Kapustin Yar

an urban-type settlement in VladimirovkaRaion, Astrakhan Oblast, RSFSR. Kapustin Yar is situated onthe left bank of the Akhtuba River (a branch of the Volga), 3 kmfrom the Kapustin Yar railroad station on the Volgograd-Astrakhan line. Population, 10, 000 (1970).