Military townlet

A typical checkpoint at a military townlet

In military of Russia and some other post-Soviet states (as well as in the former Soviet Union), a military townlet (Russian: военный городок, romanized: voenny gorodok), also translated as military town or barracks town, is a special territory with buildings and structures located on it , which are intended to accommodate one or more military units , institutions , military educational institutions , and enterprises of the armed forces.[1]

Modern Russia

Many of them were classified and had a restricted access ("closed military townlet"). By 2005 there were 952 of closed ones in Russia. Military townlets have considerable problems with residential facilities, especially for veterans. Therefore a gradual declassification of some of them and passing their jurisdiction from military to civil authorities was suggested.[2] The corresponding law was enacted in 2011[3] and by 2013, 1,100 of total about 5,000 were transferred to municipalities.[4] Many of them were already closed and unused by the military, but still held facilities vital to the local civil area.[5]

Military townlets

A number of places in Russia are called "Voenny Gorodok" in Russia, e.g., Military Townlet, Novosibirsk; see ru:Военный городок (значения) for more.

See also

References

  1. ^ «Военный городок» article in the Soviet Military Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Ужасы нашего городка. Рассекреченные военные гарнизоны могут погибнуть
  3. ^ Путин: земли военных городков нужно передавать под управление муниципалитетам (Putin: Lands of military townlets should be transferred to municipal management)
  4. ^ Минобороны РФ передало муниципалитетам более тысячи военных городков
  5. ^ Военные будут передавать муниципалитетам военные городки вместе с дорогами
  6. ^ Modern military townlet erected in southern Siberia
  7. ^ Военный городок Хвойный активно развивается
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