EUROPEAN U.S.S.R TOROPETS STORAGE INSTALLATION

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: MAP

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TOROPETS STORAGE INSTALLATION
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INTRODUCTION
The Toropets Storage instal-
lation, previously reported in PIC/
1 J,B-21/58, appears on a single poor-
quality 35mm color transparency
25X1 D taken from a TU-104 at about 30,000
feet in early The
installation is partially cloud- and
shadow-covered which precludes
detailed interpretation. however,
some interpretation of the instal-
"1ation has been made (accuracy of
measurements t 10%) to permit
a partial comparison with the
Novaya Mezinovka Storage Instal-
lation (see IiTA/JM-9/58). The
Toropets Site is located at 56?22'N/
c51?39'E, eight 'nautical miles (nm)
got fi j4 Toropets,'five nm north of
araya - Toropa, 36 nm east of
a' Velikiye' Luki, and 360 nm north-
east of Novaya Mezinovka (see
orientation map opposite a ` i . 1 .
25X1 D It does not appear on photography covering the area.
reports 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/, with accompanying sketches, have pinpointed
I the _area. A comparison of these sketches with the photograph shows a
similarity in the shape of -the area- and arrangement of the buildings.
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II. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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Information derived from the photograph is not sufficient to make a
point-by-point comparison of the Toropets and Novaya Mezinovka storage
Installations. However, the similarity of design, and location in wooded
areas; indicate that the same type of material is stored at both sites.
The Toropets installation is served mainly by a branch line from the
Moscow/Velikiye Luki railroad, but is also served by a seconc~'ary road-
system between Toropets and Staraya Toropa.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTALLATION
The storage installation (Figure 2), which is rgughly rectangular in
shape and covers approximately 480 acres, is situated in a wooded area.
It measures approximately 3,500 by 6,000 feet and is completely surrounded
by a cleared lane 200 feet wide. It contains at least 51 buildings having
712,800 square feet of covered floor space. It 'is not possible to determine
whether any of these buildings are revetted, lifte those at Novaya Mezinovka.
The site is served by both road and rail. For the purpose. of this report,
the installation has been divided into No units, arbitrarily designated "A"
and "B", which are described separately.
Unit "A" consists of 18 or more probable storage buildings, all 290
by 80 feet. Two of these buildings In the east end of the installation are
rail-served. The ground around the remaining 16 buildings is obsFured
by trees so it cannot be determined whether they are road and/or rail-
served.
Unit "B" consists of 33 visible- storage buildings, 32 of which measure
170 by 50 feet and one of which measures 290 by 80 feet. These buildings
are arranged in four rows. A straight-line earth scar of undeterminable
width extends in a general northeast-Southwest direction, halfway between
,.the two middle rows of buildings. A northwest-southeast earth scar con-
nects each of the storage buildings to the northeast-southwest earth scar at
an angle of 90?. This unit is-similar to Unit "B" at Novaya Mezinovka, in
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which cleared lanes containing rail tracks extend from each building to
the longitudinal ditch (Figure 3). Although it is not possible to determine
the precise character of the earth scare connecting each of the storage
buildings at Toropets with the northeast-southwest earth scar, it is
possible that the former, like the cleared lanes at Novaya Mezinovka,contain
rail tracks.
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IV. ROAD AND RAIL FACILITIES
The storage installation is served by a rail spur from a branch line
from the Moscow/Velikiye Luki rail line, and by a secondary road system
connecting Toropets and Staraya Toropa. It is not possible to determine
-whether or not there is any rolling stock on the main rail line or on the
rail spur within the installation.
CAMOUFLAGE AND SECURITY
There has been no deliberate attempt made to conceal this instal-
lation from aerial observation. The only camouflage in evidence has
been accomplished through maximum use of natural cover. The clearing
of foliage in the storage area has apparently been kept to a minimum The
installation is surrounded by a cleared lane which possibly contains 'a fence,
like the Novaya Mezinovka Installation.
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RW JIREMEN'k.- 'I7his Joint Photographic Intelligence Memorandum has
been prepared by the Army, Navy, and CIA. It is intended to meet
the requirements of the intelligence community on the Toropets
Storage Installation as specified in CIA requirement DP/R46/58
and Army SRI-165-58 requesting a comparison of the Toropets
25X1 D and Novaya Mezinovka Stor4te installations. .
MAP DATA :
Russian Chart 0-36-124-C
AMS No. 36-10 Series N501, (NO-36-10) AMS, 1:250,000
REFERENCES: 25'X1 A
1. Air, Moscow 16 Dec 57 (S) (IAC#1148938)
2. Air, Moscow M9 Jun 58 (S) (IAC#1183133)
3. Navy, Moscow 116-5-58, 7 Jun 58 (S) (IAC#5048726)
4. Navy, Moscow 53-S-58, 28 Feb 58 (S) (IAC#5042217)
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