SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE TRANSCAUCASIS MD

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
SOVIET MILITARY ORDE OF BATTLE
TRANSCAUCASUS MID
DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the
mooning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The low prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, on well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It in to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
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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 1Pla (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center IPla.
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
emplacements (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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KIROVABAD ARMY BARRACKS CENTRAL
(40-40N 046-21E)
KIROVABAD, AZERBAYDZHANSKAYA SSR, USSR
TRANSCAUCASUS MD
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Kirovabad Army Barracks Central is lo-
cated in the center of Kirovabad (Figure 1).
The installation covers approximately 25 acres
and contains an administrative and housing area
with 4 probable barracks and 5 other buildings,
a storage area with 7 storage buildings, and a
motor vehicle park with 2 support buildings.
Approximately 15 vehicles were noted in the
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vehicle park on - coverage (Figures
2 and 3).
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There was no significant change in that period,
except for the construction of a multistory
administration building in the housing area.
Rail service is available 4 kilometers north
at the Kirovabad railroad station.
Good all-weather roads serve the instal-
lation.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains 4 probable barracks, 2
administration buildings, I multistory adminis-
tration building under' construction, and 2 sup-
port buildings.
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Area
Area J contains I support/administration
building and 1 support building. Approximately
15 vehicles were observed in this area on
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