Tsel, Asipovichy District

Tsel
Цэль (Belarusian)
Цель (Russian)
Village
Tsel is located in Belarus
Tsel
Tsel
Coordinates: 53°23′41″N 28°27′25″E / 53.39472°N 28.45694°E / 53.39472; 28.45694
CountryBelarus
RegionMogilev Region
DistrictAsipovichy District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)

Tsel (Belarusian: Цэль, romanized: Ceĺ; Russian: Цель) is a village in Asipovichy District, Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Pratasevichy selsoviet.[1] It is situated 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

  1. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2007). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Магілёўская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 67. ISBN 978-985-458-159-0.
  2. ^ a b Kislyak, Olga (1 March 2020). "Вижу Цель" [I see the target]. Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya (in Russian). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Golod, Igor (31 October 2018). "Столица артиллерии" [Artillery capital]. Minsky kuryer (in Russian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ Markushin, Grigory (13 January 2020). "Цель в Осиповичском районе. Два года спустя" [Tsel in Osipovichi Raion, two years later]. Asipovitsky Kray (in Russian).
  6. ^ Prince, Todd (2023-06-30). "Belarus Appears To Be Refurbishing An Abandoned Garrison. For Whom?". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2023-06-30.