ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE ORANCHITSY, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
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July 1964
PMOTOGSVAPINiC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE
ORANCHh'SY, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
CIA
DIA
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETAT/
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PREFACE
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 NPIg 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, (I-I) 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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ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE
(52-27N 024-30E)
ORANCHITSY, BRESTSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
AL No: None
COMOR No: None
Min.k
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? PRUZHANY
MOSCOW
USSR
ELORUSSIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT
ORANCHITSY
PETROLEUM STORAGE
2415'
243
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Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
1 0 1 2 3 4 5
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE.
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SUMMARY
The Oranchitsy Petroleum Storage Area is
located on the south-west edge of Oranchitsy (52-
28N 024-31E) and 11 kilometers (km) south-
southeast of Pruzhany (52-33N 024-28E) on the
south side of the Brest-Ivantsevichi rail line
(Figure 1). The area is served by a spur from
The rail line and has all-weather road connec-
tions to Pruzhany. The Pruzhany Army Bar-
racks Slobodka (AL-1) is located 7 km north
of this area.
The installation (Figures 2 and 3) covers
75 acres and- contains 24 -semiburied vertical
POL tanks; seven semiburied probable POL
tanks with rectangular covers, of which five
appear to be interconnected by pipes; one ad-
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ministration building;
six support buildings;
possibly for storage of
This installation
five storage buildings;
and a large open area,
oil drums.
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was covered by I
I
Ohotography and
missions
Corn-
parative analyst extensive
changes,
which in-
as observed on coverage,
clude the addition
POL tanks, seven
of 14 semiburied vertical
semiburied probable POL
tanks with rectangular covers, and one admin-
istration building,-and the removal-of numerous
horizontal POL tanks which were visible on
coverage.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service',"
A spur from the Brest-Ivantsevichi rail
line serves this area.
Road Service
All-weather roads provide access to
Pruzhany.
G?neral Storage Area
Area E contains five storage buildings and
one administration building. One of the storage
buildings and the administration building have
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- been added since I [overage, and one storage
building under construction in has been
completed.
POL Storag? Areas
Area GI contains 24 vertical, semiburied
tanks, 75 feet in diameter, 14 of which have
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been added since
Area G2 contains seven probable semi-
buried POL tanks with rectangular covers, five
of which appear to be interconnected by pipes.
These tanks were first observed on
coverage. Four of the covers are 120 by 120
feet, one is 160 by 135 feet, one is 160 by 105
feet, and one is 150 by 60 feet.
Between GI and G2 is an open area, pos-
sibly for storage of oil drums.
Numerous horizontal POL tanks visible on
coverage were not observed on
subsequent coverage.
Other Buildings
Six support buildings are scattered through-
out the installation.
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FIGURE 2. ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE, ORANCHITSY, USSR,
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- Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
FIGURE 3. ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE. Sketch compiled from
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REFERENCES
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MAPS OR CHARTS
US Air Target Chart,-Series 200, Sheet 0168-22HL, 2d ed, Feb 63 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
Army. DPIR 46-58, Military Installations and Activities, Pruehany Area USSR, Jul 58 (TOP SECRET
Army. PIM 204-63, SRI-11744-61, Dec 63 (TOP SECRET
DIA. PC 225/1-1-63, Installations List, Soviet Ground Forces, 1 Oct 63 (SECRET
REQUIREMENT
C-RR4-81,111 (partial answer)
NFIC PROJECT
N-236/64
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