DESCRIPTION OF LENINGRAD

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• Publication Date: August 26, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Leningrad Oblast)
Description of Leningrad
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This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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Point 1 Bridge
A ;;0 rn x 10 m,reinforced-concrete bridge which connected the
main part of the city of Leningrad with the northern section.
The bridge spanned the Neva River.1
Point 2 -Kirov, Theater
An opera house looted in the center of Leningrad. Seating
capacityt was 1000.
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Pint 3 Leningrad Music Conservatora
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Large stone building,
Point 4 S ware
A church was located in the center of this large
square,
Pot t__ Museum
A large stone building, located at the eastern tip
of Vasiliy Island. (Vasi iy:. Island constitutes the
northern seotion of Leningrad and as primarily a
residential section.) This museum was dedicated to
the. shipbuilding industry,
Point 6
Isaakiy Cathedral
This cathedral had been converted to a museum. It
was located in the center of a large square, and had
a steeple which was 80 m, high.3
} ink Groupof Stone Buildings
The taariet Admiralty Offices had once been housed
here, but I do not know for what these buildings were
currently used.4
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Former tsarist Winter palAcevwhich was being.used as
an art museum. The palace was situated directly on
the banks of the Neva 'River.
Q,j.nt-,--2_..'Y1PYka Canal
This o nal flowed through Leningrad from the NE to
the SW, It appeared to be ,navigable only by emal?1
rowboats and pleasure eloope.
Point 10 Kirov Brame
A large steel drawbridge with a double-track street-
car line, about 60 m x 10 m. It.spanned the Neva
River and connected Leningr* d proper (southern section)
with the more luxurious residential section on the
northern side of the Neva River.5
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Point 11 Kazans1cy Cathedral
A very large and extremely beautiful cathedral,
used as a museum dedicated to atheism.
Pdi12 Opera House
This old, tsarist-era opera house had a seating
dgpacity of about 500.
Point Museum
Former tsarist palace; used as a classical arts
museum by the Soviets
Point ]'3a Liteyny~ Prospe,kt
Ten meters wide; asphalt covered. This street
extended north and south from the Neva River, down
into the center of the city. One double-track
streetcar line operated on this street.
Point lab Modern Stone Building
This building was four stories high and housed the
offices of the MG8. The' building was referred to
by the local population a!s the "passport division for
aliens". Three uniformed sentries patrolled the build-
ing-one each on the nortri, south, and west sides.
Point 14 Museum
A large stone building; 1Ht'U :a museum, dedicated to
Soviet folk oulture.
Point 12 Conosgt, Hall
Large stone building which houae4 the Leningrad
philharmonic orchestra.
Point 36 S~uare
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A 15m x 15 m,: open square through which Sidovaya
street ran from the NE to the SW.
Point 1 Fontanka Canal
One of the several canals which flowed through
Leningrad. It was hot navigable for anything larger
than small sailboats, `
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Point 18 aeV Prospekt
An asphalt-covered street 'which extended from the
railway station /oint 28, 7toward the stone b d-;
ings which had formerly housed the Adniirslty tnt 7J0
Point 19 Barracks Area
A.Qarge 120 m, x 120 m, area in which many two-story,
stone-constructed buildings were located. I frequently
saw large tanks leaving and entering this area, which
leads me to believe that armored units of the Soviet
Army were housed here.
Pnt 20 Grecheskjy Prospek t
A' cobblestone street, 10 m, wide. .and about one
kilometer long. This street bordered Institute 49
point 21,7 on the west.
Point 21
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indludes s otiroe a knowledge of
the work conducted at institute 49.J
Point 22 OospitalnayalrUlitsa
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A small, cobblestonek street, about 10 m, wide, which
ran exactly through the',center of the grounds of
Institute 49.
Point 23 School
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A large, two-story stone building, which stood adjacent
to the main Institute 49 grounds. This was akschool
for boys in their early teens.
Point 24 Suvorok 32o epe kt
A 10 m. wide,-asphalt-covered street which bordered
Institute 49 on the east, and which extended from ''_
SSW to NNE from the neighborhood of the railway
station point 281Jx. to the Smoln Institute,looated.
in the northeastern section of Leningradi
Point 25. Church
A small, stone church which was used as a food ware
house.
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Square
A .50 . lm area which was asphalt-covered. A subway
station entrance, which was uergoing construction
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1 point 27
StaryyNevsk.y Prosper
T)e origin of this street was at the square point
,7. and it extended in a SE direction for about
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two kilometers.
MoskovekiyVo kzal (Railway Station)
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r. his station had about 10. tracks and was the main
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artery between Leningrad and Moscow.
Greboyedov Canal
Point 30
Located in about the center.of the city and used.
only by rowboats.
Military School
A group of two-story, stone buildings. This school
was used by the Soviet army as an artillery school
for officers.
Point 31, Barracks Area
An area about 50 m x 50 m, in which many two-story
stone buildings stood, The barracks were used by
the Soviet army, but I do not know by which unite..
The area was situated about 150 m, east of Prospekt,
Stalina !pint 4136 , and directly northeast of the
railway station int,31,_7
Point 2- Vittebeict Vok zal (Rai,.wa 3t ion)
A six-track station.
Point 33 Technological ] rnet'i'tute
Composed of several Large, three-story buildings.
I do not know what work was being conducted here,
Point 34 Church Square
A small church, which ,wAs,,,Y~,ping.,,used as a food ware-
house,, was located in the center.
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Point _ Nov, Kamemi i,'!os t
A single-span, two-lane bridge. This bridge Bras of
Stone construction, 10 m wide an( 18 m, long, and a double trolley
streetcar line was located on it, This bridg'j:,wae.
built during World War II0
Poi. 36 Obvodn;j Canal
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Point-3-7 Department Store
A large three-story stone building. It was called
Frunzinskhy Univermag.
Point 38 Varshavsk : Vol zal (Railway Station)
A six-track station which had been. erected in
tsarist days, and which was the main artery between
Leningrad and Warsaw, Poland, The station was
situated about 50 m west of Prospekt Staling Point
41 7, and about 50 m east of a railway station,
Point 39 7.
Point 39 BaItiysL Vo1cz,a1 Railway Station
An eight-track station which was the main rail artery
between Leningrad and the Baltic states, The station
building was a stone structure.
Point 40 L ei rya U1iisa
A cobblestone, partially asphalted street. A narrow
boulevard was located in the center of this street;
a single-track trolley line, which accommodated Street-
car lines numbers 10, 25, 16, and 19 ran on either side
of the 'boulevard. The entire street was about six
kilometers long,
Point 41 Pros ek t
Stalina
This street was 10-12 kilometers long, partially
asphalt-covered, and oobblestgned north of the depart-
ment store, L oint 372. There was one double-track
streetcar line on this street which accommodated lines
numbers 3, 15, 25, 29, and 35. The streetcar lines
extended from the residential areaoint 537,
north to the bridge ,!oint 37), an here branched
out to various sections of the city. The only lines
which continued past the department store int 37J
on this street were 3 and 15. These:two l nres con-
tinued as far north as ~hp ,, qu4L e, [!oint 16
Car line number 29 brancheti-rigPtt at the Technological
Institute, 'oint 332.
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Point 42 Sostavs litsa
A small, cobblestoned side street which ran
east and west across street, Point 4J and
bord?,red the factory Joint 43J. on the south.
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go-Ant 43 $korokhod Factory
A Fairly large, stone-constructed factory which
06'hstste.d of several buildings. The factory manufac-
tured reasonably priced shoes for men and women, and these shoes
carried the factory's. name as it's trademark. The
'factory was located about 12 meters west of Prospekt
8 talaLna Joint 41J
Point 44 Elektrosrila .. Factory
A large,stone,two-or three-story plant which consisted
of several buildings. This factory was engaged in the
manufacture of heavy electrical equipment, such as
large dynamos, motors, and transformers, and employed
over 1000 Soviet workers. The plant o,ooupied,,,a
large area, which extended on'either side of Prospekt.
Stalina Joint 41J and was bordered on the north by
a double-track railway overpass, which passed over
Prospekt Stalina. This, overpass was in the process of
reconstruction and expansion I uin
February 1953.
Point 4~. Syzranskaya Ul it. a
-ma rn.
A small, asphalt-covered street about six meters wide,
which extended east from Prospekt Stalina,
for about 800 m. A trolley-bus (lines 2 and 4)
operated on this street. This street bordered the
military school Joint 46J on the north.
Point 46 Military School
Two two-story stone buildings. ' This was a cadet
school for 1l .to 14-year. old` 'boys .
Point 47 Traffic Loop
A traffic loop which bunched off Prospekt Stalin
oint 41.,,,7, and where streetcar lines 3, 15, 25, and
reversed their routes,, and continued back toward the north
along Point 41J. The loop was directly west of the
residential area Joint 532.
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Point 48 Blagoda ttnn ,~ Per ekhod
A small, cobblestone street, about
Pointjl9 Housing Area
six meters wide..
An area of about 609 ooo sq m, build
three-to five-story stone apartment 'buildings,,
Ab ut 18 such houses had been erected here Uuringnthe,.yearss
1945 - 1946, All the German specialists .working in
Nil 49 point 21,J9 two German specialists who
worked at Nil 'x+00, and the Germans workiAg.' with the
S . K, B N' Groups were housed in this project. The.:.
project was apparently built to house Soviet white-
collar workers who worked in -Leningrad. Although the
)living conditions were far from adequate according
to Western standards, it was by far one of the best
housing projects in Leningrad,
Point 50 Kuznetsovskaya Ulitsa
A small, asphalt-covered street, 10 m wide.
Point 511 School
A two-story, modern stone building,which housed a
grammar school for girls, The school was appdrently
used only by Soviets. It was located directly' west of
the housing area. ' point 49_7. West of this school
was a fire station, which was housed 'iK a single-story
stone building, and accommodated six large, modern fire
engines.
Point 52 Pobeda Park
This park was: one kilometer square and was located
south of the residential area point 532s
Point Residential Area
An area about one kilometer square *hioh contains
many modern three-to five-story stone: apartment
buildings. Soviet doctors, enginee rS, and mb fibers rof
other professions lived here.
pint'ighting Sohoi
A tour-story, modern stone building.
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Point 55 Rayon Headquarters
A modern, three-story building stone building. A :Large parking
lot was located along the side. The southern wing of this build-
ing was a round, tower-like structure in which the rayon post
office was located.
Point 56 Factory
A railroad car manufacturing plant. Several large stone buildings
were located near the main factory structure.
Point 57 Gas Plant
The gas plant area was quite large, and a number of factory
buildings were located in the vicinity. The Area was about one
km square and partially enclosed by a wire fence. To my know-
ledge, this was the only gas plant in Leningrad. I do not know
which sections of the city were serviced by this plant, since
Leningrad received its gas supply in pressure tanks. This gas,
which was the only one used by the project in which the German
specialists lived, was imported from Estonia. This was a well-
known fact in Leningrad.
C mme s.
1. The Neva River is about 350 yards wide at this point.
2. Previous information states that this theater seats 2000.
3. hSource may be eight of the church ittoo tto the he topiofethelcrheight ose is known to be the
333 feet.
4. The former;,Ad4rallt~''b. iL semis the sine purpose 44, _. various naval
offices andoa{rlslval academy are located there.
5. The Neva River is about 645 yards wide at this point.
6. Under the tears, this building was called the New Michael Palace, but
was occupied by the Alexander III Museum, a museum of classical arts.
This building also was an ethnographic museum under the tears.
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