EXPAND CONSTRUCTION IN ARMENIAN SSR, OUTLINE 15-YEAR PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION FOR YEREVAN

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Econaaic -?,4netruction, public services
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PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 27 Nov 1951 - 17 Feb 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
EZPAND CONBTE JCTION IN R14'HTAA 44R
OUTLINE 15-YEAR PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION FOR YEREVAN
LNtmbers in parentheses refer to appended sources-7
Industrial and residential construction were expanded in Yerevan in the
course of 1951, though not without criticism. The 1951 plan for construction
of the Yerevan cognac plant was fulfilled and the main body of the plant is
already in operation. The construction of a brewery with a capacity of 50,000
hectoliters a year has also been completed. More than 1,500,000 rubles were
invested in the reconstruction of the Yerevan confectionery-macaroni factory
in 1951 raising its output of confectionery goods by 1500 tons. A mcrgarine
plant with a capacity of 3,000 tons a year is still under construction.(1)
In 1951, 27,300 square meters of living apace and five new schools were
completed in Yerevan. To terms of units of construction, the 1951 plan of
capital construction for Yerevan was fulfilled only 88,7 percent, and for
residential construction 90.5 percent.(2) The installation of a second water
pipeline has raised the amount of water for each resident of Yerevan to 200
liters a day.(3) Many new settlements have sprung up on the outskirts of
town, where construction work is going on in Novyy Areeh, Novyy Zeytun, and,
elsewhere.(1)
Residential and public buildings are springing up on prospekt Stalin,
one of the widest streets in Yerevan running through the central part of the
city, which is being extended further south to the side of the "Pobedy" bridge.
Here a new square. will be built in the future. The extension of prospekt
Stalina is requiring the removal of many old houses, and the excavation of
12,000 square meters of earth, of which 75 percent have already been removed.
Prospekt Staling will be one-half kilometer longer when completed. It will
connect the central part of Yerevan with the growing region on the right
bark.(5)
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The sixth session of the Yerevan Soviet met on 24 December 1951 to consider
and confirm a 15-year. plan for the grc.vth and construction of Yerevan. Socialist
Yerevan has completely changed since the days before the Bolshevik Revolution.
The population has increased eight times and the 15-year plan calls for still
further increases in the future. The area of the town #s to expand from the
pE lent 4,850 hectares to 7,200 hectares.
The 15-year plan foresees the further industrialization of Yerevan, and
the expansion of residential construction. Compared to 1940, industry is to
increase seven times The present housing resources are to be tripled with the
construction of 2,795i000 square meters of living space. The public buildings
which are to be constructed include the Soviet of Prof-setonal Unions of
Armenia, a new hotel, a library, the Academy of Sciences, and others,(6) Recon-
struction of a 2-story city station building with a 17-meter-high metal spire
has ctBun.(7) Ploshchad' Lenina will be completed with the construction of
the building for the Soviet of Professional Unions and the new hc:el,(6)
The construction of 100 new school buildings (8) will enable all class-
work to be conducted in one shift in the next few years. The number of day
nurseries will be tripled, and kindergarten buildings for 6,000 children are
also planned. In addition to these, all large apartment buildings will have
their own day nurseries and play areas. The construction of hospitals, having
a total of 1,920 beds, is also called for by the 15-year plan,
The network of higher educational institutions in Yerevan will be expanded
with the construction of six new buildings for the state university and poly-
technic institute, the institute of physical culture, and the future machine
building institute. There will be 18 more tekhnikums than there are at present,
and an appropriate number of buildings will be put up for them.
The number of passengers using city transport facilities is expected to
increase from 50 million in 1950 to 180 million in the next 15 years. Street
car, troll', bus, and bue parks are to be doubled in the same period. The
amount of electricity for each resident of Yerevan will be tripled. The con-
struction of a third section of the water network is planned and tha underground
network will be lengthened by 300 kilometers. The main sever is to be completed
and the sewage network lengthened by 150 kilometers,
A new park of culture and rest will spring up on the right bank of the
Razdan River, while the embanaaente of the Razdan and the Gedar rivers, the
canal imeni Stalina, and the Norskiy Canal will be improved and planted with
trees and shrubs. The general area for planting greenery in Yerevan will
amount to approximately 3,500 hectares, of which 576 hectares will be in parks
and Squares. Three belts of trees and shrubs around Yerevan will protect the
ci*? prom dust and dirt.
The 15-sear plan calls for the construction of 364 kilometers of new
streets. The building of a new bridge over the Razdan River, which will connect
the city with Beriya Rayon, will be completed in 1952. In the same year, work
will begin on two street car lines, one extending the Arabkir line to Sevanskoye
ehosse, and another connecting ulitsa Bagramyana with the center of Beriya Rayon.
In 1953, construction will begin on another line going from Privokzal'nayr plo-
shcb d' along Artashatskoye ehosse, past the plant imeni Kirov, to prospekt
Ordzhonikidze.(6)
The town of Kirovakan is growing constantly. The construction of a cold-
storage warehouse continues, its first section is to go into operation in 1952.
The building of a mechanical bakery and of residential houses for workers and
employees of the Combine imeni I'yasnikyana is to be completed in the near future.
Public and residential buildings are being built on prospekt Stalina, the town's
main street.(9)
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In 1951, more than 7 million rubles were spent for communal needs, con-
etruction, and city improvements in Leninakan. The sewage, water, and electric'
system were expanded. A new park of culture and rest of 50 hectares is under con-
struction, while residential houses, schoole, and ooner institutions are being
built in different parts of town. (10)
1. Yerevan, Kommunist, 27 Nov 51
2. Ibid., 12 Feb 52
3. Ibid., 30 Nov 51
k. Moscow, Pravda, 25 Dec 51
5. Komnunist, 2 Feb 52
6. Ibid., 26 Dec 51
7. Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 30 Jan 52
8. Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva, 27 Dec 51
9. Kosmunist, 17 Feb 52
10. Bs, i, Bakinskiy Rabochiy, 9 Jan 52
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