BARANOVICHI ARMY BARRACKS EAST BARANOVICHI, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT-
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NP IC/R?292/64
ARMY.. B
BARANOVICH119-USSR-.
BELORUSSIAN MD.
Declassification Review by-NIMA/DOD.
DIA
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WARNING :
Ipcrrat contains classified infarwaetion effeetity tM nstionol:'soeuriiy of dw United States -within the
t! of itr ispienogs laws U. S.-Code Title 18. Sections 793 and 794. Tfio low prohibits its transmission
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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 1)IAiGI.\ 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 (l)IA). 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: kA) 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, (11) 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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Baranovichi Army Barracks Last is located
on the southeast edge of Baranovichi (53-O81'1~
026-03E) immediately west of Baranovichi Rail-
road Yard East (Figure I). l he installation is
(Served by a spur from the rail yard, a series of
city streets, and an all-weather primary road
which connects to the all-weather highway from
Bobruysk to Brest. Other military installations
located in the vicinity include Baranovichi Army
Barracks SW (AL-1), and Baranovichi Army
Barracks and Training Area Lesnaya (I AA- 1 ).
The installation covers approximately 700
acres and includes seven administration build-
ings, 49 barracks, 115 storage buildings, 51
support buildings, two equipment storage /main-
tenance buildings, and 25 vehicle sheds. Other
facilities include two athletic fields and two
small arms ranges.
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The area is covered by - TALENT pho-
vsts
KEYHOLE missions bet2.5Xj [}5X1 D
Comparative anal-
revealed the same general level of usage 25X1 D
between
with reduced
Significant
changes since M include the addition of 10
large vehicle storage/maintenance buildings, 52
general storage buildings, two new barracks and
three new administrative buildings.- 2-5XtDv
buildings appear to have been constructed be-
M of this installation
a barracks and administrative
area for Baranovichi Airfield.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
A spur from a single-track--line extend-
ing from Baranovichi thriouh Luninets passes
through the southeast sector of the installation.
A five-track rail yard borders the installation
on the east side.
Road Service
An all-weather primary road connects the
installation to the east-west all-weather primary
highway extending from Bobruysk to Brest. The
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urban location of the installation also gives it
good access to city streets.
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area i) (Figure 3) contains six administra-
tion buildings, 49-barracks, and thirty support
buildings. Since M1-.\LFNT photography, two
barracks, three administration and five support
buildings have been added. Trackage thro hOU
the area indicates the installation is "">>PP""~~bb'abb''11
occupied. -
General Storage Areas
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Sketch compiled from
FIGURE 3. BARANOVICHI ARMY BARRACKS EAST,
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:Area
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Type
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\dntini -tration
asith. \cing-
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\ chicle shod-
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10
Support building-
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A chicle -hod
\ ehich. -11ed-
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Vehicle -hid
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\laint.rnanci &toru':c
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4
Support building-
J3
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1
Vehicle -hod
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Maintenance Storage
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50 \ 4(I & 70 x i.0
(10 x
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1710v 40
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160 \ 40
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100v 40
10(1 x 3:.
asith toao 1(1(1 x 20 oyten-ion-
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Si nit ~ -ix tihicle -hod- h:as e lien added:
(sao 210 x ft. two 360 x :, , ft. one :300 x 40
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taco aehicle -h(?d- hose been added:
one 3.0 x 30 ft and one 170 y 40 ft.
~.nec? _? three -upport building- has e been
added. Thr. e of the -upport building- pro0-
ahl hasp an adrnini-tratiao function ton-
nocted ssith the motor pool-.
-ince _ tsao building- ha\i been con-truc?ted
and one building re: tose?d.
Athletic Fields
The installation contains two athletic fields,
KI and K2 (Figure 3). K2 appears to be slightly
expanded since-
Small Arms Firing Ranges
The installation contains two small arms
firing ranges -- LL and L2 (Figure 3). L1 is
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1,100 feet long and 200 feet wide and contains
three parallel bunkered firing lanes. L2 is 400
feet long and 500 feet wide with nine bunkered
firing lanes arranged in an arc.
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MAPS OR CHARTS
I'S Air Target Chart, Series 400. Sheet 16-16HL, 3d ed, Dec 62 (SECRET)
I'S Target Complex ('hart, eerie= 1001, Sheet SO 16-99b1-1001, 2d ed, Feb 57 (SECRET)
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DOCUMENTS
Army. DPIR-1-57, Ifilitary ln.statlations, Slonin-fiaranoricti Area. CSSR, 24 Jan 57 (TOP SECRET CHESS)
DIA. PC 225 1-1-63, Installation List, Soviet Ground Forces, 1 Oct 63 (SECRET No Foreign Dissem Except
DIA. PC 225 1-2-63, Training Areas, Soicict Gro!tnd Forces, 1 Oct 63 (SECRET 'No Foreign Dissem Except
REQUIREMENT
C-RR4-61,111 (partial answer)
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