Military townlet

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. ==Military townlets==