4th State Central Test Range

4-й Государственный Центральный Полигон

Military Unit: 15644

under construction

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Vasily Ivanovich Voznyuk, 5.46 - 4.73

• Lieutenant-General Yury Aleksandrovich Pichugin, 4.73 - 1975

• Lieutenant-General Pavel Grigorevich Degtyarenko, 1975 - 1981

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Yakovlevich Lopatin, 1981 - 1983

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Vasilevich Mazyarkin, 1983 - 1991

• Lieutenant-General Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Tonkikh, 1991 - 1997

• Lieutenant-General Valery Pimenovich Yuschenko, 1997 - 2000

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Ivanovich Perevozchikov, 2000 - today

Activated 13.5.46 in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast (Kapustin Yar Test Center) with:

• 1st control for tests of missiles for the Army and the Air Force

• 2nd control for tests of airborne missiles

• 3rd control for test of missiles for the Navy

18.8.50 reorganised, now with:

• 1st Test Department

• 2nd Test Department

5.5.59 the 3rd Test Department was activated.

Organisation 1960:

• 1st Test Department for medium range missiles and orbital launches

  • 30th independent Engineering & Test Unit

• 2nd Test Department for short range tactical missiles

  • 34th independent Engineering & Test Unit

• 3rd Test Department for naval missiles

  • 28th independent Engineering & Test Unit

The 3rd Test Department was disbanded in 1964.

Organisation 1968:

• 144th Communication Center

• 1st Test Department for medium range missiles and orbital launches

  • 30th independent Engineering & Test Unit

• 2nd Test Department for short range tactical and naval missiles

  • 28th independent Engineering & Test Unit

  • 34th independent Engineering & Test Unit

Launch Complexes:

• Launch Complex A

• Launch Complex B

• Launch Complex C

• Launch Complex D

• Launch Complex E

• Launch Complex F

• Launch Complex G

• Launch Complex H

Kapustin Yar Test Center 1968 - map.