Command Posts

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Identity

The record appears to combine two separate command-post sites rather than one co-located installation. The eastern point aligns with the Mongokhto/Kamenny Ruchey military garrison area in Khabarovsk Krai, about 29–30 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan. The western point is in Rostov Oblast, where open sources place the headquarters of the 4th Air and Air Defense Army in Rostov-on-Don. ([ru.wikipedia.org](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9_%28%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%29))

Mongokhto site

The eastern placemark is best matched to the reserve-command/support zone of the Mongokhto (Kamenny Ruchey) garrison. Open sources describe Kamenny Ruchey as a major Far East military airfield with a 3,400 m-class concrete runway, long-standing anti-submarine and maritime-strike aviation use, and numerous hardened aircraft areas. Public sources, however, identify the nearby airfield as Russian Naval Aviation/Pacific Fleet rather than Aerospace Forces; the specific underground reserve command post named in the placemark is not publicly confirmed. ([ru.wikipedia.org](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9_%28%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%29))

Rostov site

For the western placemark, open sources confirm a Rostov-based air-defense command network: the headquarters of the 4th Air and Air Defense Army is in Rostov-on-Don, and earlier force listings also placed the 51st Air Defense Corps HQ there with the 1536th SAM regiment and 7th radio-technical brigade. Later open sources place the successor 51st Air Defense Division either in Rostov-on-Don or in Novocherkassk, so exact unit ownership of the coordinate remains disputed in open reporting. ([aviaport.ru](https://www.aviaport.ru/news/156337/))

Assessment

Best assessment: this location record aggregates at least two different command-post facilities—an unconfirmed underground reserve CP supporting the Mongokhto/Kamenny Ruchey garrison in the Far East, and an unconfirmed Air Force/Air Defense CP in the Rostov regional command network. The eastern site's public service attribution points to Naval Aviation, while the western site's broader affiliation with VKS air-defense command structures is much stronger. Exact bunker names, resident units, and current operating status are not publicly confirmed in the reviewed sources. ([ru.wikipedia.org](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9_%28%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%29))

Places

Underground Reserve Command Post (of the nearby garrison)

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Air Force/Air Defense Command Post

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