| En Name: | Znamensk |
| Ru Name: | Знаменск |
| Coordinates: | 48.5833°N 90°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Znamensk_(Astrakhan oblast)_(2001).png |
| Federal Subject: | Astrakhan Oblast |
| Adm City Jur: | closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk |
| Adm Ctr Of: | closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Znamensk Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Znamensk Urban Okrug |
| Leader Title: | City Head |
| Leader Name: | V. N. Likh |
| Pop 2010Census: | 29401 |
| Established Date: | 1948 |
| Dialing Codes: | 85140 |
| Website: | http://www.znamensk.astranet.ru/ |
Znamensk (ru|Знаменск) is a closed town in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Population:, 24,628 (2021 Russian census)[1]
It was founded in 1948 as Kapustin Yar-1 to serve a missile test range known as Kapustin Yar. Kasputin Yar-1 was granted town status 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.[2] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Znamensk is incorporated as Znamensk Urban Okrug.[3]
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.Kapustin Yar (air base) is near the town.