MISCELLANEOUS ECONOMIC INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: December 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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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.
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Economic Information
DATE OF INFO.
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DATE DISTR. 2 December 1953
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AWENDIX E
Miscellaneous Information on the U.S.S.R.
INDEX
1. Introduction
2. The LYANOZOVO Factory
3. The TULA Metallurgical plants
44 The CBEBOKSARY Area
Annexe 1: Sketch of the CHEBOKSARY Area
1. Introduction
This Appendix contains a few scraps of industrial information.
With the exception of the LYANOZOVO Factory
2. The LYANOZOVO
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factory (VAGONOSTROITELNYr ZAVQD 50X1-FiUM
at LYANOZOVO, in the Northern outskirts of MOSCOW, was closed doWn in
1952 and converted into an ordnance factory.
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number of personnel e the former l Ifactory were dismissed and those
who were accepted fpr Work in the new plant had to pass special M.V.D.
screening. -
3. The TULA Metallurgical Plants
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(a) The metallurgical plant in TULA (NOVO-TULSKTySTALE-LITL ZAVOD),
most -probably manufactures tanks and
other heavy armament material. After the last war (1946-48) the factory
worked chiefly on the smelting of old tanks, mainly captured from the
-Gennans.
(b) The metallurgioal pirit on
TULA) is a.very modern factory.
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the KOSAYA CORA (12 kilometres south of
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4. The CREBOKSARY Area (See Annexe.")
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APPENDIX E
The VOLGA divides the area into two geographically different parts.
The northern side of the river is flat and wooded. South of the
VOLGA there is undulating country intersected by numerous valleys,
.often with steep slopes. The hills are rather flat, forming in many
places small plateaus. There is rather open country south of the
river, covered in'many places by small or medium-sized forests.
Trees are mixed coniferous and deciduous. North of the river the
woods are mainly composed of rather small trees.
,The VOLGA at CHEBOKSAIII is 600-800 metres wide. The southern
bank is very steep and rises sharply to about 250 metres above the
river bed. The northern bank is completely flat and sandy. In
spring the river overfloWs and most of the sandy beach is deep under
water.
The soil is of poor quality, a mixture of sand And clay. The
locia population, Chuvashi, mostly earn their living from agriculture
are rather poor. the Chuvashi "very untidy, 5-04X1-HUM
indifferent and rather unfrienelv neonle"
(C) CSEBOKSARY,.formerly d small riverside town situated in ?a remote
area and very distant from the nearest rallway,. became during the Soviet
regime capital of the Autonomous Chuvash Republic. This change of
status changed the town features considerably. -A branch railway .
connects CBEBOKSARY with the main KAZAN railway at KANASH. A number,
of new buildings.were constructed and the town arta enlarged to more
than twice its size. A few main streets have been macadamised and
some of the Government buildings have obtained .a water supply.'
Setween the town and the station, which was previously about 3. kilomtres
distant from the built-up part of CHEBOKSARY, a number of new dwellings
were constructed,. and a large public park was laid out. The town. ?
was gradually extending in the direction of the statiOn and the Explosives
Plant.
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On the western side of the station road, between the station and
the.public.park, new Air. Force barracks have been /built, in which are
accommodated personnel employed at the military airfield. The airfield
itself is on the eastern side of the town, between the town and the
village of SOLIANOVO.
The tain Governmerit building containing the Chuvash ministries is
situated on top of the hill in the centre of the town. This is a
la:ge.4,-5 storey light yellow stone- construction and a prominent land- ?
"nark in the vicinity. Along the main Karl Marx Street are located
the other State buildings. An imposing prison is situated near the
main street. ? The lowei. town,, in particular the secondary streets,
underwent no change at all. They remained filthy, unpaved and flanked
by old wooden dwellings. Only the main State buildings had proper
sanitation.
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a very small one, having approx... four sidings and water supply, but no
engine shed. There was a small loading ramp for 4-5 trucks. From
the station a siding ran parallel to the main line. About 6-7 kilometres
from the station,near the village of BOLSA KARACHURY, this siding
turned north to the Explosives Factory.
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(4) The CEEBOKSARY Explosives Factory was the only large industrial
enterprise in the area. . The plant was built before the war and was
apparently known to the Germans, for the Germans made One unsuccessful
attempt to destroy the plant on 4th October 1941. They could not
find the factory and dropped their load of bombs on the town.
The factory ia-Situated 5-6 kilometres south-west of the town
centre. The factory buildings are in a wooded dell. The forest
extends south and east to the railway line.
the &Lining roofs (probably made of glass) of the factory
could be seen from the public park.
During the war the Explosives Factory employed many thousands of
workers and produced explosives, mines, grenades and various types of
ammunition. In summer 1942 an accident occurred in the factory.
One of the shops was completely destroyed. About 20 persons lost
their lives.
(e) An Oil Lefir_jaz (NIETEETREGO ZAVOD) is situated on the river
bank *est of the ferry.
(f) Roads were in general very, bad in the OBEBOKSARYarea. Except
for the Explosive Factory road, which was well built and properly
maintaiaed, the others (e.g. CHEBOKSARY - ALGESHEVO and CHEBOKSARY -
either paved with cobbles or were ordinary earth tracks.
during the summer, which is usually a dry period
there, cross-country movement is possible everywhere provided that the
deeper ,valleys are avoided. On the northern side of the river the
wet sandy beaches are no good for cross-country traffic; but in the
wooded areas light vehicles could move easily. In winter there are
winter tracks. Owing to the deep snow, cross-country traffic is
impossible.
TUR KASHI) were
(g) Glider landing areas near CHEBOKSARY are
as follows:
i) In winter landing is easy on the frozen VOLGA provided that the
snow is no very thick. The ice is usually at least one metre
thick and could easily support heavy machines.
ii) West of the town there is a small plateau near the village of
TUR KASY; south-west of the Explosive Factory forest there is
another plateau. These areas are good and probably safe for
glider landing, both being flat and dry. There are no ditches
or trees.
iii) About 25-30 kilometres south of CHEBOKSARY, on the western side
of the KANASH railway, a small plateau was used nring the war
as an emergency fighter airfield. The neighbouring forest .
could provide cover. for landing troops.
(h) Plans for construction of.a new bridge
there were plans for the construction of a new rail and road bridge
across the VOLGA. The site planned for the new bridge was about
2 kilometres east of the military airfield.
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