kindergartens, four middle schools, two gymnasium schools, a sports facility, and a branch of the Astrakhan State Institute. Railway station "Razyezd 85 km" on the Volgograd-Astrakhan railway branch is located in the town. Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast Znamensk () is a closed town in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1948 as Kapustin Yar-1 to serve a missile test range known as Kapustin Yar. Town status was granted in 1962. The closed town was renamed Znamensk in 1992. The military testing range
Astrakhan Church, its only other suffragan being Akhtubinsk. There is also a Catholic community, served by the Church of the Assumption of Mary (Astrakhan). The original Muslim Bulgar population is now gone/assimilated. According to the results of the 2010 Census, the population of Astrakhan was 520,339. At the time of the official 2010 Census, the ethnic makeup of the city's population was: Astrakhan features a temperate continental "Uralian" semi-arid climate with cold winters and hot summers. Astrakhan is one of the driest cities in Europe. Rainfall is scarce but relatively evenly distributed throughout the course of the year with, however, more