MINSK PETROLEUM STORAGE MIKHANOVICHI MINSK, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/R-471/64
.1u1r 1964
MTROLEUM STORAGE MIKHANOVICHI
MINSK. USSR
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
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 1Pic (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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MINSK PETROLEUM STORAGE MIKHANOVICHI
(53-45N 027-40E)
MINSK, MINSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF MINSK PETROLEUM STORAGE MIKHANOVICHI.
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Minsk Petroleum Storage Mikhanovichi is
located 18 kilometers (km) south-southeast of
Minsk (Figure 1). The installation. is connected
by secondary roads to the Minsk-Marina Gorka
highway, but is not rail served. Minsk Army
Barracks Uruchye (AL-1) is located 11 km north-
east, Minsk/Machulishche Airfield is 5 km
northwest, and an SA-2 SAM site is located 2
km west. Other military installations are
located in the Minsk area.
The area covers approximately eight acres
and contains nine semiburied POL tanks and
one support building (Figures 2 and 3). Two
ground scars from the installation to the air-
field indicate a possible pipeline connecting the
POL storage area to a rail unloading point at
the airileld. Small scale photography precludes
determination of security measures.
The area is covered by
photography and
IKEYHOLE missions
The in-
stallation was under construction
age, the ninth tank was first observed on
0
I coverage and no additional changes ob-
served as of coverage.
A secondary road provides access to the
Minsk-Marina Gorka highway.,
There are nine semiburied tanks, each 100
feet in diameter, and one support building. The
area was observed being cleared
Eight tanks were observed on ov-
erage and the ninth tank was first observed on
I I overage.
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\ 1E KM
MINSK/MACHU LISHCHE
AIRFIELD 2.5 KM
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SA-2 SAM SITE
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PIPELINE
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Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
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FIGURE 3. MINSK PETROLEUM STORAGE MIKHANOVICHI- Sketch compiled
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REQUIREMENT
C-RR4-81,111 (partial answer)
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