PROBABLE MILITARY BARRACKS' AND TRAINING AREA NESVIZH, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400010024-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
PROBABLE MILITARY BARRACKS~'
AND TRAINING AREA
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NESVIZH. USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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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 iPic (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the NPIC 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,
(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 area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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NPIC/R-448/64
(53-13N 026-41E)
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NESVIZH MINSKAYA, USSR
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A probable military barracks area is located
in Nesvizh and connected with the small Nesvizh
Training Area (TA-1) by secondary roads
(Figure 1). The installation is not rail served.
Secondary roads provide access to Nesvizh.
The probable barracks area is possibly
secured, covers approximately 14 acres, and
contains two administration buildings, one bar-
racks, one storage building, three vehicle
storage /maintenance buildings, and four support
buildings (Figures 2 and 3).
The training area consists of two small
arms firing ranges and two driver training
courses. The firing ranges are 4 kilometers (km)
southeast of town and cover approximately 90
acres. The driver training area consisting of one
irregular, closed-circuit course and one
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
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Road Service
Secondary roads connect the barracks area
to the main training area and to Nesvizh.
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area D (Figure 3) has two administration
buildings, one barracks, one storage building,
and three support buildings. The three support
buildings and the enlargement of one administra-
tion building were first observed on a
coverage. The area appears to be occupie .
figure-8 course for wheeled-vehicles, is 5 km
south-southeast of town and covers approxi-
mately 32 acres.
The area was vered by TALENT
photography and IKEYHOLE missions
Compara-
tive analysis reveals the same general level of
activity
Significant changes since include the
addition of four support buildings, enlargement
of one administration building, three vehicle
storage/maintenance buildings and 'the south-
ward extension of the equipment storage/
maintenance area. One vehicle shed was re-
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wheeled-vehicle driver training area was first
observed on overage.
was removed prior
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extended approximately 400 feet south to make 25X1
room for a 400- by 200-foot probable vehicle
park. Ground scarring indicates probable usage
of the area.
I Small Arms Firing Ranges
Area L1 is- a 900- by 100-foot small arms
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Area firing range and Area L2 is a 1,000- by 80-foot
Area J has three storage/maintenance small arms firing ran e. Both ranges appear
buildings measuring 180 by 40 feet, 160 by 30 only lightly used on overage.
feet, and 100 by 30 feet, and one support build- There is a possible observation point on
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Buildings were not present in this
and were first observed on
coverage. One vehicle shed present in
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k hill just east of the firing ranges, and un-
identified ground scarring is observed in the
west part of the range area, where several
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TALENT photography.
Driver Training Area
Area M contains an irregular, closed-
circuit wheeled-vehicle driver training course
and one figure-8 course which were first
observed on coverage.
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