Kapustin Yar

rocket launch and development site
Organization launch_site Q753201
Kapustin Yar
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Summary

Kapustin Yar is a launch site[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of launch_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kapustin Yar is located in Znamensk[3].
  • Kapustin Yar is in the country of Russia[4].
  • Kapustin Yar is in the country of Soviet Union[5].
  • Kapustin Yar's instance of is recorded as launch site[6].
  • Kapustin Yar's instance of is recorded as spaceport[7].
  • Kapustin Yar's instance of is recorded as nuclear test site[8].
  • Kapustin Yar's Commons category is recorded as Kapustin Yar proving ground[9].
  • 1946 marks the founding of Kapustin Yar[10].
  • Kapustin Yar's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 48.5655, 'longitude': 46.2952}[11].
  • Kapustin Yar's official website is recorded as http://kapyar.ru[12].
  • Kapustin Yar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kapustin Yar proving ground[13].
  • Kapustin Yar's official name is recorded as 4-й Государственный центральный межвидовой полигон Российской Федерации (4 ГЦМП)[14].
  • Kapustin Yar's category for people born here is recorded as Q32230131[15].
  • Kapustin Yar's short name is recorded as Капустин Яр[16].

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Founding

1946 marks the founding of Kapustin Yar[10].

Identity

Kapustin Yar's official name is recorded as 4-й Государственный центральный межвидовой полигон Российской Федерации (4 ГЦМП)[14]. Its short name is recorded as Капустин Яр[16].

Why It Matters

Kapustin Yar ranks in the top 9% of launch_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,249 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 48.5655, 'longitude': 46.2952}
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    Instance of → launch site, spaceport, nuclear test site
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