REVIEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN BELORUSSIAN SSR

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1952
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COUNTRY USSR DATE OF
SUBJECT INFORMATION 1951 - 1952
Economic - Construction, public services
HOW DATE DIST. 11 Jun 1952
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers; biweekly, monthly
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REVIEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLANS FOR CONFTRUCTION
AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN BELORUSSIAN SSR
ZN-umberF in parentheses refer to appended sources-.7
More than 450,000 residential houses have been built in the restored
villages f the Belorussian SSR since the end of World War II.(1) In 1951,
kolithoz corkers built more than 10,000 houses. More than 6,500 residential
houses were reported to be under construction in December 1951, part of
which are to t; Kvailable for occupancy in 1952.(2) The plan for rural and
kelkha_ construction confirmed by the Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR
for 1952 includes the building of 15,000 residential houses, 350 kolkboz
administrative buildingp, 370 clubs and cultural buildings, 545 day nurseries
and kinierga_rtens, more than 3,000 grain driers, flax driers, and grain
vators, 370 brick plants, and livestock shelters for 1,351 head of
livestock. The state has allotted many construction materials, including
1,700,000 cubic meter> of lumber, for construction work.(3)
In Minsk, more than 3,500 residential houses (1), or more than 500,000
square meters of living space, 40 schools, tens of institutes, tekhnikums, and
scientific research institutes 4), and 200 new streets were completed during
the poetF^ar years.(10) The construction of industrial enterprises assumed
par+icularly broad proportions in the same period. More than 100 industrial
enterprises were built, including automobile, tractor, motorcycle and bicycle,
fine L-oleo c.lc`hing, and tobacco factories and plants.(5) In 1951, about
62,800 square meters of living space were put into operation in Minek.(6)
ee. :?`IIrs _ .;ovetska.;ra ii tsa, whic* together 0 h idosi:ov-
ska;= Pu~~ki s syu u__tsa. :._G '' rilOmeters long, has been almost completely
built.(5) The residential bu11di son it are fine or six stories high and the
public buildings are four stories.(7) A main post offi.e, a palace of culture
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of trade unions, and several residential houses are presently under construc-
tion on Sovetskaya ulitsa. There are three squares on the street which are
approximately one kilometer from each other: ploshchad' V. I. Lenina, Tsentral'-
naya ploshchad', and Kruglaya ploshchad'. In the near future, the construc-
tio! of a new wilding for the Council of Ministers and the Supreme Soviet
Belorussian SSR will begin on Tsentral'naya ploshchad', while a television
center will be built in the region of Kruglaya ploshchad'.
At present, Minsk puts out 11 republic papers and nine journals, and
it has two legitimate theaters, five moving-picture theaters, and 166 libraries.
The total length of the streetcar and bus lines is around 40 kilometers. The
power of the electric power stations in Minsk has multiplied seven times since
1940.(5) The expenditure of around 120 million rubles is planned for 1952 to
build 75,000 square meters of living spr--. Among the large industrial
enterprises to be built in 1952 are c furniture factory, a melange fabric com-
bine, and a lime plant. The construction of a bridge over the Svislnch' River
will also be completed in 1952, and the worr.on th( reconstructior of Sovetskaya
ulltea will be finished. The first trolley bus line will be put into opera-
tion in 195? (8), and the first two 60-seat trolley buses were reported to
have arrived in January 1952.(9) The construction of the "Gonales" reservoir,
which will supply and regulate the water in the limits of Minsk, will be de-
veloped in the same year. Considerable work is planned on intensifying the
power of pumping stations and the growth of the network of water mains.(8)
Pol-?t}k Oblast
In Pol_tsk Oblast, around 800,000 square meters of living space were put
into operation in the course of the postwar Five-Year Plan; 29,400 houses built
in the countryside were a part of the total amount of living space made avail-
able.(10)
BOr1POV
In 1951, more than one million rubles were spent on construction in Bori-
sov end the population received 1,750 square meters of living space. The
1952 p'+n calls for the further improvement of the town and residential con-
struction, the complete reconstruction of Privokzal'naya ploshchad', he build-
ing of a 48-apartment house, and the construction of residential houses for
the workers of the shipyards, the Kumintern Wood-Processing Combine, and the
wood pulp plant.(ll)
Molodechno Oblast
In Molodechno Oblast, a furniture, a sewing, and a footwear factory, a
foundry, a machine plant, and a milk-processing plant were put into operation
in the last fey years. The Smorgon'skiy Dried Milk Plant was recently put into
operation. The second furniture factory of the Oblast is being built in the
rayon center of Vileyka.(18)
Paranovichi
In Baranovichi, 68,830 square meters of living space were built in 1951
and capital repair was finished on 17,500 square meters of living space. In
an oo.er -tat-'on which supplies the 'ndu try and necp_e the :ity v.h sL.,cieat electricity. a repair a*cd naachiner; plant,. a not::r
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repair plant, and a construction parts plant were put into operation in 1951.(10)
A general plan for the reconstruction and new construction has been worked out
for Baranovichi.',Komsomol'skaya ulitsa will be reconstructed and the building
of an oblast dramatic theater with 800 seats is planned. Several million
rubles vill'be invested'in Capital construction in 1952. The construction of a
firebrick plant is scheduled to begin, While-a bread-baking combine, a combine
for communal services, and a knitted fabric factory must be put into operation
in 1952.(12) Four ZIS-155 busses were received as a gift from Moscow for the
New Year.0-3)
The town of Brest has eliminated all traces of World War II, which des-
troyed all its industrial enterprises, the railroad center, and schools. More
than 500 houses have been built and the following new streets have been com-
pleted: imeni Lomonosova, Lizy Chaykinoy, Gastello, and Lazo. (M
Grodno Oblast and City
The industry of Grodno Oblast has not only been fully reconstructed since
the war; however, it has expanded,(15) Many plants and factories were restored
in the city of Grodno in the course of the postwar Five-Year Plan, including a
fine wool fabric combine, a construction materials combine, a footwear factory,
a foundry and machine plant, and a bicycle plant. A bearing repair plant is
under construction on the left bank of the Neman River in Grodno; its first sec-
tion will go into operation in the spring of 1952.(16) Around 10 million rubles
will be spent on residential construction and city improvement in 1952.(19)
More than 2 million rubles have been allotted in 1952 for the reconstruction of
a cloth combine in Grodno, and more than one million will be spent on the ex-
pansi"n cf a tobacco factoiy.(17) The construction of a new furniture factory
was reported to be in full swing in March 1952, and the building of a plant for
drying vegetables will begi.. soon afte. that dat..(16)
Skidel
In 1952, the first sugar factory to make use of local raw materials in
the Belorussian SSR Will be built in Skidel.
In November i951, a dried milk plant was being put up in Lida.(15)
SOURCES
1. Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 7 Dec 51
2. Moscow, Izvestiya, 19 Dec 51
3. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 6 Jan 52
4.? Moscow, V Pomoshch' Prof.Jyuznomu Aktivu, No 5, Mar 52
5. Alma-Ata Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 23 Mar 52
6. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 17 Apr 52
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7. Moscow, Arkhitektura, No 1, Jan 52
8. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 30 Dec 51
9. Ibid.; 8 Jan 52
10. Ibid.*, 28 Mar 52
1' Ibid., 19 Dec 51
12. Ibid., 28 Dec 51
13. Ibid., 13 Jan 52
14. Moscow, Pravda, 24 Dec 51
15. Ibid., 20 Now 51
16. Ibid., 10 Mar 52
17. Sovetskaya Belorussia, 5 Feb 52
18. Ibid., 8 Mar 52
19. Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 21 Mar 52
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