CHANGES IN USSR PLACE NAMES/ROAD AND RAILROAD CHANGES AND EDITIONS/ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DATA/CHANGES AFFECTING MAPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION cob7IDENpiAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Changes in USSR Place Names/Road and Railroad NO. OF p" is 3
Prom my readings of Soviet journals and papers and from information acquired
while I was in the USSR, I should like to make the following comments on
changes in USSR place names, roads, railroads, etc, which will affect the
reading and understanding of certain US maps of the USSR: f1vailable at the
CIA Map Library are the following maps of 01, drawn to a scale
of 1:250,000] on which the changes indicate in this report are
NL 38-9 Lagan, USSR
101 38-12 Vladimirovka, USSR
RL 38-2 Sadovoye, USSR
IN 38-11 Stalingrad, USSR
SL 38-3 ' IQfarabali, USSR
NL 38-5 Stepnoy, USSR
ICL 38-8 Arzgir, USSR
RL 314 Basy, USSR]
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IL 3S"! 45.145-47.2211 "Tsagin-Sir" has been changed to "Priosergyy"
(on the beak of Like Sarpa)
SL 38-3 47.515-47.2411 "Kordon"bears the name "SLoshetstovskiy xordoa"
46.185-47.0711 "Tueta" has been alaw d to "lrndovoy"
SL 38-5 46.181-44.525 "U1 .Sale" has been ehsnRsd to "irssgyy"
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NL 38-6 46.i7s-46.5Z$ "Erdniyevka" has been changed to,"Karskull"
46.56E-46.19N The map does not show the village."Krasnyy
Xhuduk" between kh ikhuta and Nitsyan
n to
HL 33-$ 45.37E-45.48N "Aedyk"t " has has en changed been changed y y tskiy"
o
"
44.375-45.30E 1anychstroy villageis not shown
on the asp
45.211-45.251 ".Achineri" hoe been changed to "Soots"
NL 38-9 47.22E-45.24N "Lagan'" has been changed to "Kaspiyskiy"
46.59E-45.05E Taekerta' has been changed to "Prikaspiystiy"
A great many farms (khutor) and Kalmyk villages(Khoton) indicat'ed,on maps
ML 38-5, NI. 38-6, HL 38-8, and w 3R-9 do not exist atthe, present time. T.
villages nave been destroyed and the Kalmyk inhabitants have either been _
liquidated or else resettled in far northern regions.
small auto road betweenAatrakban'and 8tepaoy. The road is
4 an
mainly There
only is
part being paved with stone. The road carries a
regular traffic of freight and passenger' vehicles,; on the route; Trusovo (a
a auks
Pes ont Kano of - AstrakhKrasn ano - - liikol
e - Kep y. (300-3Malkbtka 25 kilometers). - ~ta -
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Ye ye - Voznseaov&e.- St ate ao 5 (b) knew railroad
the Volga from As rakhantolTru( probably completed) line was being built over
the t to Trueo vo, and arailroa being built troy
the "Astrakhan" station to make a junction with the main line Astrakhan
Kizlyar.
3. Communications between Astrakhan and the Caspian ports Baku, Krssoorodsk,
xwthachkala
Communications between Astrakhan and other Caspian sea
by sea-going vessels on the Volga ports is carrifu on
river, the Volga-Caspian canal and further
by sea. There is only one way for sea-going vessels to leave or atmroach
Astrakhan to or from the sea by way of the Volga delta: Astrakhan - Islyiaka -
Bertyul' - Bakbateair - Ikryanoye - Mayachnoye - sergiyevskoye - ("Sergiyev
skoye koleno") - Trudfront - Fedorovskoye - 01ys - the sea part of.the Volga-
Caspian canal - "Iskustvennyy" island-the floating lighthouse "Volga-
Kaspiyskiy" - the landing (debarkader) "Donbass" - the floating lighthouse
"Astrakhanskiy Priyemnyy".
4. special comments
Three semaphore posts have been set up along the river part of the Volga-
Caspian canal to let oncoming vessels through:
(a) Below Ikryanoye village
(b) Across the river from the village sergievskoye
(c) By the village of Fedorovskoye
Water gauge posts have been not up at the following posts:
Between the Villages Bakhtemir and Ikryanoye
By the Village Mayacbnoye
In the vicinity of the "Trudfront" fish-packing plants
In the vicinity of Olya village.
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Ol va a is thela the Volga-Caspian op ted place between Astrakhan and the sea. The
of canal of the "Reydtanker" shipping
technical sectd in
line?is los
the village as are the ship repair base of the technical
section, a radio st..tiou,and a passenger and cargo dock.
At the close of the navigation season, boundary markers and service fleet
are kept at the village.
Olya village is 90 kilometers from Astrakhan on the Volga.
6. A sector of the Volga-Don Canal
5. Olya village
(a) On 27 Jul 52 the 101 kilometer Volga-Dor canal was officially put
into use. The building of this canal made it possible for vessels to go
from the Don to the Volga and back again. By water route, the distance from
Rostov-on-the-Don to Stalingrad is 540 meters.
(b) On map 2NM 38-11 ..there is a 63-65 kilometer sector of the
Volga-Don canal from Krasnoarmeysk to the Staryy Rogachik dock. The Volga-
Don canal starts on the Volga, by the lower part of the city Krasnoarmeysk
in the vicinity of Stalingrad. A small,semi-circular promentory separates
the entrance to the canal from the Krasnoarmeysk backwater. A statue of
Stalin has been erected at the entrance to the canal. Lock No 1 and a
has lighthouse have been set up built immediately bridge
It across, the canal over, the lock.' A second bridge has been
built across the canal about two kilometers beyond Lock No 1, and Look No 2
?
is beyond the second bridge. Lock No 3 is about four kilometers from
Lock No 2 crosses and a 4 eoLocsso 3t and.4. electric ferry
point between Locks No
The so-called "Chapurnikovskaya Stairway" begins after bock No 4 and
represents a steep rise in the watershed.through locks No 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Lock No 9 terminates the rise in the watershed. The locks along the
"Chapurnikovskaya Stairway" are about 2.5 kilometers apart. Lock No 6 is
16 kilometers from the Volga. A railroad bridge has been built across the
canal beyond Lock No 9 and over it passes a railroad line to the Northern
Caucasus. Another bridge has been built beyond the railroad bridge over
which the Stalingrad-Krasnoaxmey$k-Kalach auto highway passes.
Beyond the highway bridge the Varvarovskoye resevoir has been formed over
the bed of the small Chervlenaya river. Lock No 10 is located at the end
of the reservoir and almost immediately beyond it is Bereelavskoye
reservoir. The sector between locks No 9 and 10 is the highest point for
the waters of the Don which start their downward flow past Lock No 10. An
earthen dam has been built to intersect the small Chervlenaya river near
Lock No 10 in the Varvarovskoye reservoir. The purpose of this dam is to
hold back the water necessary for the slope to the Volga.
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