Kirsanov is a military

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. It is located northwest of

Kirsanov Kirsanov () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River (Russia), Vorona River at its confluence with the Pursovka River east of Tambov. Population: History It was founded in the fir ...

, and features a parallel taxiway and a

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in length and in width, a substandard length that was typical of

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military air bases built in the 1950s.

References

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