LOCATION SKETCH OF THE KURAKHOVKA GRES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000300080002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: CHART

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Location Sketch of the &Irakhovka. GRES
Legend see-next page
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Annex 1
Legends
1~ Reservoirs, about 10 km long and about 2 ion wide.
2. Storage installation.
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Old storage dams, 30 meters long and 8 meters high. It was
completed in 1947 and raised the water level 4 meters thereby
putting into operation the pumping installation.
b0 New storage dam. The dam was near completion in December 1949.
It was about 1.5 km long. According to one source,, it was 35 to
40 meters high; according to anthers, 17 meters high. The base
width was 30 meters; the crest width 15 meters. The new dam was
scheduled-to raise the water level 6 meters.
Pumping installation. The installation supplied water to the power plant.
a. Canal supplying cooling water to the turbines.
b. Outflow canal receiving the hot water from the turbines.
Single-track wide gauge railroad line coming from the direction of
Stalin, According to one source,, plans were made to continue the line
beyond the new dam.
5. Power plant.
6. XMZ metal works (RurakhovskiyMelchanicheslcp Zavod) (Kurakhovka
Mechanical Factory). A foundry, an administrative buildings, and a
workshop were completed in November 1949. The foundations of three
additional large buildings,, to be used for workshopss, had been laid.
Tho plant received power from the Xurakhovka GRES through a high
t asion line
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