946th Main Geospatial Information Center
Identity
Best public match for this placemark is the Irkutsk branch of the 946th Main Geospatial Information Center, not the parent HQ in Noginsk. Open EGRUL-derived records list the parent FBU 946 GCGI in Noginsk, Moscow Oblast, while Branch No. 5 is registered at 65 5 Armii Street, Irkutsk; the same records show the parent institution is the legal successor of v/ch 43651. The metadata note about Noginsk therefore fits the parent organization, while this specific site is best assessed as its Irkutsk branch location. ([xn----7sbfbqq4deedd2d1bu.xn--p1ai](https://xn----7sbfbqq4deedd2d1bu.xn--p1ai/vipiska-egrul/1135031003216/))
Function
Open sources identify the Irkutsk site as Branch No. 5, an aerophototopographic center. A 2024 regional-library record uses that description, and procurement material separately describes the Irkutsk facility of 946 GCGI as the aerophototopographic center in military town No. 26. The parent center’s documented remit covers cartographic production, topographic and special maps, and aerial/cosmic remote-sensing materials in the defense spatial-data fund, which supports assessing the Irkutsk branch as a geospatial production and processing node rather than a generic administrative detachment. ([irklib.ru](https://www.irklib.ru/FILES/%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%9B%2028%2009.12%20%D1%81%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB..pdf?utm_source=openai))
Workforce
Public labor-safety filings tied to 65 5 Armii Street list a large set of numbered buildings or work areas and specialist positions including aerophotogeodesists, cartographers, programmer-engineers, electronics engineers, technicians, a classified-records chief, warehouse staff, drivers, and guards. This supports a permanently staffed technical site with production, administrative, and security functions. ([declaration.rostrud.gov.ru](https://declaration.rostrud.gov.ru/declaration/index?DeclarationSearch%255Binn%255D=8615009411&DeclarationSearch%255Bregion_id%255D=77&page=14668&per-page=50&utm_source=openai))
Site
As of 2024, official regional utility documentation still listed 946 GCGI objects at 65 5 Armii Street in Irkutsk. The same address is also a protected heritage complex: regional government reporting says the property is a 19th-century site long used as a cartographic factory and owned by the Ministry of Defense, while court materials identify the protected object there as “Two adjoining buildings.” Active military occupancy at this address therefore appears constrained by heritage-preservation requirements. ([ogirk.ru](https://www.ogirk.ru/pravo/wp-content/uploads/sm-issue-print/2024/08/Oblast_85.pdf))
Status
The Irkutsk site was under active heritage-preservation enforcement in 2024-2025. The Fourth Arbitration Appellate Court upheld orders requiring 946 GCGI to fulfill preservation obligations at 65 5 Armii Street, and on 4 August 2025 the Russian Supreme Court declined to take the center’s cassation complaint for further review. Open sources reviewed here describe branch registration, geospatial staff, utilities, and property issues, but do not describe combat units, weapon systems, or aircraft permanently based at this address. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/66378922/?utm_source=openai))