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]

A typical checkpoint at a military townlet

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

• Balkhash-9
• Kadaga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Near Kyzyl, Tuva. Completed in 2016, for the 55th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade^[6]
• Khvoyny^[7]
• Kletsk-2
• Klyuchi-1
• Pivan-1
• Ногинск-9 [ru]
• Perm-76
• Serpukhov-15
• Star City, Russia
• Skrunda-1
• Tiefenbrunn, Soviet military townlet in East Germany, see 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

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

• ru:Категория:Военные городки России (Russian Wikipedia Category: Military camps of Russia)
• Barracks
• Billet
• Canaba, Ancient Rome
• Casern / Kaserne
• Cantonment
• Closed city
• Garrison / garrison town
• Military base
• Military settlement
• House of Military Officers
• Military district § Russia and Soviet Union