Transmitting Radio Center "Charodey"
Identification
The northern placemark matches a mapped military polygon for Belarusian military unit 01266 near Suchaparaŭščyna/Choŭchlava in Minsk Region at roughly 54.17078, 26.74375. Public records also show military unit 01266 as a real Belarusian Armed Forces entity with UIN 600258237, and 2021 procurement records place it at ag. Rakov, v/ch 01266. ([openstreetmap.org](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1095931271))
Site ambiguity
Open sources do not cleanly resolve which of the two sites is the transmitter node and which is the reserve command post. OpenStreetMap/Mapcarta preserve the older name "reserve command post 'Charodey'" on the northern unit-01266 polygon, while Wikimapia labels the southern site at 53°58'31"N 26°54'22"E as "ZKP 'Charodey' v/ch 01266"; because these public mapping sources conflict and no official Belarus publication located for this review resolves the discrepancy, the transmitter-versus-reserve assignment remains unverified. ([openstreetmap.org](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1095931271))
Infrastructure
Recent procurement indicates that unit 01266 maintains substantial fixed-support infrastructure. A 2025 tender for v/ch 01266 covers water-network flushing and disinfection in military towns No.207 "Rakov" and No.216 "Kholkhlovo," plus two 100 m³ reservoirs, one 22.3 m³ reservoir, and seven artesian wells; a separate 2025 Beltelecom tender references GPON-line reconstruction to "v/ch 01266 Kyivets" in Volozhin District. ([bicotender.ru](https://www.bicotender.ru/uslugi/gidropnevmaticeskaia-promyvka-s-posleduiushhei-dezinfekciei-naruznyx-i-vnutrennix-vodoprovodnyx-minsk-tender316204081.html?utm_source=openai))
Operational assessment
What can be stated with confidence is that v/ch 01266 is an active fixed military communications-related location set dispersed across at least two sites in western Minsk Region, with continuing utility and telecom servicing. What cannot be publicly confirmed from reliable open sources reviewed here are the exact current mission set, chain of command, antenna inventory, force size, or whether either site still performs a dedicated transmitting-radio role under the historical name "Charodey." Older crowdsourced veteran comments at the southern site mention radiotelegraph and encrypted-communications duties, but those claims are not official confirmation and should be treated as low-confidence historical trace only. ([tendery-stran-mira.tenderguru.ru](https://tendery-stran-mira.tenderguru.ru/tendery-belarus/13655596?utm_source=openai))