SHERLOVAYA ARMY BARRACKS SHERLOVAYA GOYA, USSR TRANSBAIKAL MD

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

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SHBR 'l OVAYA ARMY BARRACKS
SHIRLOVAYA GOYA, USSR
TRANSBAIKAL MD
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC I TERPRE T A T iO>.N,N CENTER
Declassification Review by NIMA/DOD
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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 iPlc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division.
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
emplacem?nts (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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Sherlovaya Army Barracks (Figure 1) is
located on
h
t
e eatd
s ege of Sherlovaya Goya
(50-31N 116-23E
) 16 kil
,ometers (km) north-
northwe
st of Bo
rzya on the Chita-Otpor line
of the T
ransSibi
-eran railroad. The instal-
lation h
as acce
ss to two rail sidings and is
served b
y a probabl h
eard surface, all
road_ Th
e
lova---- activity at Sher-
Ya Goya is in support of extensive mining
north of the town
The installation (Figures 2 and 3)encompas
ses approxi
mately 1500
, acres and includes a
total of 111 b
uildi
ngs consisting of 49 admin-
istrativ
b
e/
arrak b
csuildings, six general stor-
age hn;t a;. ~_
storage build
ings, 33 -
support buildings, and 19 vehicle main-
Indicates
arent near capacity usage of the installation.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
A single rail track with two spurs pro-
vides rail se
i
rv
ce to th
e storage areas. The
remainde
r of th i
enstallation has road-to-
rail ar
A probable hard surface, all-weather road
connects the installation with points north and
south. Secondary roads and improved trails
connect the surrounding area.
Aircraft Landing Strips
The nearest air facility is 16 km southwest
at Borzya (50-23N 116-31E).
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installation has undergone no other
h
p
ysical change since the initial pho-
coverage F__ I
parative coverage in icates a consistent level
of summer training activity and a robable in-
crease in winter
a tivit
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area Dl has 23 barracks, 14 small support
buildings (probably latrines) and nine adminis-
tration buildings/barracks. There is no a
ar-
ent change
1
F indicates a hi level of occu-
pancy. The same apparent activity level ap-
pears in the late summer coverage.
Area D2 has five administration buildings,
two administration buildings/barracks and four
support buildings. The area includes a possi-
ble drill field and appears occupied and active.
Area D3 has eight barrack
s two adi
,mn-
istration buildings/barracks and six
buildings. support
Billeting appears to support the
nearby vehicle maintenance and storage facil-
ity. Area appears occupied and active.
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tenance and storage buildings. The installa-
tion also includes a POL facility, a small arms
range and a tank/self-propelled gun firing range.
There is a moderate amount of random tracked
vehicle scarring in a driver training area. A
new
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General Storage Areas
Area El has six storage and two support
buildings. It is secured. There is extensive
secured general and special storage located im-
mediately north and west of the installation.
The access routes and traffic patterns indicate
that these facilities are 'primarily in support
of the mining and industrial activity in the area.
A secured ammunition storage area with
four 60- by 35-foot bunkers is located in the
maneuver and field training facility (not shown
on sketch). There is additional probable ex-
plosives storage just west of the installation.
A probable POL and secured storage area
is located immediately north of the installation.
This facility appears to be in support of the
mining and industrial activity in the area. There
is no direct access to this facility from the
barracks area.
Area H1 has four probable shops and Area
H2 has five support buildings.
Area J1 has eight buildings, two of which
are 180 by 55 feet, three are 120 by 55 feet,
two are 160 by 60 feet, and one is 170 by 45
feet. The area appears to be associated with
tracked vehicles, probably tanks/self-propel-
led guns. Possible rows of equipment are
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Area J2 has 11 buildings, of which three
are 215 by 65 feet, two are 215 by 85 feet, two
are 100 by 50 feet, two are 85 by 55 feet, and
two are 50 by 35 feet. The area appears to be
associated with tracked vehicles, possibly prime
movers or armored personnel carriers. Track-
age is directly associated with the driver train-
ing course.
Both areas were active
There is no apparent change
their activity level
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The small arms firing range (not shown
on sketch) is a 720- by 215-foot known-distance-
type range. The last apparent activity was
observed
Two closed-circuit courses (not shown on
sketch), one probably for tracked vehicles and
one for wheeled/possibly tracked vehicles, are
located west of the barracks area. The wheeled/
possibly tracked vehicle course was developed
A 3,500-foot tank/self-propelled gun mov-
ing-target range (not on sketch) with three
lanes of approximately 3,000 feet is located
southwest of the barracks area. The range
was active inactive I
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U Air Target Chart, eerie- h)ti, Sheet 0202-6111- 3d ed. Dec 63 (SECRET)
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DIA. sSO'PC 220 2-1-63, /'-,ii-'d ~..r;r't Cruvrd crd der' ty Forc. Qrder .FHatt Ie. 1 Jul 63 (TOP SECRET
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