SAM ACTIVITY NEAR SHCHERBAKOV AND YAROSLAVL, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
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SAM ACTIVITY NEAR SHCHERBAKOV AND YAROSLAVL, USSR
KEYHOLE photography of reveals- the existence of sur-
face-to-air missile (SAM) activity in the Shcherbakov-Yaroslavl area.
Two SA-2 SAM launch sites have been identified in this area, one each
positioned for defense of the Shcherbakov and Yaroslavl complexes. Exi-
stence of other SAM activity in this region could not be determined due to
scattered-to-heavy clouds and cloud shadows.
Shcherbakov is important as the location of one of the largest air-
craft engine plants in the USSR. The Shcherbakov Hydroelectric Power
Plant is, a major source of electric power for the Central Industrial Region.
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The Shcherbakov complex is on the banks of the Volga River at the point
where the Volga and Sheksna rivers are dammed to form the Rybinsk
Reservoir.
Yaroslavl (57-36-50N 39-51-40E)
Yaroslavl is one of the principal industrial and transportation centers
of north-central European USSR. The city is one of the foremost pro-
ducers of heavy trucks and fabricated rubber products in the. USSR.
Located at the intersection of the Volga River and the Moscow-Arkhangelsk
freight rail line, Yaroslavl is an important river-rail transshipment point.
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FIGURE 2. SAM LAUNCH SITE NEAR SHCHERBAKOV
Coordinates: 58-15N 38-51E.
Reference Point (RP): Shcherbakov Railroad Station, Yards-, and Shops,
Location: In a wooded area on the east bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir,
12 nautical miles (nm).north of RP.
Remarks : The site appears complete and is probably operational. A cir-
cular road and a system of loop roads serve the six launch revetments and
at least two missile-hold revetments. The guidance revetment is at the
center of the operations area. A group of structures just south of the
operations area.is probably the support area for the site. No security
fencing is discernible. Haze precludes further interpretation.
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FIGURE 3. SAM LAUNCH SITE NEAR YAROSLAVL (see Fig 1, item 2)
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Reference Point (RP?: Yaroslavl Railroad Station, Yards, and Shops, West,
57-37-38N 39-50=00E.
Location: App-.-oximately 3 nm east of Yaroslavl/Tunoshnoye Airfield and
14 nm east-southeast of RP.
Remarks: The site appears complete and is probably ope=ational. A cir-
cular roa.d, a network of loop roads, and three missile--hoi.d revetments a..-?e
discernible. A probable support area. for the site adjoins the operations
area on the north. Further interpretation is precluded by the poor quality
of the photography in the area of the site.
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MAPS AND CHARTS
ACIC.
AMS.
SAC.
ONC 154, 1st ed, May 58, scale 1:P, 000, 000 (U)
Series N501, Sheet NO 37-5 (Shcherbakov), 2d ed, Jul 56,
scale 1:250, 000 (U)
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0154-13A, 1st ed, .
Dec 58; scale 1:200, 000 (S)
ACIC.
ONC 154, lst ed, May 58, scale 1:1, 000, 000 (U)
AMS.
Series
N501, Sheet NO 37-8 (Yaroslavl),
2d ed, Oct 57,
scale
1:250, 000 (U)
AMS.
Series
N501-, Sheet NO 37-9 (Kostroma),
2d ed, Mar 57,
scale
1:250, 000 (U)
SAC.
US Air
Target Chart, Series 200,
Sheet
0154-14A,
1st ed,
Nov 58, scale 1:200, 000
(S
SAC.
US Air
Target Chart, Series 200,
' Sheet
0154-19A,
1st ed,
Dec 58, scale 1:200, 000
(S)
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