Sklad-40 (Склад-40) (also ''Arsenal'') - a closed
military camp
A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or military operations, operations, and often have t ...
in the western part of the city of
Rzhev
Rzhev ( rus, Ржев, p=ˈrʐɛf) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. It is the uppermost town situated on the Volga River. Population:
His ...
in the Tver Oblast, on the
:ru:Советская сторона (Soviet side).
It is a
microdistrict
Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist s ...
of the city of Rzhev. All the houses of the microdistrict are assigned to
Karl Marx Street.
Military Unit Number
A Military Unit Number (Russian: Войсковая часть) is a numeric alternate designation for military units in the armed forces and internal troops of post-Soviet states, originally used by those of the Soviet Union.
For ground forces t ...
86286, the 55th Arsenal
Main Missile and Artillery Directorate
The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Ministry of Defence (Russia), Russian Ministry of Defen ...
of the
Ministry of Defence
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, is garrisoned in the town.
A civilian enterprise operates on the basis of the military unit - OAO 55 Arsenal, which specializes in the repair of military and special equipment, as well as the production of trailers and other consumer goods.
History
The history of the
arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
begins in 1918, when a warehouse redeployed from
Dvinsk
Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...
and
artillery
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was placed in Rzhev.
On September 16, 1919, by order of the commander of the Armies of the Western Front No. 683, the warehouse was given the name Rzhevskaya Artillery Base
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Military frontiers
*Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany
*Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany
*Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ...
.
During the years of the
Russian Civil War
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*Soldiers ...
, the workers and employees of the base worked selflessly to provide the front with the necessary weapons and equipment.
In 1922 the Rzhevskaya artillery base receives the name of the Rzhevskaya artillery
warehouse
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of the first category and becomes subordinate to the
Artillery Directorate of the
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...
.
In 1923 the warehouse is inspected by the GAU inspectorate, which marks the work of the personnel as one of the best in the young
Soviet Republic
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*The system of government implemented in the Soviet Union and other soviet republics.
* Bolshevik Russia and the Russian SFSR after the Russia ...
.
In 1928 the Rzhevsky Artillery Depot was renamed into Military Depot No. 40, from which the name of the residential town came.
In the same years, barracks and the first barrack houses for fighters and commanders of the Red Army appeared in the town.
In 1938, Military Depot No. 40 was renamed Military Base No. 40.
In July 1941, with the beginning of the
Great Patriotic War
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, military base No. 40, in accordance with the order of the People's Commissar of Defense, was relocated to the city of
Alatyr,
Chuvash ASSR
The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( cv, Чӑваш Автономлӑ Совет Социаллӑ Республики, Chăwash Avtonomlă Sovet Sociallă Respubliki; russian: link=no, Чувашская Автономная Со ...
, where it is currently located under the name of the 5th arsenal of the GRAU. Immediately after the war, a new military formation was formed on the site of the Rzhev base - the 55th arsenal of the GRAU.
Transport
Communication with the center of Rzhev is carried out by
bus route
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No. 3.
Route No. 3 on the map of the city of Rzhev
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Notes
* {{cite book, last1=Feskov, first1=V.I., last2=Kalashnikov, first2=K.A., last3=Golikov , first3=V.I., last4=Slugin , first4=S.A., trans-title=The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II, from the Red Army to the Soviet (Part 1: Land Forces)., title=Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской (часть 1: Сухопутные войска) , place=Tomsk, date=2013}
Improved version of 2004 work with many inaccuracies corrected.
Military installations of Russia
Populated places in Tver Oblast
Ammunition dumps