SOVIET TROOPS AND SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE WHITE SEA MILITARY DISTRICT

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
COUNTRY
USSR (White Sea MD)
REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT
Soviet Troops and Supply Installations
in the White Sea Military District
DATE DISTR.
20 March 1953
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THE. SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN. THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following report contains information on Soviet troops and supply
installations in the White Sea Military District.
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Military Information on the White Sea MD
Installation Location Occupation Remarks
Monchegorsk Barracks installation, Near the railroad
(N67-5), about 500 meters square, station.
E32-58) of numerous large and
small wooden buildings.
The barracks installation
quartered an MVD unit of
about 800 men up to Sep-
tember 1949. A colonel
was observed to be the
ranking officer. The men
wore light blue-bordered
red epaulets, dark blue
trousers, and green caps
with red bands. They were
equipped with submachine
guns, AT guns with barrels
about two and one-half
meters long, shields, and
disk wheels, which were
towed by trucks, and heavy
machine guns on two small
wheels. An unidentified
number of tanks were
occasionally, observed at
field practice. Source
observed an unusually great
number of trucks in the in-
stallation,and at exercises
as well.
Petrozavodsk Barracks installation West of the city The installation was occupied
(N61-9, of numerous wooden in a woods of tall by an.infantry unit of 800 to
E31t- 20) houses. trees. 1,000 men up to July 19)49. The
only weapons observed were
rifles and submachine guns.
Field training was held west
of the-city.
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1. Barracks installa- In the center of the The installation was generally
tion of one three-story city, north of Lenin referred to as Infantry Barracks.
brick building, about Square with a Lenin Three or four companies equipped
150 meters long, and monument. with rifles and light machine
one three-story build- guns were frequently observed
ing with officers, marching out of the installation.
billets.
2. Billets of one In the center of the The structure referred to as
brick building, about city, on Lenin Square.the MVD building, which was
100 meters long. completed by 1946, housed the
post headquarters. The command-
ing officer was Colonel Suklov
skiy (phonetic spelling) (fnu), who
wore light blue-bordered epau-
lets. The agency of the head of
the motor pools, Major Tsaplin
(phonetic spelling) (fnu), was
also located there.
3. Billets in a large Not specified. The building housed the MGB top
new building. agency commanded by a general
and was also referred to as the
"ministry". The MGB personnel wore
light green service color. The
border guard troops observed in
the city wore a darker green
service color. The location of
their billets was not specified.
AA position. On a hill serving AA emplacements, with walls made
as a landmark, of round timber, were constructed
several kilometers on this hill in the summer of
southeast of the 1947, While the emplacements
city, were still under construction,
12 AA guns of 80 to 100 mm and
not less than the sabre number
of lighter AA guns were emplac-
ed in the open terrain. The
crews, who wore blue epaulets
with crossed-gun barrel insignia,
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5. Fuel depot about
500x250 meters, of
40 camouflaged tanks
horizontally instal-
led, about ten me-
ters long and three
meters in diameter
and arranged in four
lines; enclosed by a
multiple barbed wire
fence, two meters
high; equipped with
six watch-towers with
machine guns and
searchlights; served
by a railroad spur;
and including two
small guard buildings.
6. Supply depot, about
800x1400 meters, en-
closed by a board fence
with watchtowers.
Southeast of the
city, about 100
meters east of the
Kukovka freight
yard, near the rail-
road branch line to
the shipyard.
On the southeastern
perimeter of the
city, on a single-
-track railroad
line.
came from the city on trucks in
the morning and went back by
truck in the evening. The motor
vehicles bore crossed-gun barrel
insignia and the number 11307k".
Ballistic directors or searchlights,
etc., were not observed. The guns
were still in the emplacements in
April 1948. Aiming exercises
were held frequently. Record
firing was never observed.
All military and civil authori-
ties in the. area of Petrozavodsk
were supplied from the depot. The
tanks were entirely buried. The
tanks were connected by pipe lines.
Five standpipes with electrically
operated pumps were set up at the
end of each of the four lines.
There were paved roads between
the individual lines. They joined
in a roundel. The tanks of the
depot were usually refilled from
four-axle railroad tank cars,
four to six of which were con-
stantly on the railroad spur.
prior to April 19148, the depot
was referred to as the OVS.
The commanding officer of the
depot was Major Okrobovich
(phonetic spelling). (fnu), who
wore blue-bordered red epaulets;
his superior was a general, whose
offices were located in the MVD
building. The sentries in the de-
pot wore light blue-bordered red
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epaulets. The layout of the depot,
which consisted of single-story
buildings, included one ordnance and
ammunition storehouse, 50x25 meters,
containing small arms of every type
and appropriate ammunition for them,
120-mm mortar shells, AA ammunition,
mines of various types, handgrenades
and concentrated charges; one ration
storehouse; one grain storehouse; one
forage storehouse, about 30x20 me-
ters; one clothing storehouse, about
30x20 meters, containing uniforms
and equipment; one storehouse, 30x20
meters, containing winter clothing
of every type; one storehouse, about
60x20 meters, containing equipment
for horses and vehicles; and one store-
house, about 4Ox2O meters, for motor
vehicle spare parts. All incoming
shipments were made by rail. Accord-
ing to the inscriptions, some of
the trains came from Leningrad. The
supplies were continually picked up
by trucks of all services. Heavy
motor traffic was constantly observ-
ed in the area of the depot and on
the road leading into it. A column
of 40 trucks driven by FPPs took
ammunition of various types to a
small railroad station about 85 km
northwest of Petrozavodsk several
times a week from the fall of 1917
to February 1948. At the railroad
station, which was located on a
single-track line, the ammunition
was loaded onto freight cars. On
one of these runs, source had the
opportunity to carefully inspect
the demolition blocks referred to
as co ce t tad charges or wooden
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1. Barracks instal-
lation of ten to 12
wooden two-story
houses with a street
frontage of approxi-
mately 1,000 meters;
an old Finnish in-
stallation.
hand grenades. They were made
of hard wood and were 25x8x8
cm. The wooden screw-in handle
was ten cm long. The blasting
charge consisted of a yellow,
compressed explosive. The
demolition block was topped
with a fuse-cord button con-
nected with a fuse of three
and one-half seconds' burning
time. The detonator was
installed below. These con-
centrated charges were packed
in 20-unit boxes. The handles
were packed in 100-unit boxes.
Each box also contained a
description.
South of the city, Up to mid-1946, the instal-
about 800 meters lation was occupied by an
south of the large engineer unit, whose
railroad bridge. strength was not determined,
since only small detachments
Fifty Studebaker trucks and
30 half-pontoons were observed
in a storage area north of
the railroad station. Bridge
equipment, similar to the
German type B equipment, was
also stored there. This equip-
ment was not observed being
used. at practices.
were seen. According to
Soviet civilians, it was a
penal unit. An unidentified
number of the soldiers wore
yellow crossed-rudder or
steering wheel insignia on
their sleeves. The,. troops
were frequently observed
practicing on the water.
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2. Armored train. On a siding of the The armored train was observed
railroad station. up to mid-1950. It was manned
with soldiers wearing red-border-
ed black epaulets. No further
details were remembered.
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