The Totsky range (), also Totskoye range in Western sources, is a military training area and

shooting range A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by milita ...

in the

Central Military District The Order of the Red Banner Central Military District () is a Military districts of Russia, military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the centr ...

, Russia, near the village Totskoye in the steppes of

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkal ...

. Its area is 45,700

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. ...

s."Некоторые сведения о степных полигонах в Оренбургской области"
(retrieved February 17, 2013) It is notable for the Soviet

Totskoye nuclear exercise The Totskoye nuclear exercise was a military exercise undertaken by the Soviet Army to explore defensive and offensive warfare during nuclear war. The exercise, under the code name "Snowball" (), involved an aerial detonation of a 40 kt RDS ...

in 1954. It was one of the locations where the Anders Army was formed in 1941.

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Military training areas Buildings and structures in Orenburg Oblast Proving grounds Military installations of Russia Military installations of the Soviet Union {{Orenburg-geo-stub