ECONOMIC - TRANSFORMERS, POWER STATIONS, BIOGRAPHIC

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220176-8
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
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December 15, 2016
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August 12, 2003
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176
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Publication Date: 
April 9, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2003/09/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220176-8 MAR 1952 '-L-D1' 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL ---._-..,,_ ,,,;",,,, COUNTRY Bulgaria SUBJECT Economic - Transformers, power stations, biographic HOW PUBLI^HED Biweekly newspaper; monthly periodical WHERE PUBLISHED Berlin; Sofia DATE PUBLISHED Aug - Sep 1952 LANGUAGE German; Bulgarian O, ,-1 u., CCO.. I .Y--. .., ...>a.-- O. .uf. l ?O> .1 ,.. CO..In,C ,ry C' 7.. ..... I1 ..............,.. --- - ..,.on., C1,1?, DATE DIST. 9 Apr 1953 NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION CONSTRUCTION OF RESERVOIR., POWER STATIONS, TRANSFORMER FRODTJCTION AT BULGARIAN PLANT TWO NEW ffYDROELECTRIC STATIONS JNDER CONSTRUCTION -- Berl_n, Aussenhandels- Nachrichten, '3 Sep 52 A large reservoir, called Rostroy, is being built or. the middle reaches of the RcSitsa River in northern Bulgaria, The reservoir_ Is 18 kilometers it w_,11 ht-e rrr, area of 800 square k.14.,r;te.r [sip, (_nd .:i].1 .tore 220 ici ... ,.cn cubic rrei rr-, of water. T?wa hydro Nle t: _c power _tatlon, are being uiIt at thi= ,~ ,- vols. When completed, they will Y Ili groc,a?:o ;:O mili'cr k1]o- '.r 1t-hour annc&]iy? The wate- frog the reserv - cis will rigate !h :-xteas;ve iowla d_ 1-set ,;f the Yartra River, therety making 35C, 1 brctare_ of '_and ara.de. Construction of the reservoir is proceeding rapidly. The dam, with a length of 320 meters, has already been built. One of the two Dower plants has already begun partial operation and is furnishing electric current for the construction project and for neighboring villages. Provision fcr the inhabitants of two flooded villages is being made in new eettlemen.s at the foot of the Iaibar Mountain below the dam. Construction of the dam and the entire irrigation system Niii be completed oy the end of 953 R'JELDS 1:,500-KaovOLT-AMPERE TRANSFORMER -- Sofia, Elektroenergiya, Aug - Sep 52 lfriform&tion or. graphics material is I,ppended..7 At the beginning of 1952, the "Vasil Kolarov" Plant of the "Elprom" (Eiecr,rical Industry LEnterpris ]) produced the first 5,600-kilovolt-ampere transformer, operating at voltas-s of 66,000 and 6,300 volts Later, trans- 1ormere with the same kilovolt-ami.~re rating, but operating at 110,000 and 35,000 volts, wer,, produced, In Apr.1 1952, the plant was ordered to produce between 1 May and 9 September 1952 a 12,500-kilovolt-ampere transformer oper- ating at 121,000 and 63,000 volts. This transformer was completed on 31 August 195., 9 days before the deadline. Workers of the plant will soon begin the or,z?t r is ;:ion of a cO,000-kilovolt-ampere transformer. CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL LgrATC NAVY ~, NStafi _..DISTRIBUTION II Rid?li AIH I....._. ____ Approved For Release 2003/09/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220176-8 Approved For Release 2003/09/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220176-8 25X1 Taring 1952, the Plovdiv, Kurdzhali, and Konski dol Substation=_ have begun operation, The 110,000-volt power line between Dimitrovgrad, Kurdzhal.i, and Konski dol was completed before the deadline, The power line was produced in Bulgaria, and most of the equipment of"the substations is also of Bulgarian make. During 1952, the machines of the following power stations were exceptionally well repaired (obraztsov r?emont): "Mezdra" VETS (Hydroelectric Power Station) Lin b zd.r7, "Petrovo" VETS `bn Petrov27, and "Yanko Kostov" TETe Steam-Heat and Electric Power Station)- The enco-.:.ragement of Georgi Todorcv, in charge of production ard. payments for the Central Committee of the Electri.al Workers Union: and active mem*.ez of the "Vasil Kolarov" Plant trade union committee, caused Engineer Nicho Todorov, chief tecanologiet at the plant, Engineer Lukov, and Soviet spec.alist Serogin, ale.> at the place, to no out,tar,dtog work during 1952 25X1 25X1 Requests for copes of, or further information or., the photograph 1"~- c rlbe3 r.= re.n shoui _ Ge udc e,s~ I to Graphi: e Fe 1Fte_ , i==v t c _pc_ t: n,~mber g t_A, by re- :.d te:m numhe r Lo- atior, B'a~ar_a, Sofia, "Vatell Kolaroy" Plant Lact.cr, & rd of transformer / -~.-:>?o:t ampere traneforme r completed at the play or. Photograpm Dee_rlptior, S:ze, 3 x 143 inches, .fa._, I Elek-rcener,,iy, Sofia, Augue;t - September '`9;2, 7 Approved For Release 2003/09/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220176-8