MOCHEGORLAG AND UST'VYM'LAG LABOR CAMPS/THE ROAD OF SOCIALISM KOLKHOZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600060277-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 277
• Publication Date: August 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
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DATE DISTR. -15- Aug 1954
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
CLASSIFICATION COITh'lIVITIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT 1bnchegorlag an Ust'vym'lag Labor Camps/
the "Road of Socialism" Kollihoz
1.,, The Menchegoriag prison camp was located at 01en'ya St'tion
68-o9 rr - 33-15 E,. This was approximately midway between
Mor,chegorsk 67 ?51: N - 32-?58 E and Murmansk, The main purpose,.,
of the camp, waa to provide labor for the nickel mines.
there war3 over 15,000 prisoners. Approximately , sere Ruussiaia
..nd the remai)rter Ukrainians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews., Finns,
Latvians. Lithuanians, Seorgians, Tadzhiks, Azerbaijani,
Turlcnen- Kazaiths, and others.
3. L:onchegoi lal; consisted of 20 buildings, /oee sketch, Enclosure (Ay
all of wooden construction. All of the buildings had electricity
(from Nonchegorsk) but no running water. The water was brought
into th- buildin;s in barrels from a special well, controlled
and huarded by the camp authorities.
1,, The nickel mines in the Llonche Mountain. /sic - Malaya Sopcha, SW of Monchegorskg
"ere approximately fi.ve to six kilometers from camp.. The prisoners walked this
distance flail.:.. The shafts of the mine were very primitive and accidents oo-
curre^ daily. The roa9,s in the vicinity were very poor - a mixture of sand and 25X1
the nines. 141cicei. c re was brought to the platform in n
These were pushed b3 six men over a narrow-gauge traak.
loaded the nickel ore unto rer-ular railroad cars. Many railroad
cars of ore were then transported daily to Norchegorsk to the
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GUARD HOUSE
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HOSP,LTA;
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FEI9CN HEADQUARTFRS AND
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31 A T BA?.TIiS
ADI;INIST:2ATIQII BUILDING
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PRISON FOR MEN
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.OY715' PRISOI:
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MALL LEN' BARRACKS
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W0I^?IS' BA'IRACKS
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URGE 1ENS' BARRACKS
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7OliENS'17O&K STOP
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GUARD TO:YEFS
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FINANCE OFFIS
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6. The mines were supervised by two Soviet engineers, assisted by 10
engineers and technicians from among the prisoners. The head doctor
was a Soviet military min Z?t1uu7 SSte anov. He had as his orderlies
six to eight doctors from unonc tree prisoners,
was located in northern Komi AS. This camp was similar to L3onchegorlag
except that it was smaller in size, and contained approximately 6000 men.
Forty per cent of the prisoners were Russian, 30% Chinese and Japanese,
and the remainder U1aainians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews, and Germans.
8. This camp was set. up for logging purposes. The principle tree, felled
were spruce, b7rcr:, ana alder,. There were no power touts. flie trees
were cleaned sf branches and Chen cut into logs according to specifi-
cations set by the "brigadier'', a foreman appointed by the camp director.
The lop were loaded on trucks by hand with the help of drains and
poles. The road from the carp to the woods was in bad condition. The
ground was marshy, and had to be paved with logs before trucks and
horse-drawn wagons could uae it. Hundreds of thousands of logo lay
eaves and small branches. The logs that, were r~mu?red, :era boon" '?
a railroad sta+1011 west. of tamp.
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