POL STORAGE AREA YELSK, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
POL STORAGE AREA
YELSK, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
CIA
DIA
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NPIC, R-310 '64
May 1964
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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PREFACE
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 'PIC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the Nid.0 Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Fivision (NPIG), and the Production
Center 1P1,_- Lhe photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Photographic Analysis Group.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter desi,mators for
the facilities observed at these installations are identical with those
appearing in the project requirement. \`, hen a specific facility is not
observed both its title and leiter designator are omitted in the report.
I itIcs and letter designators for the various facilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (E) road service, (C) landing strips,
(I)) admin'strative and troop housing areas, cL) storage areas, (F) am--
munition storage areas, (6) POL. storage areas, 01) other buildings and
facilities, (3) equipment storage/maintenance areas, (K) athletic fields,
small lrni firing ranges. ,N1) driver training areas, CM tank
assault gun firing ranges, (P ) flat trajectory firing ranges, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (P) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing area or courses, (S) special training facilities, CI unidentified
facilities or tracking- activity.
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POL STORAGE AREA
(51-55N 029-15E)
YELSK, GOMELSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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CON1OR No: None
ELORUSSIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT
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FIC-LIRE 1. LOCATION OF POL STORAGE AREA, YELSK.
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SUMMARY
A POI_ storage area is located 15 kilometers
:km) south of Mozyr (52-03N 020-15F.) and 1(.-,
km north of YeIsk (.51-4SN 020-0QP.1. This
installation has no rail service but is served
by the Nlozyr-Velsk primary all-weather high-
war and by local secondary roads. The Kalin-
kovichi Army Barrackis Nlozyr ,?A1-2\ on the
west edge of Mozvr is located lb km north.
This POL storage area covers approxi-
mately 140 acres and contains 10 large vertical
POL storage tanks in an 11-acre diked area, 20
associated support-type buildings, one possible
Railroad Service
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water tower, an unidentified object, and numer-
ous small eJs. No security is observed.
This area was covered by three KEY1101.E
missions between
Comparative analysis revealed no installation or
,
construction activity in 140wever,
coverage, minor building activity and
IC) POI_ tanks, of which two were under con-
struction, were observed. t, On
coverage, these tanks were completed: however,
snow cover precluded determination of the status
of other building activity.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
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-? h cl 450- bv 1,100-foot rectdngular area.
Two tanks observed under construction in
were completed by
Twenty support buildings, one a probable
pumphouse, are adjacent to the POP:, storage
area.
straight-line ground scarring passing im-
mediately south of the installation and extending
northwest and northeast of the installation in-
dicates a probable pipeline under construction.
A probable pumphouse area is located adjacent
to the probable pipeline to function as a booster
station for the pipeline and possibly to pump
oh in:o the )ns-tz,.11ition storage
This installation is not rail served: how-
ever, the Kalinkovichi-Ovruch rail line passes
4 km to the west.
Road Service
This installation is located on the primary
all-weather Mozvr-Yelsk highway.
POL Storage Tanks
The POI, storage area contains 10 vertical
tanks, 120 feet in diameter, in twepar:11-1:-nws
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FIGURE 2. PoL STORAGE AREA, YELSK,
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