Totsky range explained

The Totsky range (Russian: Тоцкий полигон), also Totskoye range in Western sources, is a shooting range in the Central Military District, Russia, near the village 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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.biodiversity.ru/programs/steppe/bulletin/step-5/polygon.html "Некоторые сведения о степных полигонах в Оренбургской области"