Kapustin Yar Kapustin Yar Kapustin Yar () is a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946 and in the beginning used technology, material and scientific support from defeated Germany. Numerous launches of test rockets for the Russian military were carried out at the site, as well as satellite and sounding rocket launches. The town of Znamensk was built nearby to serve the missile test range. The 4th Missile Test Range "Kapustin Yar" was established by a decree of the Soviet Government ""On Questions of Jet
Narimanov, Astrakhan Oblast Narimanov, Astrakhan Oblast Narimanov () is a town and the administrative center of Narimanovsky District in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the western bank of the Volga River, northwest from Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 3,400 (1979). Originally known as the "selo" of Nizhnevolzhskoye (), it was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Nizhnevolzhsk () in 1967. In 1984, it was granted town status and renamed Narimanov, after the Azerbaijani Soviet revolutionary Nariman Narimanov. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Narimanov serves as the administrative center of Narimanovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within