PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CONDITIONS IN CHIMKENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR1
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
CASE 4486
COUNTRY USSR DATE DISTR. 2.?e- Oct 1950
SUBJECT Public Utilities and Conditions in Chimkent NO. OF PAGES 3
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the homes in Chimkent heated
Newer homes.
small coal stoves located in the rooms /Central heating plants were non-exist-
ent in residences. The only one
of the City of Chimkent (formerly'the Teachers College). This system did not
Work in the wi ters of l911'l2 1042-431
are heated with
was in the Industrial College
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The native houses had holes in the middle of the flOor in which a mixture of
manure and lime was burned. The natives would take their shoes off, sit on the
floor and hold their feet over the fire.
the source of water in Chimken
obtained water from a spring
the central Dart of the city,
This
was the source of water for all the people in that part of the city.
an apartment on Amangelde Street had a well in the courtyard
frim which all people in the apartment would pump their water. There are many
open wells from which water is drawn in buckets.
In the summer the wells and spring would dry up and it would be necessary to get
water from the irrigation ditches which were along the streets. This was
always very dirty.
There is no city water supply other than that furnished in the irrigation ditchea
They are fed from the mountains and from the Reka Badorn.
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Of course with wood in short supply there is little inflamable construction and
small need for fire protection, not have any knowledge of any kind of an
organized or volunteer fire de artment in Chimkent. There is so little wood
that when a friend died unable to provide a coffin for her.
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the sanitation facilities
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All toilets in Chimkent are outside; There is no sewage system in the city.
Garb ge is dumped into e hole in the ground. These holes are cleaned out pert-
odically.by city employees.
a rodent_problepl
never saw a rat or a mouse in Chithkent. Of courses flies were plentiful and
they spread disease.
the electric 1 facilities of Chimkent
Although only abut one of seven home had-eleetricity, the power was adequate.
cooked on an electric plate and only occasionally would an electrical storm
disrupt the current. The power w a on 24 hours a day. There was no public
lighting system in the, city.
elephones
There were very few in Chimkent -- most of Vieth were in the homes and offices of
public officials. They did not have dial-phones, nor was it necessary to turn
A creek to be connected with the operator. One merely picked Up the receiver
and waited for the oper tor to ask for the number being Called.
janitorial work.
There wasn't much done. Instead,
4 group of men in the neighborhood Was recruited by municipal officials to take
care of all the housing in the area. Thia was sporadic aervice at best There
varvirtmally no repair service during, (1941-
1945).
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dormitory accommed tions for university Students'
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For studnt who-had no in ehtMkent-the college took oVet'a:humbit'of'the
old native huts. There'theetudents would live by twosp'threeb and.foure.N
In the Uzbek hut which 'had one room and-in which six people were living, the
total rent was one hundred rubles rer month. In the apartment
petal about forty rubles per month.
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the condition of the cit Y streets'
Thelerincip 1 street, which runs more or leas east and West, is Called Sevetskal.
Thiseis a wide boulevard With trees' long either side and paved with stone. It
is the only improved street in the city. All others are dirt and become virtu-
ally imp esable-in the winter.
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public transportationl
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Nones, except for, bus which run a from the railroad station to the center of
the city:
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