ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE ORANCHITSY, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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July 1964
ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE
ORANCHITSY, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and
TALENT regulations.
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't'his 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 1Plc (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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ORANCHITSY PETROLEUM STORAGE
(52-27N 024-30E)
ORANCHITSY, BRESTSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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PRRUZHANY
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MILITARY DISTRICT
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PETROLEUM STORAGE
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The Oranchitsy Petroleum Storage Area is
located on the southwest 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 sput 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 r}orth
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-
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.
General Storage Area
Area E contains five storage buildings and
one administration building. One of the storage
buildings and the administration building have
been added since - coverage, and one storage
building under construction in - has been
completed.
POL Storage Areas
Area G1 contains 24 vertical, semiburied
tanks, 75 feet in diameter, 14 of which have
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ministration building; five storage buildings;
six support buildings; and a large open area,
possibly for storage of oil drums.
This installation was covered by=TAL-
ENT photography and three KEYHOLE missions
between Com-
parative analysis reveals extensive changes,
as observed on - coverage, which in-
clude the addition of 14 semiburied vertical
POL tanks, seven semiburied probable POL
tanks with rectangular covers, and one admin-
istration building, and the removal of numerous
horizontal POL tanks which were visible on
=TALENT coverage.
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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 G1 and G2 is an open area, pos-
sibly for storage of oil drums.
Numerous horizontal POL tanks visible on
M TALENT coverage were not observed on
subsequent coverage.
Other Buildings
Six support buildings are scattered through-
out the installation.
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Army. DPIR 46-58, Military Installations and Activities, Prushany Area USSR, Jul 58 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF)
Army. PIM 204-63, SRI-317A-1-63, Dec 63 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF)
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