DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS IN THE LENINGRAD AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY : USSR
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INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Dei: e,-,_:-. Install a.tt3ns in the
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Leningrad Area
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Defense Installations near Leningrad, USSR
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NO. OF ENCLS. a
(LISTED BELOW)
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REPORT NO.
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at Installation ana a tall mast. a sketch
e Enclosure (A) - Overlay- Target Uomp? ex ., , eningrad,
01.53-9997-1027 oa whi.ch the following are shown:
Bunkers (Pc!nt a.)
There were three ::oncrete bunkers beside the railroad between
Sestroretsk and Belocstrov (600 091 N - 300 01' E). They were of
the reg, l: Gfr--rman size,, about 8 meters x 4 meters and about 4 meters
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the beg nnl.ng o'.t. however. games were built around the
bankers to glv, the appearance of small villas. Soldiers always
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carded these places, even after they had been camouflaged.
I Inear the -orrner Finnish-USSR border, E-- I
were pax t of the old fortification line which ran
all along the frontier.
O N - 30V 01 4 IS).
Anti-Aircraft Installation (Point 2)
this installation war' near'the Staraya
erevnya at ion Five or six guns were
there but they disappeared and re-
appeared every ew ation was also guarded.
Antenna (Point 3)
Between 0l'gino and Lakhta, 0 a single mast, about 100 meters
high which was supported by four guy wires. (See Enclosure (B)
for a rough sketch of this mast.) At the top was something which
resembled an oblong box.
have no idea for what this box may have been used,)
saw a number of German Army radio trucks (Funlnvagn
foot of the mast. Some of these trucks had what appeared to be
a rectangular (bar shaped) antenna mounted on their roofs. This
antenna was composed of grid work approximately 3 m x i m x 1/3 m.
It was attached to the truck in a somewhat similar manner that
rotary blades are attached to a helicopter. While it may have
been constructed to do so, I do not recall ever seeing the antenna
rotate, however.
Airfield (Point 4)
I my one airfield in this region; it was located east of
rs aya. The few planes we saw in the air were quite small and
looked like training planes. The country along the railroad
track' was heavily wooded and swampy and it was difficult to see
anything in the distance.
Railroad
When going to Leningrad by train from Septroretsk
either by way of Ol'gino or Pesochnoye. Both sections were
electrified s0O after the end of World War II. Concerning this
circular route, the following comments in
regard to this map the portion of the USAF
Target Complex chart presented as closure (A)7:
(a) There was no alternative route going from Sestroretsk
to Beloostrov. There was only one track and this was
east of the Sestra River. That line, shown
west of the river (Point 5) did not e .
(b) When proceeding toward Leningrad,
having seen any spurs oi:'g off to e e , e of
Novyye Dubki as shown (Point 6). There may have been
one there; however, during World War II.
24 Shortly before reaching Leningrad, there were two 60 meter masts
connected by cables. They were erected in l948 andl
they were used for radio broadcasting.
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3. there was a factory in Sestroretsk which,
un- , ed about one thousand German prisoners of
war whom we could see going to work. The inscri tion on the
factory designated it as a machine tool plant, IIbelieve
that they were making other products during Wor ar II.
Just north of this factory there were some earthworks (Point
7).
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ENCLOSURE (A) Defense Installations
Shown on Overlay of
USAF Target Complex
Chart - Series 100
0153-9997-100 Leningrad
ENCLOSURE (B) Radio Tower (seen near Ol'gino)
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RADIO TOWER SEEM U SAP OL`GIIJO
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