Tsel, Asipovichy District
Tsel
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  Tsel | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′41″N 28°27′25″E / 53.394722°N 28.456944°E | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Region | Mogilev Region |
| District | Asipovichy District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK[1]) |
Tsel (Belarusian: Цэль, romanized: Ceĺ, Russian: Цель, romanized: Tsel') is a village and former military base in Asipovichy District of Mogilev Region in Belarus. It is part of the Pratasevichy Village Council (Selsoviet). Located on the Svislach river roughly 20 km (12 miles) northwest of Asipovichy and 90 km (56 miles) southeast of Minsk.
The village includes a primary and secondary school and is the location of dachas of Minsk and Asipovichy residents.[2]
History
Tsel, whose name literally means target, was founded as a military base of the Red Army in 1936. A missile battalion from Klintsy was based in Tsel during the Soviet period. When the 22nd Missile Brigade relocated from Hungary to Belarus, it took over the base at Tsel. A village was built to house the families of the servicemen; servicemen and their families together numbered 1,500.[2] The 465th Missile Brigade took over the base when the 22nd Brigade was disbanded in 2005.[3] The base was abandoned in 2018 after the 465th relocated to the Yuzhny military base on the outskirts of Asipovichy.[4][5] In early June 2023 refurbishment efforts began at the base, identified by analysts as efforts to house Russian troops.[6]
References
- ^ "Eternal Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Belarus". timeanddate.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ a b Kislyak, Olga (1 March 2020). "Вижу Цель" [I see the target]. Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya (in Russian). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Markushin, Grigory (30 August 2013). "1 сентября 465-й ракетной бригаде — 25 лет" [465th Missile Brigade turns 25 on 1 September]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Golod, Igor (31 October 2018). "Столица артиллерии" [Artillery capital]. Minsky kuryer (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Markushin, Grigory (13 January 2020). "Цель в Осиповичском районе. Два года спустя" [Tsel in Osipovichi Raion, two years later]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian).
- ^ Prince, Todd (2023-06-30). "Belarus Appears To Be Refurbishing An Abandoned Garrison. For Whom?". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2023-06-30.