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Быхов

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Magiliowskaja voblasc, Byhaw

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БрусОК

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I drove from Mogilev to Bykhov on a terrible road. Bykhov itself was not impressed, although it is clearly a town with a long history. The center is still normal, architectural monuments have been preserved, but in general it is a gloomy town.

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Алексей Калинин

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An overgrown heroic past

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Олег Бабков

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This airfield is one of the oldest in the history of aviation — airplanes began to take off here back in the First World War. In 1914, P. Nesterov planned the landing site here. The airfield in Bykhov was built by decree of Nicholas II. Since January 1951, the 57th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division and one of its regiments, the 170th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Regiment, were relocated to the airfield on Tu-4 aircraft. The division was part of the 51st Guards Bomber Aviation Smolensk-Berlin Corps of the 50th Long-range Aviation Army. In February 1955, the division was transferred to the Baltic Fleet Air Force and was renamed the 57th Naval Missile-carrying Aviation Smolensk Division of the Baltic Fleet. Since 1956, the division's regiments have been retrained for new aircraft — the Tu-16, a heavy twin-engine multi-purpose jet aircraft with the ability to deliver nuclear munitions. Due to the reorganization of the structure, on September 26, 1961, the division was returned to the long-range aviation of the Air Force and transferred to the 6th Separate Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, formed on the basis of the 50th Long-range Aviation Army. In August 1963, the division was returned to the Baltic Fleet Air Force, where it remained until December 1991. By that time, the division's regiments were armed with Tu-16, Tu-22M2 and Tu-22M3 aircraft. After the collapse of the USSR, the division's management (without aviation regiments) was transferred to Severomorsk-3 airfield on December 25, 1991. The division became part of the Northern Fleet as the 57th mixed naval Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Division, which included the 279th separate naval assault Aviation Regiment (aer. Severomorsk-3) and two helicopter regiments: the 830th anti-submarine helicopter Regiment and the 38th naval Helicopter Regiment (both in aer. Severomorsk-2). This unique formation within the Air Force of the Navy (and the Russian Air Force) was intended to ensure combat operations and be based on board the heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers Admiral Kuznetsov and Admiral Gorshkov. The 57th Mixed Naval Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Division of the Northern Fleet Air Force was disbanded on May 1, 1998. The regiments that were part of it were transferred to the direct subordination of the Northern Fleet Air Force. And the airfield in Bykhov was left useless to anyone and fell into complete disrepair. In some places, you can still ride a motorcycle on the runway... But these places are becoming fewer and fewer over the years.

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