CHERNOVTSY ARMY BARRACKS SADGORA CHERNOVTSY, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300340070-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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1-his report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and Logistic
installations being prepared for a I)l.A VIA Panel. The series is being
coordinat(2d. published and disseminated by NPI('. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the \PIC Photographic analysis Group.
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division 'NPICI), and the Production
Center II'Ic (1)1,\). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1 P .1c.
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. 131 road service, (C) landing .;trips,
(I)i administrative and troop housing areas, (E.) stnr:vge areas. (I7) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POI. storage areas, 'Ili other buildings and
facilities, (.1) equipment storage maintenance areas, K) athletic fields,
(I.) small arms firing ranges, A1) driver training areas, (N) tank
assault gun firing, ranges, (P) flat trajectory firingranges, ((~) artillery
emplacements batteries), (l\) 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 SADGORA
(48-20N 025-56E)
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CHERNOVTSY, CHERNOVITSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD 25X1C
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-10-acre probable military barracks and
storage area is located , kilometers kml north
of C:hernovtsy ~ I- inure I ~. The installation is
road served and has rail access.
Within the installation are six probable
multistory barracks, seven probable vehicle
storage maintenance buildings, seven probable
storage buildings, and four support buildings
.Figures 2 and 3a.
The nearest training maneuver area is ap-
proximately 2 km southwest of _Chernovtsv,
near 5torozhinets S-08N 025-40E).
\ road- and rail-served fenced petroleum
storage area containing approximately 16 ver-
tical petroleum storage tanks ranging from 20 to
45 feet in diameter is 5 km north of Chernovtsv.
The installation was covered by T:\I.E_NT
photography of and KEYHOLE missions
between No 25X1 D
significant changes were noted; however, since
a barracks, a storage building, 25X1 D
and four vehicle storage maintenance buildings
have been added. 2'55X1 D
No significant changes were observed with-
in the fenced POL storage area.
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DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
The city of Chernovtsv is served by
the northwest-southwest Chernovtsv- Kolomvva
ailroa; . '% itl~in ( hernovtsv is one marshalling
yard. No repair facilities were noted.
There are several hard surface roads in
and around the probable barracks and storage
area and the petroleum storage area.
Aircraft Landing Strips
Two airfields ire near Chernovtsy. A
grass strip 6.200 by 2,400 feet is located two
km southeast of the city. Chernovtsv North-
west Airfield with a 6,600- by 200-foot concrete
run~~ay is 16 km northwest of the cite.
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Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Area h Iiure 3) contains six probable
multistory barracks capable of housing 1,500
troops, one 3^0- by 40-foot and six 250- by
40-foot probable vehicle storage 'maintenance
buildings, seven probable storage buildings, and
four support buildings.
.\rea G contains 16 vertical petroleum stor-
age tanks, four 45 feet in diameter, five 25
feet in diameter, five 25 feet in diameter, and
seven 20 feet in diameter.
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