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No.	Date (MT)	Location	Type	Purpose	Yield range, kt	Comments
1962 Program
143	02/02/62	STS	underground tunnel A-1	WIE	0.001 - 20	First Soviet underground explosion for WIE
144	08/01/62	STS	air	NWR	2.4
145	08/03/62	STS	air	NWR	1.6
146	08/04/62	STS	air	NWR	3.8
147	08/05/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	21,100
148	08/07/62	STS	surface	NWR	9.9
149	08/10/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	150 - 1,500
150	08/18/62	STS	air	NWR	7.4
151	08/18/62	STS	air	NWR	5.8
152	08/20/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	2,800
153	08/21/62	STS	air	NWR	20 - 150
154	08/22/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,600
155	08/22/62	NTSNZ	water surface	NWR	6
156	08/22/62	STS	air	NWR	3
157	08/23/62	STS	air	NWR	2.5
158	08/25/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,500 - 10,000
159	08/25/62	STS	air	NWR	0.001 - 20
160	08/27/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	4,200
161	08/27/62	STS	air	NWR	11
162	08/31/62	STS	air	FMS	2.7
163	09/02/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	80
164	09/08/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,900
165	09/15/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	3,100
166	09/16/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	3,250
167	09/18/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,350
168	09/19/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,500 - 10,000
169	09/21/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	2,400
170	09/22/62	STS	surface	SAM	0.21
171	09/24/62	STS	air	NWR	1.2
172	09/25/62	STS	surface	NWR	7
173	09/25/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	19,100
174	09/27/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	> 10,000
175	09/28/62	STS	air	FMS	1.3
176	10/07/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	320
177	10/09/62	STS	air	NWR	8
178	10/09/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	15
179	10/10/62	STS	air	NWR	9.2
180	10/13/62	STS	air	NWR	4.9
181	10/14/62	STS	air	NWR	0.001 - 20
182	10/20/62	STS	air	NWR	6.7
183	10/22/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	8,200
184	10/22/62	MTR	space	WIE	300
185	10/27/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	260
186	10/28/62	STS	air	NWR	7.8
187	10/28/62	MTR	space	WIE	300
188	10/28/62	STS	air	NWR	7.8
189	10/29/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	360
190	10/30/62	STS	surface	NWR	1.2
191	10/30/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	280
192	10/31/62	STS	air	NWR	10
193	11/01/62	STS	air	NWR	3
194	11/01/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	240
195	11/01/62	MTR	high altitude	WIE	300
196	11/03/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	390
197	11/03/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	45
198	11/03/62	STS	air	NWR	4.7
199	11/04/62	STS	air	NWR	8.4
200	11/05/62	STS	surface	WIE	0.4
201	11/11/62	STS	surface	NWR	0.1
202	11/13/62	STS	surface	NWR	< 0.001
203	11/14/62	STS	air	NWR	12
204	11/17/62	STS	air	NWR	18
205	11/24/62	STS	surface	SAM	< 0.001
206	11/26/62	STS	surface	SAM	0.031
207	12/01/62	STS	air	NWR	2.4
208	12/18/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	110
209	12/18/62	NTSNZ	air	FMS	69
210	12/20/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	8.3
211	12/22/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	6.3
212	12/23/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	430
213	12/23/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	8.3
214	12/23/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	2.4
215	12/23/62	STS	surface	SAM	< 0.001
216	12/24/62	STS	surface	SAM	0.007
217	12/24/62	STS	surface	SAM	0.028
218	12/24/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	1,100
219	12/24/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	24,200
220	12/25/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	3,100
221	12/25/62	NTSNZ	air	NWR	8.5	Last Soviet air test.
1964 Program
222	03/15/64	STS	tunnel A-6	WIE	20 - 150
223	05/16/64	STS	tunnel A-4	NWR	20 - 150
224	06/06/64	STS	tunnel V-2	FMS	0.001 - 20
225	07/19/64	STS	tunnel A-5	FMS	20 - 150
226	08/18/64	STS	tunnel A-8Sh	NWR	0.001 - 20
227	09/18/64	NTSNZ	tunnel G	FMS	0.001 - 20	First underground tunnel test at NTSNZ
228	09/30/64	STS	tunnel A-6Sh	FMS	0.001 - 20
229	10/25/64	NTSNZ	tunnel B	TIC	0.001 - 20
230	11/16/64	STS	tunnel 3-5	TIC	20 - 150
1965 Program
231	01/15/65	STS	"Chagan" shaft 1004	IE	140	First industrial explosion; first shaft test at STS; excavation test
232	02/04/65	STS	tunnel A	FMS	0.001 - 20
233	03/03/65	STS	tunnel Hz-3	NWR	0.001 - 20
234	03/27/65	STS	tunnel V-2P	NWR	0.001 - 20
235	03/30/65	Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR	"Butan-1" shaft 617	IE	2.3	First salvo explosion in two shafts; first nuclear explosion within the program of oil recovery intensification
235	03/30/65	Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR	"Butan-2" shaft 618	IE	2.3
236	05/11/65	STS	tunnel A-P	NWR	0.001 - 20
237	06/10/65	Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR	"Butan" shaft 622	IE	7.6
238	06/17/65	STS	tunnel Zh-1	TIC	0.001 - 20
239	07/29/65	STS	tunnel A-1Sh	FMS	0.001 - 20
240	09/17/65	STS	tunnel 1	NWR	0.001 - 20
241	10/08/65	STS	tunnel 3-1	NWR	0.001 - 20
242	10/14/65	STS	Sary-Uzen shaft 1003	IE	1.1	Second excavation nuclear explosion
243	11/21/65	STS	tunnel Zh-2	NWR	29
244	12/24/65	STS	tunnel 3-3	TIC	0.001 - 20
1966 Program
245	02/13/66	STS	tunnel E-1	TIC	125	The highest yield tunnel explosion at STS
246	03/20/66	STS	tunnel 11	NWR	100
247	04/21/66	STS	tunnel A-4P	TIC	0.001 - 20
248	04/22/66	Azgir, Kazakh SSR	shaft A-I	IE	1.1	First NE at Azgir site; first NE to form rock salt cavities
249	05/07/66	STS	tunnel 25	TIC	4
250	06/29/66	STS	tunnel 3-6	TIC	20 - 150
251	07/21/66	STS	tunnel 24	NWR	20 - 150
252	08/05/66	STS	tunnel 17	NWR	0.001 - 20
253	08/19/66	STS	tunnel 3-1P	TIC	0.001 - 20
254	09/07/66	STS	tunnel Zh-1P	FMS	0.001 - 20
255	09/30/66	Urta-Bulak, Uzbek SSR	shaft 1-s	IE	30	The first use of nuclear explosion to close gas plume boreholes
256	10/19/66	STS	tunnel 13	NWR	20 - 150
257	10/27/66	NTSNZ	tunnel A-1	NWR	150 - 1,500
258	10/27/66	NTSNZ	tunnel A-2	NWR	150 - 1,500
259	10/29/66	STS	tunnel G	NWR	0.001 - 20
260	11/19/66	STS	tunnel Zh-3P	NWR	0.001 - 20
261	12/03/66	STS	tunnel 14	NWR	0.001 - 20	First salvo nuclear explosion in a single tunnel
261	12/03/66	STS	tunnel 14	TIC	0.001 - 20	First salvo nuclear explosion in a single tunnel
262	12/18/66	STS	shaft 101	TIC	20 - 150

Note:

The geographic names of the nuclear test and explosion locations correspond to their names during existence of the USSR.
The dates correspond to the Moscow Time (MT) calendar.
The last table column (Comments) gives mainly type features for certain nuclear tests.

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