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The Military Training Area Ralsko came into begin in 1946 and until 1968 it was used by the Czechoslovak Army. After the Russian occupation in 1968 it was passed over under the administration of the Soviet Army that has operated here until its withdrawal in 1991. As a result of the establishment of artillery and tank polygons in the military area round the airport in Hradčany, twenty villages and three agricultural estates were physically destroyed (see their list in the article). The new village Ralsko resident in Kuřívody was created on the major part of this region.