CHERNOVTSY ARMY BARRACKS SOUTH CHERNOVTSY, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
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CHERNOVTSY ARMY BARRACKS SOUTH
CHERNOVTSY, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and Logistic
installations being prepared for a DIA/CIA Panel. The series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center. 1P1c (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1P1c.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for
the facilities observed at these installations are identical with those
appearing in the project requirement. When a specific facility is not
observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report.
Titles and letter designators for the various facilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road service, (C) landing strips,
(D) administrative and troop housing areas, (E) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (H) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage/maintenance areas, (K) athletic fields,
(L) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firing ranges, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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CHERNOVTSY ARMY BARRACKS SOUTH
(48-16N 025-55E)
CHERNOVTSY, CHERNOVITSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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A 40-acre military installation is located
within the city of Chernovtsy (Figure 1). The
installation is served by several hard-surface
roads and has convenient access to the rail
line serving Chernovtsy.
The military installation (Figures 2 and
3) can house approximately 3,000troops. Build-
ings within the installation include five probable
multistory barracks buildings, one probable
multistory barracks /administrative building,
four probable vehicle maintenance buildings,
six probable storage buildings, 10 probable sup-
port buildings, and one multistory probable
hospital.
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East of the military installation is the city
park with facilities for recreation.
The nearest training and maneuver area is
approximately 28 kilometers (km) southwest
of the installation, near Storozhinets. 25X1 D
The military installation was covered by
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between were used
to study the installation for significant changes.
In some instances, poor quality and shadow
precluded accurate building counts within the
installation, but no significant changes were
observed.
Railroad Service
The city of Chernovtsy is served by
the northwest- southeast Chernovtsy-Kolomyya
railroad. Within Chernovtsy is one marshaling
yard. No repair facilities were noted.
Road Service
There are several hard surface roads in
and around Chernovtsy.
Aircraft Landing Strips
Two airfields are near Chernovtsy. A sod
landing field with a landing area 6,200 by 2,900
feet is 2 km southeast of the city. Chernovtsy
Northwest Airfield with a 6,600- by 200-foot
concrete runway is 16 km northwest of the
city.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains five multistory probable
barracks with a troop capacity of approximate-
ly 3,000, one multistory probable barracks/
administration building, four 200- by 60-foot
probable vehicle maintenance buildings, six
probable storage buildings, 10 probable sup-
port buildings, and one multistory probable
hospital.
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US Army Map Service, Series 501, Sheet NW 35-10, 3d ed, Jan 62 (SECRET)
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0233-21HL, 2d ed, Aug 62 (SECRET)
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0233-16HL, 4th ed, Oct 62 (SECRET)
US Air Target Mosaic, Series 50, Sheet 0233-21-11-MA, 1st ed, May 63 (SECRET)
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Army. PIB-TK-8-63, Army Military Installations - Chernovtsy, USSR, 6 Feb 63 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
SPIR 20-50, Areas of Military Interest, Chernovtsy, USSR, 12 Jun 60 (TOP SECRET CHESS)
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