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  • Recently Declassified Photos Show The Birth Of The Soviet Space Program

    Recently Declassified Photos Show The Birth Of The Soviet Space Program

    Kapustin Yar (known today as Znamensk) is one of the Soviet Union’s first rocket launch and missile development sites. The test ground was established on 13 May 1946, and to mark its 70th anniversary Russia’s Defence Ministry has declassified revealing photographs of the site that offer a peak inside the top secret military complex.