SOVIET TROOPS, TRAINING, AND SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE VOLGA MILITARY DISTRICT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000200680007-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL -,INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDPNTIAL
SECURI1If INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Volga ]ID)
Soviet-Troops, Training, and Supply
Installations in the Volga Military
District
This Docmnmt cln. information sirecti ngthe Na-
tional Defense ofonathe United Sates, within the mean-
ing of Tide 16, Sectiwi.70.4 and 7%. of t ieU.S. Code. as
amended. Its teansmiwdon or revelation of is contents
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This report contains information on Soviet troops, training, and supply
installations in the Volga Military District.
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 .Town
Saratov Prior to
(N51-34, August
E146-02) 1949.
Prior to
May 19149.
Prior to
February
1949.
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Military Installations in. the Volga MD
Installation- Location Occupation
1. Large barracks North of the Occupied by a tank unit estimated
installation.
2. Ammunition
depot.
Large barracks
installation.
Barracks in-
stallation of one
large angle-shaped
four-story main
building and a
number of secondary
buildings; enclosed
.by a brick wall, two
meters high.
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city.
Eastern peri-
meter of the
city, on the
north side of
the thorough-
fare to Volsk
(N52-03,E47-214).
North of the
city.
Southern sector
of the city., about
800 meters west-
northwest of an
electric power
plant located on
the northern bank
of the Volga River
(north of the east
point of the large
at not less than one regiment. The
soldiers of the unit wore tank
insignia. Many trucks were observed
in the barracks area. Thelraining
ground of the unit was located north
of the barracks installation. From
30 to 40 tanks of a heavy model were
once observed there. They were
equipped with bogie wheels and track-
supporting rolls.
The depot consisted of galleries built
in the hillside. Heavy truck traffic
to and from the depot was observed
almost daily.
Occupied by a tank unit of soldiers
wearing red-bordered black epaulets
with No. 317 on them. Up to 20 tanks of
various models were frequently. observed.
Occupied by an infantry unit numbering
About 500 men and an officer candidate
school of about 150 men. A major was
observed to be the ranking officer.
the headquarters and
other elements of the 418K Inf Regt (sic)
were located there. Officers and EM wore
green-bordered epaulets. The officer
candidates wore epaulets bordered with wide
golden facings. Weapons observed included
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 Syzran To March
t(N453-3 7)' 1948.
Kuybyshev Prior to
(~5a09) May 1949.
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Ammunition depot
of many buried
bunkers of dif-
ferent design;
equipped with a
railroad spur;
surrounded by a
barbed-wire fence,
two or three
meters high, with'
watchtowers and
searchlights.
1. Barracks instal-
lation of one white,
five-story building
about 100 meters
long.
2. Barracks instal-
lation of one white,
five-story building
about 80 meters long.
Radio station.
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Volga Island).
West of the
city, in
built-up ter-
rain north of
the reservoir.
submachine guns. with drum magazines, six
light machine guns, six heavy machine
guns,,and eight 80 mm mortars.
The types and quantity of the ammunition
stored in the depot were not identified.
Shipments on gondola and other types of
boxcars were frequently observed being
shunted into the depot area. No information
on outgoing shipments was available.
Three brick buildings mounting high smoke-
stacks, which emitted black smoke at all
times, were located in the northern sec-
tion of the installation.
About 1,500 meters Occupied by a cadet school. The 11&-to
northwest of the 17-year-old youngsters wore dark-blue
main railroad station uniforms with high red-bordered collars,
on the west side of long trousers with wide red stripes, and
Red Square. blue caps with red.bands and Soviet-star
emblems. The dark-blue epaulets were
equipped with red longitudinal stripes.
The officers wore uniforms.
Southwestern
sector of the
center of the
city, between
the Volga River
and a minor round
"square'
Occupied by a cadet school of ten-to 14-
year-old trainees. They wore the same
uniform as that described above.
About three km north- Six steel trellis towers, about 50 meters
.east of the main high,and supporting antennas were observed*
railroad station, One' minor shed and a number of excavated
directly south bunkers, at which soldiers were observed,
of the road to the were located in the area,
suburb of Bezy-
myanka.
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 Yelabuga Prior to
(N55-43, February
E52?02) 19):9.
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4. Local headquarters,
a white five-story
building, about 150
meters long and
covered with a sheet
metal. roof.
5. MVD building, a
gray seven-story
brick structure,
about 200 meters
long and equipped
with a number of
lateral wings.
Billets in a former
PN camp of one large
four-story building,
numerous three-story
structures, and an
old church,, enclosed
by a barbed-wire
fence.
South of the A general of the army was in charge of the
small round"square" headquarters. Sentries wearing red service
on the east side color stood guard at the entrances.
of a southbound
street.
Opposite the local MVD agencies,, movie and theater rooms, and
headquarters men- a large printing shop in which an army
tioned above. newspaper was printed.
On the western peri- In August 1948, the reconstruction of the
meter of the town, buildings was started. A kitcheL which !Ad
on the road to the a capacity of 500 to 1,000 men,was installed.
port. In late October 1948, officers holding
ranks from lieutenant up to field officer ,
accompanied by their dependents, arrived
at the installation. They wore blue-
bordered red epaulets. In November 1948,
official service activity started in the
four-story building. The officers entered
the building with books and map cases.
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