1. CITY OF KALININGRAD 2. WAGES AND PRICES IN KALININGRAD 3. CONDITION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE IN THE KALININGRAD AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR (Kai
DATE OF INFO.
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1. Most of the streets in Kaliningrad have been renamed. Hufenallee, for ~:.. 25X1
example, has become Stalingradskiy Prospekt, The principle streetcar lines
are in operation, although service is often interrupted as a result of
failure of electrical current. The most important line' runs from the central
station to the Park Of Rest and Culture,
2. All the churches in Kaliningrad are closed Some have been destroyed, and
some' are used for storage or for other purposes. Cultural advantages are
not available: to the average citizen. Theater tickets are so expensive that
only Spviet officers and high officials can afford the. Prices of movie
tickets begin at 3.5 rubles.
3.
construction of an apartment house," 25X1
enthusiasm for their jobs, and the building progressed slowly.
the project of a State construction office[_~ workers display ed little
The stores were, moreover, badly supplied, and. it was necessary
to stand in long queues to obtain goods. Although prices were higher on
the open market, the quality of goods sold there was better than that of
goods sold in the State stores. Representative prices paid in Kaliningrad
in 195+ are as follows:
Item
Unit
Price in rubles
Comments 25X1
Black bread
1 kg
1.35
Flour
1 kg
4610
Sugar
1 kg
8.30
.
Butter
1 kg
25 to 27
Lard
1 kg
20.
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iningrad Oblast) - REPORT
1. City of Kaliningrad
2. Wages and'Prices in Kaliningrad
3e Condition of the Countryside in
the Kaliningrad Area
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Incon
1 kg
24+
Official price; hard
to get.
Bacon
1 kg
30
On tht' market..
Semolina
1 kg
4.90
Pike
1 kg
8.90
Potatoes
1 kg
1,50 to 3
Pork
1 kg
18 to 20
Official price.
Pork
1 kg
28 to 30
On the market.
Milk
1 liter
1.80
Official price;
very thin.
Milk
1 liter
2 to 4
On the market.
Topcoat
1
630
Poor +,quality
farmland in the area appears
dreeolate and abandoned. In Gross Dirsbkaym (N 54-57, E 19-57) a' tyre axe'
apparently no longer any civilian inhabitants. Only Soviet marines who
live in some of the former farmhouses are seen. The church in Heiligenkreuz
(N 51-55, E 20-02) has been used as a stabler and the cemetery is ccmpletely
overgrown. Some Russian farmers are in the area,, but many. fields are lying
fallow, and the roads are in bad condition. In Marsche.ten, the manor house
has been torn down, and the fields and roads are neglected.
5. The excavations at the amber works in Yantarnyy (N 54.52, E 19-58) are many
times larger than they were a few years ago. Two or three dredgers are
constantly in operation, but the yield varies. Amber jewelry and cigarette
holders are made at the works.
6. Svtlegorsk (N 5]4-57: E 20-09) has become a popular summer resort for Soviet
officials pd their families from the USSR as well as for Sctiat officers
and civilian robiitingythe use ofgthIn Kaliningrad last. e beach a elenogradsk~(N15k-37, E 20 28).e
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