Severny was a 1960s era air base in
Russia
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located 200 km east of
Orsk
Orsk () is the second largest city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the steppe about southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. The city straddles the Ural River. Population: It lies adjacent to the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
...
. It was a 1960s-era
Soviet
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bomber base. The facility was mostly plowed under but 8 large pads are noted. It is located only 3 km from the
Kazakhstan
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border to east. Severny means "North" in Russian: Северный).
See also
* There is also an airport named ''Severny'' in
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow.
First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...
Oblast,
the site of the 10 April 2010 crash of the Polish flight which killed the Polish President and approximately 95 other passengers.
References
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Soviet Long Range Aviation bases