INDUSTRIES IN GABROVO

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 24, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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 Bulgaria REPORT
SUBJECT Industries in Gabrovo DATE DISTR.
24 November 1954
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The Georgi Genev Woolen Textile Factory
1. The Georgi Genev Woolen Textile Factory is located approximately 300 yards
to the east of the center of Gabrovo, approximately 20 yards north of the
Yantra River. The factory area is surrounded on all four sides by streets.
Across the street to the south is the old Petolichka Yarn Mill, which is now
a part of the Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn Mill. Across the street to the
east is the Burya Knitting Factory.
2. There are four main buildings in the factory area, including the main office
building and three workshops. (See Appendix for sketch of factory area based
3, The factory has 59 looms, several wool spinning machines, two blanket carding
machines, one large drying machine heated by steam, one cloth rolling
machine, one cylindrical ironing machine, three clothes washing machines, two
centrifugal machines, four dyeing machines, two small drying machines, three
wool carding machines, three raw wool carding machines (which prepare the raw
wool for carding), two machines for fine carding, two machines for refining
the woolen am, and three machines for rolling the yarn on bobbins. In the
technical workshop there are two lathes and two steam boilers. The factory
also has an electric power general which is not used.
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4. The factory employs about 300 laborers, half women, who work in three shifts.
There are also about 50 administrative personnel and 20 technical personnel.
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5. The Georai Genev Textile Factory manufactures woolen and cotton blankets, fine
(kamgar) and coarse (shtaygar) fabrics, cotton linings for shoes, fabrics for
women& coats, and fabrics for Army and Militia uniforms. The finished goods
are stored in the factory warehouse until they are shipped to the state
commercial establishment "Obleklo i Obuvhi" (Shoes and Clothing) and from
there distributed to government retail stores throughout Bulgaria.
6. The goods manufactured for the Army and Militia are sent to the State Shoe
and Clothing workshops called "Surp i Chuk", Gabrovo, where they are made into
wearing apparel.
7. The factory's security is maintained by the Militia, six militiamen being on
duty at the factory. There are billeted in the guardhouse near the gate.
The Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn Mill
S. The Main Office and Section Number One of the Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn
1111 is located about 200-250 yards to the east of the Georgi Genev Textile
Factory, Section TWO is located 100-150 yards to the east of the main
office, and Section Three is located across the street and to the south of the
Georgi Genev Textile Factory. (See Appendix).
9. On 1 June 1953 the two woolen yarn factories "Potolichka" and "Edinstvo"
were merged with the Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn Mill to form Sections Two
and Three of the latter.
10. Informant worked at Section Three of the Factory, which is housed in a two
story building, 40 meters long and 10 meters wide. Section Three also has
two smaller buildings.
11. Section Three has about 20-30 spinning machines, about six fine and coarse
carding machines, 5-6 small dyeing machines, and two small steam boilers.
12. Approximately 100 workers, working in two shifts, are employed at Section
Three. This section has no administrative personnel; it is administered by
Section One. Section Three has technicians and foremen. Informant does
not know the names of any employees of the Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn
Mill, as he was employed there for only one week.
13. The Narodna Republika Woolen Yarn Mill manufactures woolen yarns which are
distributed to the woolen textile and woolen knitting mills by trucks.
Other Industries in the Vicinity of Gabrovo
14. The following factories are located in the vicinity of Gabrovo:
a. Elovitsa Powder Factory, 3-4 kilometers east of Eter village (N 42-49,
g 25-21), which is eight kilometers east of Gabrovo.
b. Petko Denev Knife Factory, near the Elovitsa Powder Factory.
c. 23 Dekemvri Knitting Factory, formerly the Bidishtnost Factory. It is
located between Bichkinya village (N 42-51, E 25-21) and Eter village,
near Gabrovo.
d. Orel Textile Factory, near Bichkinya village.
e. Bolshevik Technical Instrument Factory, on the highway between
Kazanliik (N 42-37, E 25-24) and Gabrovo, near Bichkinya village. It is
a large factory manufacturing different kinds of technical instruments.
f. Georgi Chankov Wool and Textile Factory, at Palanzovo village.
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g. Kapitan Dodo Nikola Button Factory, between Bichkinya and Gabrovo.
h. Shpula Bobbin Factory, on the east side of Gabrovo.
1. Rayko Damyanov Cotton and Textile Factory, one kilometer southwest, of
Smirnenski village, on the Gabrovo-Ozana highway.
j. Ozana Saw Mill, between Smirenski village and Rayko Demyanov Textile
Factory.
k. Nadezhda Textile Factory, at Smirnenski village.
1. Eftim Apostolov Wool and Textile Factory, at Smirnenski village.
in. Georgi Dimitrov Canvas Factory, in southeast Gabrovo.
n. Kosta Stoev Mirror Factory, in southeast Gabrovo.
o. Balkan Cotton Yarn Factory, in southeast Gabrovo on the Ozana highway.
p. Vasil Kolarov Cotton and Textile Factory, in southeast Gabrovo.
q. Burya Knitting Factory, near Georgi Genev Textile Factory, Gabrovo.
r. Machine Factory, near the Georgi Genev Textile Factory, Gabrovo;
manufactures spare parts for machines.
s. Uspeh Textile Factory, near the Georgi Genev Textile Factory, Gabrovo.
Reported to be the largest textile factory in Bulgaria.
t. Zoya Knitting Factory, 10 meters west of the Uspeh Textile Factory,
Gabrovo.
u. Baba Zara Knitting Factory, 10 meters south of the machine factory
in Gabrovo.
v. Dobri Kartalov Knitting Factory, along the Sinkevitsa River in
East Gabrovo.
w. Wilk? Chervenkav Wool and Textile Factory, along the Sinkevitsa River,
Gabrovo.
x. Troitsa Wool Yarn Factory, along the Sinkevitsa River, a branch of
the Uspeh Textile Factory.
y. Yordanka Chenkova Garter Factory, in the center of Gabrovo along the
Yantra River, opposite the Public Theater.
z. Liv Iron Factory, in west Gabrovo; manufactures locks, etc.
aa. Edinstvo Furniture Factory, in west Gabrovo.
bb. Elprom Electrical Appliance and Motor Repairing Factory, in west
Gabrovo.
cc. I May Leather Factory, in west Gabrovo.
dd. Lepilo Paste Factory, in west Gabrovo.
ee. Brigada Woolen Clippings- and Waste Factory, in west Gabrovo; converts
used wool, etc., into material for stuffing mattresses.
If. Khristo Eotev Sole-Leather Factory, between the railroa,1 station and
the center of Gabrovo, along the Yantra River.
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gg. Levski Leather Factory, along the Yantra River, Gabrovo.
hh. Dimitr Blagoev Leather Factory, along the Yantra River, Gabrovo.
Georgi Kirkov Leather Factory, along the Yantra River, outside Gabrovo,
opposite the Surp I Chuk Clothing Establishment.
Surp i Chuk Shoe, Clothing and Saddlery Factory, outside Gabrovo along
the Yantra River. Was formerly used as a military workshop for
sewing but is now a factory which makes shoes, clothing and saddlery
for the military, as well as for civilians.
kk. 9 Septemvri Wool and Textile Factory, outside Gabrovo along the
Yantra River, two kilometers beyond the Georgi Kirkov Leather Factory
U. Near the Surp i Chuk Factory; one kilometer west of the Gabrovo
railway station, there are two brick factories, whose names informant
does not know.
mm. Balkan Jam and Marmalade Factory, outside Gabrovo. Formerly called
the Ova shka Factory.
nn. Vinprom Wine Factory, in northwest Gabrovo, on the Gabrovo-Sevlievo
highway.
Electric Power Facilities in Gabrovo
15. There is no electric power station in Gabrovo; there is only a large
transformer station which is located near the center of the city near
the Livovmost Bridge. Informant does not know where Gabrovo obtains its
electricity, but has heard that it comes from southern Bulgaria. Because
of the shortage of electricity in Gabrovo every industrial establishment
must reduce its activity one day per week. Before the industries in
Gabrovo were socialized, each industry used to have its own generating plant.
Key to Appendix
(Sketch is from a free-hand drawing by informant)
1. Main office building of Georgi Genev Textile Factory, Gabrovo. It is a
two-story building, 10 x 5 meters in size.
2. Guardhouse, Georgi Genev Factory.
3. A three-story building, 10 x 15 meters, containing carpenter shop,
technical workshop, and dining hall, Georgi Genev Factory.
4. A one-story workshop, 15 x 40 meters, Georgi Genev Factory.
5. A three-story workshop, 15 x 40 meters, Georgi Genev Factory.
6. Section Three of Nardona Republika Woolen Yarn Factory, formerly the
Petolichka Factory.
7. Machine Factory buildings.
8. Burya Knitting Factory.
9. Main Office of Narodna Republika Factory.
10. Section One of Narodna Republika Factory.
11. Section Two of Narodna Republika Factory; building was formerly the
Edinstvo Factory.
12. Uspeh Textile Factory.
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