SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE NORTH CAUCASUS, MD

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: February 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC. INTERPRETATION REPORT
SOVIET MILITARY. ORDER OF BATTLE
NORTH CAUCASUS:. MD
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 DI.A Cl.A Panel. -I he series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. 'Ilre photographic
analysis is being perforated by the APIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division C\PIC:1, and the Production
Center 1Pla (I)l.A), The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production (enter IPla.
In the interest of unilorniity , the titles and letter designators tut
the facilities ohscI%ed at these iiistallatir,ns at-e identical With those
appearing in the project requitement. A\hen 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: (.\) railroad service. 'I), road service. (C:l landing strips,
(I)1 administrative and troop housing areas, i storage areas. l l am-
munition storage areas, IC1 P()t - Stor.ige ,ueas, lit other buildings and
facilities, r.11 equipment storage maintenance areas, K) athletic fields.
(1.) small arms firing ranges. . Aft driver training areas, (\) tank
assault gun firing ranges, ,1'l flat tr,ijectorY firing ranges, ((?1 artillery
emplacements hatteries), I~ infa ntr-y or combined arms field train-
ing areas or courses. (S1 special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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V'()1 GOGR:AI) :AR\tl' 13:ARR:ACKS NORT11 NO 2
(45-46N 044-33E)
V'OLGOGRAD, V'OLGOGRAPSK:AY.A OBLAST, USSR
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This installation is located' in the northern
section of Volgograd, approximately 10 kilo-
meters (km) west-southwest of the Volga River
Dam (Figure 1).
The 40-acre installation contains a bar-
racks administration area with 20 buildings, a
general storage area with 15 buildings, and a
motor park with 5 )uildings (Figures 2 and 3).
A double-track -rail line runs approximately
1 km southeast of the installation.
Area D contains 12 multistory barracks,
4 barracks 'administration buildings, I multi-
story administration building, 2 storage build--
ings ( 1 is very long and has 3 attached sec-
tions), and a support building.
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covered the
area. :A comparison of the photography reveals
no significant changes; the level of activity
appears constant. On the
150-160 vehicles were ob-
served. Later photography revealed only a
few rows of probable vehicles; however, the
quality of the photograph}' precluded an accurate
count.
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buildings and 13
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Volgograd Petroleum Storage No 4? (BE
is 5 km east-northeast of the in
Area J contains a 600-by 380-foot motor
park,. a 200- by 55-foot vehicle storage build-
ing, a 145- by 40-foot vehicle storage building,
an 85- by 40-foot vehicle maintenance building.
a 60- by 35-foot vehicle maintenance building.
and an administration building.
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