The radio source 1146+596 is hosted by an elliptical/S0 galaxy NGC,3894, with a low-luminosity active nucleus. The radio structure is compact, suggesting a very young age of the jets in the system. Recently, the source has been confirmed as a high-energy (HE, $>0.1$,GeV) $gamma$-ray emitter, in the most recent accumulation of the {it Fermi} Large Area Telescope (LAT) data. Here we report on the analysis of the archival {it Chandra} X-ray Observatory data for the central part of the galaxy, consisting of a single 40,ksec-long exposure. We have found that the core spectrum is best fitted by a combination of an ionized thermal plasma with the temperature of $simeq 0.8$,keV, and a moderately absorbed power-law component (photon index $Gamma = 1.4pm 0.4$, hydrogen column density $N_{rm H}/10^{22}$,cm$^{-2}$,$= 2.4pm 0.7$). We have also detected the iron K$alpha$ line at $6.5pm 0.1$,keV, with a large equivalent width of EW,$= 1.0_{-0.5}^{+0.9}$,keV. Based on the simulations of the {it Chandra}s Point Spread Function (PSF), we have concluded that, while the soft thermal component is extended on the scale of the galaxy host, the hard X-ray emission within the narrow photon energy range 6.0--7.0,keV originates within the unresolved core (effectively the central kpc radius). The line is therefore indicative of the X-ray reflection from a cold neutral gas in the central regions of NGC,3894. We discuss the implications of our findings in the context of the X-ray Baldwin effect. NGC,3894 is the first young radio galaxy detected in HE $gamma$-rays with the iron K$alpha$ line.
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