ROADS IN THE CARPATHO-UKRAINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300770001-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR) REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Roads in the Carpatho-Ukraine DATE DISTR.
22 November 1954
NO. OF PAGES
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The Zahony (Hungary) - Chop - 2ukachevo - Verecky Pass - Nikolayev Roadl
1. Between the end of World War II and July 1954, this road was rebuilt, using
the labor of PWs and political prisoners, of whom 55 percent were Hunga-
rians.
2. The section of the road from Chop to Mukachevo has been widened to 12 me-
ters. It has a good concrete surface on a foundation 50 cm thick. All
nine bridges in this section have been rebuilt of reinforced concrete..
There is an underpass beneath the railroad at a point about five kilo-
meters east of Chop and another underpass 17 kilometers west of Mukachevo.
The bypass at Mukachevo, completed in 1952, joins the Mukachevo-Uzhgorod
main road at a point north of Mukachevo.
3. The section of the road from Mukachevo to Polyana is about 30 kilometers
long; it has been completely rebuilt. About 17 kilometers northeast of
Mukachevo, this road used to divide into two roads: one ran along the
right bank of the Latoritsa River, and the other crossed the river and led
to Verecky, passing through the village of Svalyava. This river crossing
has been eliminated, and the main road to the Carpathian pass now runs on
the right bank of the Latoritsa River and joins the Svalyava road about
seven kilometers south of Polyana. The width of the road is 10 to 12 me-
ters, except at points north and south of Polyana, where the width is eight
meters.
4. The section from Polyana to Felsoverecke is about 32 kilometers long.2 Ten
kilometers north of Polyana, a previously existing sharp bend has been eli-
minated. The serpentine near Felsohabrenitsa has also been eliminated.3
The width of the road has been increased to eight meters.
5. The section from Felsoverecke to Verecky Pass is about ten kilometers long.
Most of this section has a concrete surface; the rest has been surfaced with
gravel.4
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The Road from Polyana to Perechin
6. Two kilometers north (sic) of Prlyana, in a westerly direction, runs the
completely rebuilt road to Perechin.5
1. The road from Mukachevo through the Verecky Pass runs via Stryy to Lvov.
2. the names of towns mentioned in this report in their
Hungarian rorm. a soverecke means Upper Verecky, but no such town is
given on any available map. Presumably,it would be located to the north-
east of Niz (lower) Verecky on the way to the Verecky Pass. In the
present report, the place names are given in the Russian form where
that is available; otherwise the names are given as they appear on the
1:100,000 map A.M.S. M671.
3. Felsohabrenica is presumably identical with Vys Hrabovitsa, located at
N 48-44, E 22-53.
4.
this road finished at this point, the bound-
tinued beyond this point.
ary of the Zakarpatskaya Oblast Road Administration's area of authority.
It is known, however, that the rebuilding of this road has been con-
5. On the 1:100,000 map A.M.S. M671, this road is depicted as starting from
a point about one kilometer south of Polyana and running in a northwest-
erly direction.
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