Central Research Institutes
Scope
This location record matches a dispersed Russian Ministry of Defence research portfolio rather than one campus. Public records and official listings identify current or recent nodes in Moscow (3rd CRI at Pogonny Proezd 10, 27th Scientific Centre at Brigadirskiy Pereulok 13, 46th CRI in Moscow), Mytishchi (16th CRI), Korolyov/Yubileyny (4th CRI of rocket, space and aviation systems), Shikhany/Volsk-18 (33rd institute), and the Naval Academy’s rescue-and-underwater-technology institute in the St Petersburg area. ([list-org.com](https://www.list-org.com/company/920310?utm_source=openai))
Moscow core
Recent institute-affiliated and defence-science publications depict the 3rd CRI as a central land-systems research body focused on new weapons and military equipment, especially rocket-artillery and ground-platform issues. Associated publications place its armored-vehicle test center in Kubinka and its automotive test center in Bronnitsy, indicating a Moscow-region testing belt rather than a purely office-based institute. ([akad.uz](https://akad.uz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/VoenMysl_03-2022.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Technical specialisation
The 16th institute remains publicly identified as the MoD communications research institute and is registered at 1st Rupasovsky Pereulok, Mytishchi. The 4th institute is publicly listed as the 4th Central Research Institute of rocket, space and aviation systems on Tikhonravova Street in Korolyov/Yubileyny, showing that this network supports service-specific technical domains rather than one homogeneous function. ([sub.clearspending.ru](https://sub.clearspending.ru/receiver/001%D0%A95348/?utm_source=openai))
RCB-sensitive nodes
The most sensitive verified branch in this set is the RCB-related segment. U.S. Treasury states that the 27th Scientific Centre engaged in chemical-weapons research and testing, while U.S. and UK sanctions documents identify both the 27th Scientific Centre in Moscow and the 33rd Central Scientific Research and Testing Institute in Shikhany as entities linked to Russia’s chemical-weapons capability and subordinate or associated with the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops. These are official sanctions findings, not independent technical verification. ([home.treasury.gov](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2318?utm_source=openai))
Naval rescue branch
The placemark labeled 40th Central Research Institute corresponds in open sources to the Naval Academy’s research institute for rescue and underwater technologies. Public reporting and institutional references tie it to diver training for depths above 400 m, underwater-technology R&D, and salvage/support projects from the St Petersburg/Lomonosov area. ([rbc.ru](https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5a4c894f9a7947389364bf65?utm_source=openai))
Changes and gaps
Some names in the placemark layer appear to be legacy titles. For Railway Troops, a 2010 court-cited reorganization made the 3rd CRI the legal successor of 61 NIII Railway Troops, and a Russian government order of 23 August 2021 then created the Research Testing Center of Railway Troops by splitting it back out at Ulitsa Yeniseyskaya 7, Moscow. I did not find equally strong public confirmation for every remaining ordinal in the placemark set, so the layer should be treated as partially legacy and partially current. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/139289574/?utm_source=openai))