Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast 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 is officially known as 4GCMP (4th State Central Interspecific Test-site). Kapustin Yar is also the name of a nearby village. 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. As a municipal
Astrakhan electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917) the Popular Socialists 191 votes (0.5%). The Bolsheviks won 53.4% of the votes in the Astrakhan garrison. Astrakhan electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917) The Astrakhan electoral district () was a constituency created for the Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917. The electoral district covered parts of the Astrakhan Governorate, excluding the areas of the Bukey Horde and the Kalmyk Steppe. The account of U.S. historian Oliver Henry Radkey (used for the table above) is incomplete, with some votes missing. In Astrakhan town, the Bolsheviks got 9,556 votes (27.5%), the Kadets 8,981 votes (25.8%), the Muslim list 6,376 votes (18.3%),