Military townlet

In military of Russia and some other post-Soviet states (as well as in the former Soviet Union), a military townlet (Russian: военный городок, romanized: voenny gorodok), also translated as military town or barracks town, is a special territory with buildings and structures located on it, which are intended to accommodate one or more military units, institutions, military educational institutions, and enterprises of the armed forces.

Many of them were classified and had a restricted access ("closed military townlet"). By 2005 there were 952 of closed ones in Russia. Military townlets have considerable problems with residential facilities, especially for veterans. Therefore a gradual declassification of some of them and passing their jurisdiction from military to civil authorities was suggested. The corresponding law was enacted in 2011 and by 2013, 1,100 of total about 5,000 were transferred to municipalities. Many of them were already closed and unused by the military, but still held facilities vital to the local civil area.

A number of places in Russia are called "Voenny Gorodok" in Russia, e.g., Military Townlet, Novosibirsk; see ru:Военный городок (значения) for more.