ROGACHEV PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE AREA ROGACHEV, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/R-392/64
June 1964
P T06R'APHIC INTERPRETATION RPORT
'ROGACHE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
STORAGE AREA
ROGACHEV, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
Declassification Review by NIMA/DOD
Handle Via TALENT ? KEYHOLE Control Only
This docue ent contains classified information effecting the national security of the Unite States wifh~n the
meaning of the espionage laws U_ S Cade Title 18, Sectio' 791 and 744, The 'ow prohihits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an onaari;ariccc person, c, -tl y its usa in any mnnher
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of cny foreign government to the
detrirmenr of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especiaiiy rrdact*; ve ted and authorized to
receive TA! FNT.KEYHOLF. information. Its security must he maintained ~n accord. nce with KEYHOLE and
TALENT regt Tions,
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and logistic
installations being prepared for a 1)IA/CIA Panel. The series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the Nf'IC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1Plc (1)IA.). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the NP1C Photographic Analysis Group.
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,
(U) administrative and troop housing areas, (L) 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 arm., firing ranges, (\1) 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 area or courses, (5) special training facilities, (-I) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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ROGACHEV PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE AREA
(53-05N 030-02E)
ROGACHEV, GOMELSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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ELORUSSIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT
ROGACHEV PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
STORAGE AREA
ROGACHEV
30 1010' `~\
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FIGURE 7. LOCATION OF ROGACHEV PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE AREA.
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ROGAC
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KILOMETERS
30 15*
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The Rogachev Petroleum Products Storage
Area is located in the northern part of Rogachev
(53-05N 030-03E), adjacent to the west side of
the Mogilev-Zhlobin rail line. The area is served
by a rail siding, with off-loading facilities for
handling petroleum products, and by urban
streets.
The POL storage area, which covers four
acres and is enclosed by a wall, contains seven
vertical and five horizontal liquid storage tanks,
a prepared base for an additional vertical tank,
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five shed-type storage buildings, and twogable-
roofed storage/support buildings. One support
building, probably. for off-loading, at-the rail
siding, connects with the storage area by road
and possibly by a pipeline.
The area was covered by TALENT mis-
sions in and by KEYHOLE missions
between KEY-
HOLE photography confirms the instal25j>4rf3 D;
active but scale and photo quality preclude
additional interpretation.
Railroad Service
The installation is adjacent to the Mogilev-
Zhlobin rail line. The siding which directly
serves the area is part of the Rogachev rail
yard, which is approximately 3,400 by 125 feet
and has at least five tracks. One flat-roofed,
100- by 25-foot shed probably houses facilities
to handle petroleum products.
Road Service
Urban streets provide access to the area.
1B
POL Storage Area
Area G contains one 30-foot, two 25-foot,
two 20-foot and two 15-foot diameter cylindrical,
vertical tanks. It also contains five horizontal
blimp tanks, three in diameter by 20 feet
long, one 10 feet in diameter by 25 feet long,
and one 10 feet in diameter by 35 feet long. The
area also contains five storage buildings and
two storage/support buildings.
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FIGURE 2. ROGACHEV PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE AREA, ROGACHEV, USSR,
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B Y K H O V
55 KM
ROGACHEV
RAIL YARDS
Railroad, single.track
Road
- - - Cleared scarred area
------Area outline
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MAPS OR CHARTS
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0167-16HL, 2d ed, Mar 62 (SECRET)
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