Military townletA typical checkpoint at a military townlet
In military of Russia and some other post-Soviet states (as well as in the former Soviet Union), a military townlet (Russian: военный городок, romanized:voenny gorodok), also translated as military town or barracks town, is a special territory with buildings and structures located on it, which are intended to accommodate one or more military units, institutions, military educational institutions, and enterprises of the armed forces.[1]
Modern Russia
Many of them were classified and had a restricted access ("closed military townlet"). By 2005 there were 952 of closed ones in Russia. Military townlets have considerable problems with residential facilities, especially for veterans. Therefore a gradual declassification of some of them and passing their jurisdiction from military to civil authorities was suggested.[2] The corresponding law was enacted in 2011[3] and by 2013, 1,100 of total about 5,000 were transferred to municipalities.[4] Many of them were already closed and unused by the military, but still held facilities vital to the local civil area.[5]
