USSR PUSHES NEW IRRIGATION PROJECTS

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• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 976
• Publication Date: July 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
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Economic Agriculture
Daily newspapers
USSR
10 Dec 1949 - 10 Mar 1950
LANGUAGE Russian
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In December 1949, a state commission was organized to put the Nizhne-
Zanga Canal into operation.(:) This is part of a project to improve the ir-
rigation system in the cotton-growing regions of the republic.(2) This re-
gion, irrigated by a canal, was forperly a waterless mountain plateau on which
nothing could grow without irrigation. At the same time, neighboring mountain
ranges grow vineyards, orchards, and agricultural crops.
During the period of canal construction, the builders overcame consider-
able difficulties in working the rocky ground by using- explosives, excavators,
compressors, and other machinery. It was found that when the water was allowed
to flow through the natural river channel, it was lost in motion because the
canal passed through extremely porous ground. As a result, 23 of the 28 kilo-
meters of the canal had to be lined with concrete. Along the canal, 175,000
square meters of concrete finish were laid, from .50 to .30 meter thick. The
canal greatly improves the work at the kolkhozes of Echmiadzinskiy and Zangi-
basarskiy rayons, and the Rayon'imeni Beriya. These rayons have reclaimed
4,758 hectares of Wewwly irrigated land. The new land will be utilized for
vineyards, sweet almond orchards, and other agricultural crops. In addition
to dry areas, these rayons had areas which received an insufficient quantity
of water, thus considerably lowering the harvest of cotton and other crops.
The Nizhne-Zanga Canal provides water supply for a 5,000-hectare area
and assures water supply for;_.low-lying regicins.(1)
The project of the Ministry of Water Managemert,.Armenian SSR,? also in=
volves the building of sluices and water gates for kolkhozes. In Okt beryan-
skiy and Artashatskiy rayons, 25 sluices have been gompleted. Before the end
of 1949, 75 adds onal sluices And water gates wil,'. a built in 50 kolkhozes
of the republic.(2)
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In the Turkmen SSR, the Tash-Sakin system, which irrigates kol_khoz fields
of five rayons, is now in operation. The opening of this irrigation system was
preceded by a large amount of work which was necessary in cleaning the silt and
river alluvium from the main lines of the system. Agricultural artels in the er.ea
have begun winter irrigation and watering of cotton- and alfalfa growing fields
prior to sawing. By the time sowing begins, 30,000 hectares will have been ir-
rigated.(3)
Kolkhoz workers of Kabardin ASSR are preparing to set up hydraulic'.in-
stallations for spring and summer irrigation of %gricultural crops. Irrigation
canals are being constructed in many settlements. This will'mnke it possible
to increase the irrigated area to 7,500 hedta?ds. It is planned to irrigateia:
about 28,000 hectares of'kolkhoz fields, orchards, and gardens in the republic
during 300.(4)
The Ministry 09. Water Economy, Azerbaydzhan SSR, reports the, folio ng
.~A~?i+a toward plan, completion in cleaning irrigation canals by 1 Jnuary (in
percent of the plan);
Rayon cleaned
Agdamskiy 88.1
Yevlakhskiy 60.2
Akstafinskiy 53.4
Mir-Bashirskiy 50.1
Pushkinskiy 38.6
Bardinskiy. 38.3
Khillinskiy 30.6
Astrekhenbazarskiy 29.1
Khudatakiy 26.8
Karyaginskiy 25.8
Geokchayskiy 25.5
Kyurdamirskiy 24.1
Akhsuinakiy 22.9
Divichinskiy 22.7
Zhdanovskiy 19.7
Dzhebrail'skiy 19.2
Zardobskiy 18.1
Kasumizmaylovskiy 18.1
Agdzhabedinskif' 15.0
Imishlinskiy 13.6
ZakatalIskiy 13.6
Khaldanskiy 10.7
Siazanskiy 9.6
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Alibayramlinskiy 1
Nizaminskiy 6.7
Zangelanskiy 6.3
Sabirabadskiy 5.9
Sal' yanskiy 3.8
Shamkhorskiy 3.0
Safaralievskiy 1.5
In Nakhichevan ASSR, in KazL skiy,
'irrigation canals has not yet begui,.(5)
Kusarskiy, and other rayons,.cleaning of
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1. Koinunist, No 59, 10 Mar 50
2. Kommunist, No 290, 10 Dec 49
3. Pravda Vostoka, No 4, 6 Jan 50
4. pravda, No 8, 8 Jan 50
5. Baklnskiy Rabochiy, No 6, 8 Jan 50
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