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
Dmitry Astrakhan of Russia and abroad, trained at Tovstonogov in Leningrad. From 1991 to 1995, he directed the Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre. In 2017 he became a member of the jury of 3rd Moscow Jewish Film Festival. Dmitry Astrakhan Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan (; born March 17, 1957) is a Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2009). Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of Leningrad historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich, natives of Belarus. He was the youngest, the fifth child in the family. At school I was fond of reading, math and sports. After