ROAD CONSTRUCTION METHODS IN SIBERIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300770002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the >teplonage Laws, Title 18, V.S.C. Secs. 793
and 7W{, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
SUBJECT Road Construction Methods in Siberia
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS. REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
15 November iy`_J;
1. The figure on page 2 shows the method employed in road building in the
Sverdlovsk area of Siberia. The road from Ivdel (N 60-42, E 60-28) to
Vizhay (U 61-16, E 60-10) is constructed in this way. The legend is as
follows:
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a. Snow.
b. Wooden log (progon) with a diameter of 30-50 cm and a length of ninE; meters.
c. Plank (plastina) 6-8 cm thick,- 5.5-in long, and 40 cm wide.
d. Wooden beam (otboynyy brus) 16-24 cm in diameter, apparently used to form
guard rails to prevent vehicles from slipping off the road.
e. Sleeper (shpala) 25 cm in diameter.
f Grass.
informant added the following explanations:
The logs (b) are fastened to each other by means of a wooden nail 20 cm long,
as shown at (h) in Sketch 3, through a hole made with an electric drill.
Sleepers (e) are attached to t1e logs (b) every 70 cm, as shown in Sketch 2.
The planking (c) is fastened to the sleepers (e) by wooden nails.
Guard rails (d) are affixed to the planking (c) as indicated in Sketch 4.
In Sketch 4, (S) indicates the soft iron clamps (skoby) holding sleeper to
log and guard rail to planking.
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