MAP OF URUMCHI/MISCELLANEOUS DATA ON THE CITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: June 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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S ECU~ITt' INFOR!L:TION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
o~FO~~ATior~ ~EPO~r
COUNTRY ~', China (Sinidsng)
sueuECr I Map o# L~~:schi/b2isc~lanec~~s' Data en the City
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l+ ~umohi (Tihxa) is not only the oapital of Sinkiang Provinoe~ but also of the Urumohl
' Region, or edminietrat?iva district. The towns of Mnaaae. (5uilai) assc: C2u'zgo>:i ere
also in the Ux?~nohi kogion. I wculd teotimato the total population oS the oity of
Lirumohl., as of into 19Q'7, tc br approxlmAte],Y 100 thousand people: This figure
xould include the txo rn,m1.': vi'Lia4xea of Chitapan and Patapana xhioh adjoin Urumohl
on its northxoatc~^n catdkjxta, Qf 'the 1948 total Population of Ih~t~oh3a I Wo~LZI~-
oay only 1,200 yore F>1:r.rians. Tha predominant reaidente being Taraaohie, Chineeei
T. ~LJ
TuagaaaD and a snnlia nu.?nba: of Tatar and Uighura. J..J u~tapan thOTe io a tent e
mill vhieh producac blue cctt.n clath ~tem 4 an the eaoloaed mapl,of Us~unohi~ xhioh
is a revialon of the 19?8 5i::s~SvHdleh Expedition Map. The oorrootiona~ additions
a.ad looationa v:',r?a made nc= :~?'uy by, this eouroea btt by f~lir otha~ Sinkiang eourogp7?
Under ~,g~g TuparJ (, up to Oc! aLcs 1943), :hie tsuctLe mi7.l vas operated by the viYOa
of Chineao officieu.a tii:c had teenkJ.le3 or ware impriacned by hiin. They not only
worked tbnra, b~.t were a:l::~~ q:%nrix^ed at the miL' . Just neat of the ,$~extile m111
is the Sov>s`r.~tec~ bloke ~yxi ~15h'-.ug ;.i~nt) szv3 their t^u^ic gcrage [not ahoxn on
the enclosed c.~;, I
2. iher. w!:??t: fcur h'_r-'= ~-!-=~~~~ ~n L~~unc^=-~~ Thera uers the Chinese school far menu
2nd Prc?,~:,,-.ia1 ?~>..~=1rir G~~~na.i< (crsdu:.n?ionall~ Chinese school for xomen and a
Ui.bh~- ,. :?=;7~~;,?a~i::a~_,;;r _??:t:~~1, 'mare ?~+3y also a uni.atsity~ the Sinkiang Provincial
Uni.ve;?sity ?(it=an ?0/, v;-,i. ~ ua- ~.~:r:.e.tu:: on Alas Linn Street in thelargest building
i?~f the too:,. wr??r.?. i ? ~_ ~ ~ir~-: ::.i, !.in iai.e 1.947 `.he Sinld.ang Provincial Uaiva~raity
';:ad a tea.^h.-r r.:, .s._a.;r,_,' , ~ut:i _aaz:, v:r ir: n[er.h:~.tiice ~ egs?ona??>,y~ s{n'iculture~ irrigation,
~.umber~ mHdi.?sin?~, ?-r,~..in_cr;; :nC3:..ira, :sn3 a .oursc~ fn_ trai.'ling military inteapretera.
`there vas a1.3o ~.u of['~ ~:~-- traininr.,, school. ti*,tached to this unive=?esity xhich was
managed and iret"1'=.r:.~ i,~t SavLet, m'l.Lii:ury pc;~sonnel.. 63.1 the other courses ware
rise taught by So~[iet ins??ruc.tar. ~ '~nc~ t.~eri Chi.aesP interpreiars iA conducting their
!classes, In adc?ition '. r, the Sivk.i.an,~ Provincisl LTni.versity there' vas also a 4lomen~s
',Institute uhicr vas l.oce*.e~a sr. ,3 i.nx?ge building iri the Chinoae Fortress district of
lihumchi. This institute :;:~?-= in.l.i.zlad is: literature and a course iu teaching. All
'students at?tendingLthi.s i.r.:;ti.t~ct^. ware required to cocmlete covs3es in Chjrese
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3. 1,~era w~,y.a daily newspaper published in Urumohi whose name xae "Sinohiang Jih Pao"
item ~ ThiP paper was published i~ three languages, Chinese, IIighur and a
smr11 "bulletin" is the Russian laugua$e. The "~inchiaag Jih Pao" also had
branches in Buld~a (Tn~*g), Chuguchak (Tahcheng), Keahgar (Shut) sad ffisottn
(xotien). The newspaper in these ~ovns was only published iu the UigY.ur sad
Chinese ]attguagua. In the fall of 1943 a division of the Chinese saws ageaoy~
"Central Newa" wea established is IIrumchi.
4. There existed in Ilrumchi a society called the."AatitImperialiot Seoiety". Tho
goal of tine nooi.~ty was to attract and befriend +.he youth. They taught the youth
Communist 3octrinea nn3 the pro-Soviet idea].e of the n14ov Sinkiang Central Gevsrnmeat".
In Occnber 1943 thin society was ordered oloaod and its political St~aotioaa sad
teachings wx a teka^. aver by the Kuomiagtaag Party. Throughout Sinkiang every rase
and native tribe had its own club. Theas oluba wale ergaaiz~d and ~paa~ated~behlnd
the acenae, by Soviet agents sad whose main fuaotion it was to teach the elders of
snob ra.oe and tribe the Communist doctriaeo and to show Soviet propasaada films.
Ir; I3rumohi there existed a motion picture oompe.ny, which was called the Soviot.-
Chineae Film Company. This oompazyy supplied Soviet films, :roe of charge, to
these various clubs. In Urumchi, Suld~a sad Chuguahak., the Soviets established
their official booketee~ea, "Mozhknign".
5. Dvery year on the lt3th of September, there was s phyoical tournament sad every
three years, there was staged an "All,-Sinkiang Sports ~oura;ament" to which out-
standing sportsmen fr all 0 regions of Sizilciang were seat to compete at the
Urumchi Sports Field ~tem ,~. In ilrumchl thane was a "Con'ra1 Committee far
Wacaen'e Orgnnizatione", which was directed by the?wife of Shang Tupan. dll ether
towns of Sinkiang had onaptare of L2il.e arganizntian. In 1942 the first large
meeting of this organisation was held, with dalegntea wont from all the ma~ar
towns of Sinkiang.
6. T ere w e three civilian hospitals ~tems 8, 17 and ~ and one military hoapitel
~tem ?~ in Urumchi, which, until the end of Shang Tupan?e reign (fall of 1943),
ware operated and staffed by only Soviet phyoicians. After October 1943, these
? Soviet physicians were replaced by Chinese doetoa~a.
7. Tha main offices of the Provincial Trading Cam v (K Ch1en Huneu) ritem 5,~ ae
well ao its Soviet ^ounta*~-pavt -- So?~eiatosg item /~ ware loonted in IIzamohi.
The Provincial Trading Company, aP Sovsintarg~ was elmeat exclusively staffed xith
Soviet employees. These tva oompesu.ea were charged with oatTying oa sad aeoonntiag
for ell trade carried on between Sinkiang sad the DSSR. There ware braaohee of
thane two companies in all maJoz towns of Sinkiang. Lhrery ono of the 10 regional
capitals of Sinkiang had a beak and its own separate governing bodies. ffatil
1943 Sinkiang had its owtt currency, After 1943 th+a currency wea replaced by the
paper money of the Chinese Central Govern.~aent, but-the Sinkiang ourreacy ooatimied
to circulate and had a higher value than the Central currency.
g. In Ifrumohi?, there ve-e three airfieldo. One vas the govern.^~nnt Soviet-Chinese
a7sfield uaed?'~y,Hamiata Air Line (the old Elu~aaian din Line Airfield), the other
was a military ai~f~~1~?-(Tiaopu AirfiNld) which, after 1943, wea the airfield
used by the Cent: e: China-e government and the Soviet conatruoted Plaehiadka ASrfiel,d.
The eirplanea of Hwmiata opfrro~:od between Haa01 (Qomul), Drumchi sad Euld~R is ?
5lnkiezg, but did not call nt G~2ra;^~rhsk, beoauae there vea no airfield there.
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9.
d
3r l
~ Urtamchi Prison
$0,
Soviet Mi n~ F~pedition Offices sad'
10,
Mai
n Gfficea of the Sinkianr; Roesd
Warehouse '
bui
lding; dgeucy (1?Doratroi" - ~
51.
GPU F.eadquarterd (Soviet'j'necret police)
Doxl
ozliriela 3troitelistva)
~
52.
Fhzsaian Club and Meahknig8
11.
C~
ese Monastery
'
(Mezhnorodnaia SoV *.akaisKnishnais
12,
1~Nlj
itary
Barracks
.
l
,
Agiastvo) Bookstore
13v
2z~;
r?
Urum~hi Prison, fa+merly the
f
r
f Ys
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"Hasa=ate Offices ai
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r
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o
men
54,
l
,
Small Flour Mill
14.
Prc~
(?Si
R3ticial Haerlquar.ers of the GUP
n]ciang sacra*, police)
5S,
Cacp,Drative Sthre, far Soviet personnel
a.n Urumchi
15.
Tfsl11
etr,aph Station
56,
Provincial Trading Company (Kun
16.
Gov'
t
ernor~s Yaa,en, within which the
tione
tn*
io
(12
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nd
Chien Kunsu)
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s
n
5 uri
y
a
57,
Russian Orthodox Church
a p
loci
,ison for high dignitaries was
tad.
'
5E.
2nd Provincial Russian Gimaazie
(high school) '
17.
2ns~
IPrpvincial HeSpical
59.
Soviet Trading Comnil.asion (Sovetskoe
1B.
Chi
con
~Tnlan3 2Qission, which vas
'et;ted :into a pri.yon
I
TOrgovo8 ~instvo), ovnadjby K V
Gmirkin prior to his imprisonment
19.
20.
Chi
Poa~
ea;e Pha:~.cy
'
O~fi.ce
60.
and death i~
Billets far Soviet Pilots
, owned
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Sov
I
et!Phex:ascy
,
by Dr K,I Dubrovakiy prior to his
22,
~?11n
st~y'of Finance
imprisonment and death
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23.
II.e
tric'Genaratina Plant, a very
61.
I
I
Electric Geaerating'PlAntp 225
kxa
s
find o?d one
62.
Meteorological Station
?_4,
1st
UriLmchi Prison
~
ci3,
;8ain Radio Transmission Station
25,
For
~ign 1?$nistry
64.
UK Consulate
II
I
26,
Cur
enCy'Yrinting Ofi'ice
~
65,
U5 Goasulate
I
27.
ilev
paper Office ('~Sin~~hianb Jih Pao")
66,
Headquarters of ~ City :~tti t tis (palioe)
28.
i?1l,1
terry ',H!>spit?al
67.
Military Barracks ~~
29.
Mil'
terry 'Barracks
68,
"Dor9troiY' Garage and .Partin Shop
30.
,'1br
alb 29e;at
69.
*?Lilitary Topogrnphic Office
31.
Aar
el.~ Mast
70
~inkien
Pro~lncia2' Universit
32>
Aer?
.el;;?1a,t
.
71.
g
y
Russian Kindsrgs~den and El
eineatary
33,
lfgv
,inter HBSidsnti~. llietrict,, two
.
Scheel ~,
sir
ate. and three long- rows of homos
72
Soviet ??ti
aiti
Ex
edition Wa
h
buil
~
t by tho provincial government
,
.
g
p
re
ouDo
73. Dormitorioe for University Students
34.
CaL
dea~
allw rit3sion, conv~ tee intc?a
h prison
74, Walled Enclosure, xhero tr?~ioopa
camped II
35?
Fqu~
t & C:~
75~ Bosnian H6me9, single-atary~ b?~lak
96,
:+eL~
Ta_Tei:i^hi ?iZttei3erliel District
houaoo oonatruetod by the government
37.
lay : ~~;uincial Hospital
76: .dew I~ai.an Raaidentlel D~otrlot
33.
Px+~bn~ F6r 1lghtnr eentoncec~, These
pri;
on4TS
were allowed to be visited
77. Gil Preoain~ Faotaa~y '
'78
Flour M111 ~
"
~
,
by amiZiee and pnrfartned light~
labriri~; t~i:~:cs~ in the city
.
1`tote: The ehndod streets on ~~L
he onoloaed
39.
:4as stn Baa+uu?, +;, u, na.?neibr this
gen a.]. nron whore :4oelom bnanara
end~etGres wrxe 1.ocatod
~P are the weir thoro:sgh!'or~es running
through tho ai ~ f
Q0,
9ma]Ll Shope
41.
9> Shops
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l?2.
3ov et Coneul.ato
I
43.
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