Totsky range

52°38.54′N 52°48.55′E / 52.64233°N 52.80917°E / 52.64233; 52.80917

Totsky range
Totsky range (European Russia)
Totsky range (Russia)

The Totsky range (Russian: Тоцкий полигон), also Totskoye range in Western sources, is a military training area and shooting range in the Central Military District, Russia, near the village of Totskoye in the steppes of Orenburg Oblast. Its area is 45,700 hectares.[1]

It is notable for the Soviet Totskoye nuclear exercise in 1954.

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

References

  1. ^ "Некоторые сведения о степных полигонах в Оренбургской области" (retrieved February 17, 2013)
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