Mobile Communications Nodes Center
Identification
The placemark set matches a Russian military installation in Chekhov-4 (Venyukovo microdistrict, Chekhov, Moscow Oblast) associated in open sources with military unit 25801-9. The HQ placemark is essentially co-located with a public map point labeled "Штаб в/ч 25801-9," while court materials place unit-linked utility objects for v/ch 25801-9 on Komsomolskaya Street in Chekhov. ([wikimapia.org](https://wikimapia.org/10479607/ru/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D0%B2-%D1%87-25801-9?utm_source=openai))
Parent link
Public registry-derived records strongly support linking the parent unit number 25801 to the 14th Main Communications Center of the Russian General Staff: the active legal entity FKU "VCh 25801" lists the contact 14gcs_1@mil.ru, and its change history records Sergey Bobrov moving from the title "Chief of the 14th Main Communications Center GS RF" to head of FKU "VCh 25801." Separately, OSINT monitoring of Zapad-2017 listed v/ch 25801-9 as the mobile communications nodes center of the 14th Main Communications Center; I did not find an official MoD page publicly naming this subunit in the same level of detail. ([companium.ru](https://companium.ru/id/1197746607893-fku-vch-25801))
Layout
The supplied coordinates align with three distinct elements of the same installation: a headquarters area, a site publicly labeled as the unit’s "park of combat vehicles," and a separate vehicle park. Because these labels come from community mapping rather than official disclosures, they are best treated as moderate-confidence indicators of a dispersed support compound with motor-pool and vehicle-storage functions, not as confirmation of specific communications equipment. ([wikimapia.org](https://wikimapia.org/10479607/ru/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1-%D0%B2-%D1%87-25801-9?utm_source=openai))
Utilities
Official municipal infrastructure documents show Ministry of Defense utility operator FGBU TsZhKU responsible for the military town Chekhov-4 from Komsomolskaya 3a. A 2023 appellate court decision further identifies utility-fed objects of v/ch 25801-9 on Komsomolskaya Street, including boiler house K1 and central heating point No. 119, indicating a permanently serviced garrison installation rather than a temporary field site. ([agoch.ru](https://agoch.ru/files/2020/05/25/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%201.%20%D0%9F%D0%9A%D0%A0%20%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%202020-2033.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Geographic relevance
The site sits inside the Chekhov-4 garrison/residential area rather than in isolation: 2GIS shows adjacent residential blocks on Komsomolskaya Street and the Military Investigative Department for the Chekhov garrison at Komsomolskaya 4a nearby. This supports assessment of a permanently based unit within a broader military town, but open sources reviewed here do not publicly confirm current troop strength, exact communications architecture, or the specific radio, relay, or satellite systems stationed at this site. ([2gis.ru](https://2gis.ru/chekhov/geo/4504235283083238/tab/inside))