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
Volgograd Oblast Football Championship Volgograd Oblast Football Championship The Volgograd Oblast Football Championship (Чемпионат Волгоградской области по футболу) is an independent soccer league for teams in the Volgograd Oblast region of southern Russia. The league is nominally at the fifth level of the Russian football system, but there is no automatic promotion and relegation between it and the fourth-level Amateur Football League. Teams from the Amateur Football League can apply to join the Volgograd Oblast Championship and vice versa. The league is currently home to former professional teams FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin and FC Olimpia Volgograd, and a reserve team from the area's biggest club