4th State Central Test Range
4-й Государственный Центральный Полигон
Military Unit: 15644
under construction
Commanders:
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Lieutenant-General Vasily Ivanovich Voznyuk, 5.46 - 4.73
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Lieutenant-General Yury Aleksandrovich Pichugin, 4.73 - 1975
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Lieutenant-General Pavel Grigorevich Degtyarenko, 1975 -
1981
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Lieutenant-General Nikolay Yakovlevich Lopatin, 1981 - 1983
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Lieutenant-General Nikolay Vasilevich Mazyarkin, 1983 - 1991
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Lieutenant-General Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Tonkikh, 1991
- 1997
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Lieutenant-General Valery Pimenovich Yuschenko, 1997 - 2000
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Lieutenant-General Nikolay Ivanovich Perevozchikov, 2000 -
today
Activated 13.5.46 in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast (Kapustin
Yar Test Center) with:
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1st control for tests of missiles for the Army and the Air
Force
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2nd control for tests of airborne missiles
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3rd control for test of missiles for the Navy
18.8.50 reorganised, now with:
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1st Test Department
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2nd Test Department
5.5.59 the 3rd Test Department was activated.
Organisation 1960:
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1st Test Department for medium range missiles and orbital
launches
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30th independent Engineering & Test Unit
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2nd Test Department for short range tactical missiles
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34th independent Engineering & Test Unit
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3rd Test Department for naval missiles
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28th independent Engineering & Test Unit
The 3rd Test Department was disbanded in 1964.
Organisation 1968:
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144th Communication Center
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1st Test Department for medium range missiles and orbital
launches
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30th independent Engineering & Test Unit
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2nd Test Department for short range tactical and naval
missiles
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28th independent Engineering & Test Unit
-
34th independent Engineering & Test Unit
Launch Complexes:
Kapustin Yar Test Center 1968 -
map.
