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The Arctic is a military complex. Military base of the Russian Federation "Arctic Trefoil": description, composition and interesting facts. Life at the base

The Russian Defense Ministry responded by successfully passing the sea trials of the new generation aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford with a virtual tour of our Arctic Trefoil military base.

1. The base is built in the shape of a three-pointed star and consists of numerous special-purpose structures, as well as control points, garages, warehouses and an autonomous power unit. Its hulls are painted in the color of the Russian flag. Today, this is the only structure of this scale in the world built at 80 degrees north latitude.

2. "Arctic Trefoil" is located on the island of Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land archipelago and is the second military facility built in the Arctic for the deployment of air defense units of the Northern Fleet of Russia. The first was the North Clover military base on the Kotelny island of the Novosibirsk Islands archipelago.

3. In addition to the main building of the housing and administrative complex, the base includes a power plant; a water treatment plant for 700 tons of water obtained by disinfecting snow; onshore pumping station for fuel replenishment; sewerage facilities; heated garages for military equipment. All buildings of the base are connected with each other by heated covered galleries.

4. Construction of the facility has been underway since 2007, but only in 2015 information about the Arctic Trefoil became available to the press.

5. The only subtle points in this construction was the complete lack of information for what money this base was built. Well, our military does not like people to dig into such things, but the Americans do not hesitate to tell that the aircraft carrier cost them nearly $ 13 billion. I would like to believe that the money is not wasted.

6. "Arctic Trefoil" is completely autonomous and provides comfortable accommodation for up to 150 military personnel for a year and a half
The total area of \u200b\u200bthe complex is 14 thousand square meters. Look at the photo, you know. that the term "cold war" may have a very different meaning ...

Originally posted by Info_Rus. at "Harsh" Airfields - "Arctic Trefoil" Franz Josef Land

The northernmost base of the Russian Air Defense units is located on the Franz Josef Land archipelago.

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The end of the world. Island Alexandra Land. It takes about 4 hours to get here by military transport plane. Just a year ago, the skyguards took up combat duty in this Arctic region.

All this time, the personnel have been living and serving in a temporary military town.

These are small modular structures on piles; they are adjoined by technical rooms, boxes for military equipment, and a canteen.

In parallel, a large construction project is underway on the Arctic island all year round. A modern three-storey closed-cycle administrative and residential complex with a total area of \u200b\u200bmore than 14 thousand square meters is being erected.

The construction of the Arctic Trefoil complex in the Franz Josef Land archipelago is nearing completion. The construction readiness of the “Arctic Trefoil” administrative and housing complex, which is being built in the interests of developing the military infrastructure of the Northern Fleet in the Arctic on the Alexandra Land island of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, is approaching 97 percent. The overall readiness of all facilities under construction on the island has exceeded 60 percent.

The administrative and housing complex "Arctic Trefoil" today is the only capital construction facility in the world being built at 80 degrees north latitude. To the south, at the 75th degree of latitude, on the Kotelny Island of the archipelago of the Novosibirsk Islands, the Russian Spetsstroy is building the North Clover complex.

The area of \u200b\u200bthe Arctic Trefoil is over 14 thousand square meters. The autonomy of the complex will allow a group of 150 people to live comfortably and perform official duties for one and a half years.

Stocks for such a period allow making warehouses for fuel and lubricants, food and clothing. During the construction of the facility, innovative and energy efficient technologies are used to minimize energy consumption. For the first time, the complex used the principle of creating a technical floor, which will allow comfortable servicing of all communications, including in cold weather.

The infrastructure is solid, although it looks compact: a power unit, consisting of a boiler house and a power plant, complexes of water treatment and sewerage facilities, a separate complex for the disposal of household waste;

garages for storage and maintenance of equipment, various warehouses and storages;

Warm crossings will function between all infrastructure facilities, protecting personnel from the external environment and additionally saving heat. For those who serve here, this is fundamentally important. The climate on the island is typically arctic: in winter, the thermometer drops below 50 degrees, and only two weeks a year, in July, it rises to + 1. Therefore, the main emphasis is on energy-saving technologies and thermal insulation.

Roads on the island

a coastal pumping station was built and is operating, which allows receiving fuel from tankers and supplying it to the fuel and lubricants warehouse.

In connection with the increase in the volume of construction, it was decided to build up Spetsstroy's own forces in the Arctic region and open two separate sections. The ARC "Arctic Trefoil" is the second unique closed-cycle complex being built in the interests of the Northern Fleet in the high-latitude regions of the Arctic.

In particular, two new sections of the Main Department of Engineering Works No. 2 in the Arctic have already begun work - a separate subdivision “Site No. 11” at Cape Schmidt and “Site No. 12” in the village of Ushakovskoye, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Currently, 1 595 workers are employed at the construction sites of Spetsstroy of Russia in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, 337 units of equipment are used.

Oleg Sirazetdinov, Acting Head of the Main Department of Engineering Works No. 2, noted: “The work is being carried out in the most difficult climatic conditions: squally wind, blizzard, Arctic frosts. Due to the remoteness of objects on the insular part of the Arctic in tundra conditions, absolutely everything is brought in from the mainland along the Northern Sea Route for the construction of structures. Delivery is possible only during the summer navigation period - four months a year. Last year, 33,000 tons of building materials, equipment, inert materials and machinery were imported to the construction sites of the Russian Spetsstroy in the Arctic zone for construction and installation work. And in the first half of 2015, 57,680 tons of construction materials were delivered and 24,179 tons of cargo were prepared in ports for shipment. "

In the northernmost point of Russia, on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, a unique military facility "Arctic Trefoil" is being built. No one has ever built a military facility of this magnitude this close to the North Pole. Only Russian people are capable of this!

Today, the Arctic Trefoil is the only capital construction facility in the world being built at 80 degrees north latitude.

Alexandra Land is an island with an area of \u200b\u200b1,130 square kilometers, which is part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. During World War II, the island housed a German weather station and a submarine base.

The relevance of Alexandra Land as a military base has increased significantly after the creation in December 2014 of the Joint Strategic Command "North", designed to comprehensively ensure the security of the Arctic region of Russia. The three main tasks of this security are the defense of the Arctic shelf, the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage.

The administrative and residential complex Arctic Trefoil is a five-story shamrock, painted in the colors of the Russian tricolor, between the beams of which there are three ellipsoids - an administrative block, a catering block, and a cultural and leisure center combined with a medical service block.

The Arctic Trefoil is the second closed-cycle complex being built in the interests of the Northern Fleet in the high-latitude regions of the Arctic. The first, at 75 degrees north latitude, was built the Northern Clover AHK on the Kotelny Island of the Novosibirsk Islands Archipelago.

In the center of the trefoil there is an atrium - a multi-colored space illuminated through glazing in the roof and stained-glass windows located in the side walls. Above the central pillar of the atrium is an observation deck protected by translucent structures, which allows visual observation of the main objects of the military infrastructure.

In fact, this is a complex for life and work, equal in autonomy to a space station. The autonomy of the complex will allow a group of 150 people to live comfortably and perform official duties for one and a half years.

The total area of \u200b\u200bthe complex is over 14 thousand square meters.

The residential block in the "Arctic Trefoil" consists of modules for one, two and three people.

Dining room

Over 800 people are employed in the construction. The construction of the Arctic Trefoil is carried out using innovative and energy efficient technologies that minimize energy consumption.

The works are being carried out by the legendary enterprise - Spetsstroy of Russia.

The complex is designed in such a way that facilities such as a power unit, a boiler house, power plants, treatment facilities, warehouses and storage facilities are connected by heated passages, which means that military personnel will not need to go out into the cold, which reaches minus 52 degrees.

Roads have been dumped on the island, an onshore pumping station has been built and is functioning, which allows receiving fuel from tankers and supplying it to the fuel and lubricants warehouse.

Now there is even a chapel on the island, where the fortress of the spiritual bonds of soldiers and officers will be taken care of.

The Arctic is in the zone of strategic interests of our country, so in April Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu personally inspected the northernmost military base of Russia.

It is one of five garrisons currently being erected in the northern latitudes. The complex on Franz Josef Land is Russia's northernmost outpost in the Arctic. Similar towns are planned to be built along the entire northern border of Russia.

In the northernmost point of Russia, on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, a unique military facility "Arctic Trefoil" is being built. No one has ever built a military facility of this magnitude this close to the North Pole. Only Russian people are capable of this! -)