1. A CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE IN LENINGRAD 2. THERMOELECTRIC STATIONS IN LENINGRAD AND SARATOV

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• Publication Date: December 22, 1958
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INFORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning 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.
USSR (Leningrad Oblast, Saratov Oblast)REPORT
l.' A Construction Enterprise in
Leningrad
20 Thermoelectric Stations in
Leningrad and Saratov
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE ACQ.
DATE DISTR. 22 December 1958
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station, Four~~ sketches and legends of the thermoelectr stations I 25X1
construction workers and other personnel at the Saratov thermoele is
Bronevalla thermoelectric station in Leningrad; and turbines, transf ers,
in the Vad3yevskiy thermoelectric station located on the Island of
V'asETpvskiy (N 59-56, E 30-15) in Leningrad; construction workers at*ie
enterprise; location, technical processes, construction work, and laborers
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DATE OF
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I. A ConatruAtion Enterprise in
Leningrad,
2. Thermoelectric Stations in
Leningrad and Saratov '
DATE DISTR. 22 December 1958
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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A report on a construction enterprise in Leningrad (N 59-55, E 30-5) and on
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report includes information on the chain of cammlam in the construcvion,
enterprise; location, technical processes, construction work, and laborers
in the Vayevakly thermoelectric station located on the Island of
Paaevekiy (N 59-56, B 30-15) in Leningrad; construction workers at to
Bronevalla thermoelectric station 'in Leningrad; and turbines, transformers,
construction workers and other personnel at the Saratov thermoelectric
station. Four sketches and legends of the thermoelectric stations
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NO POWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
T RMOELECTRIO STATIONS IN LENINGRAD AND'SARATOV
Northern. Power Construction Company }
Tie Nor rn Power Construction Company was located in Leningrad (1V 59-55,
E 30n Pokinskaya:naberezhnaya. This enterprise was in charge of
construction of coal-fueled thermoelectric stations. The Ministry of
Construction of Electric Power Stations was in charge of the Northern
Power Construction Company and three other construction companies, the
Baltic, the Southern, and the Eastern. These firms constructed tbu
thermoelectric stations and then turned them over to the authorities
in charge of operation of the power stations. two of
the nine or ten thermoelectric stations in Leningrad
Thermoelectric Station on the Island: of Vasilevskiy, Leningrad
2. The Vasilevskiy thermoelectric sta near ceme erY on the
Island of Vasilevskiv in Leningrad
Tb1s station had een ctlonIng a ..ong
one turbine was being installed which was to
-1 make a total of four turbines in the thermoele st i n. Each of the
turbines produced 25,000 kilowatts of energy.
(See sketch No. 2 of
Vasilevskiv he elec c s tat on on
the
system for feeding the boilers as follows: freight c..
care which opened on four sides hauled the coal to the. installation;.'large"
cranes scooped the coal from the freight cars and loaded it onto three to
four-ton capacity wagons which moved by a cable system up a Decauville
track to the hoppers. After the coal was dumped, the wagons moved down
another track`:to be filled again at the loading point. Each boiler con-
tained a.-smokestack more than 60 meters tall. The construction equipment
was of Soviet make.- Each of.the- 10 to 12 transformers (No. 11) was
located " AT;ask 11; sbown by No. 10 on
sketch.
the power lines were laved underground. The Vas evs y . thermoelec c 25X1
station also supplied electric. power to anme homes on Vasilevskiy Island.
This installation did not employ military personnel, forced laborers or.
Fifty laborers and six welders were employed on the
construction of the fourth turbine during the three-month period
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sketch No. if of the Saratov thermoelectric station.on page g:
cent machinery was not available at the construction site. Twenty-five
we1ders,'and seven bri. ales of ten men each, worked'on'the construction of
Broneyalla Thermoelectric Station
Bronevalla thermoelectric station'v4s located in Leningrad about a
The
half'kilometer auk from the Baltic line. Bronevalla~railroad station.
This thermoelectric station
was s ar to tne a ov p.Lan , ription of Saratov plant below),
in size. At'the time referred to in this report the'Bronevalla thermo-
el4ctric station was only partially constructed; suffi-
this installation.
Saratoy Thermoelectric Station
if. The Saratov thermoelectric station which was located seven or eight kilo
meters outside of Saratav'(N 51.34,.E 46-02) was under construction during
the period referred to in this report. (June. to December, 19544 See
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s a on been planned to house at least. four turbines; the first
No underground nst a ons stea a a o.
An unknown number of transformers were under construction in a two-story
75 x 12 meter-structure. High tension wires, other than those:installed
in the "high tension area" (No. 16 on sketch No. if on page 9.,) did not
exist at the station. In the "high tension area" there were a_great number
of seven-to eightmeter-hig)i metal columns located four or five-meters
apart upon which were strung countless high-tension wires. Prom 250 to 306--
men worked on the installation together.wiW25 welders and.300 construction
workers, The*project was . headed by`'a,construction chief, a chief engineer.,
and many foremen., No military personnel were employed at the project. The
installation had not yet been entirely fenced in. Security measures were
not enforced*
bad 'been installed but was not yet functioning. The second and third were
in the process of installation and the fourth was. still in the planning
stage. The turbines were to have operated on coal-fired steam-generating
boilers; each of which . occupied.a.floor space of 25 square meters. The
system for feeding the boilers had already been constructed. A siding
ran into a shed which occupied a 12 x 100 meter'space. The coal was carried
from`the shed on a conveyor belt to a 10 x 10-square meter hopper which-
charged the _. rs boiler. .this installation had no
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Legend to tch of Thermoelectrie.Station on the Island of
Vasi ~ en
2. Fourth turbine. This was.under construction.
1. Gate
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Third turbine. This was functioning.
Second turbine. This was functioning.
First turbine. This was functioning.
6. Boilers.
Coal hoppers.
Fuel. convsyer system.
9.` Building (function not specified).
10. 'TBi : tension a" ,
11. Transformers
12. Lavatories, and wardrobe room.
13. Repair shop.
1f+. Club.
15. Decauville railrca d.
16. Emergency coal dumps.
17. Railroad track.
18. Railroad gate.
19. 'Two-story building; offices were located on the second floor.
20. Crane.
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Legend to
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Sketch of Saratoi Thermoelectric station.
offices (not further identified)..
Fox-em's office.
Construction chief's office.
Cashier's office.
Security office.
Four-story building (unoccupied., function not.specified).
8. First turbine. Installation completed.
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Second turbine. Ali ost completely installed.:
10. Third turbine. Installation had just been started.
11. Location for fourth turbine.
12'. Machine shop building.
13. Tiro-story transformer station, 75 x 12 meters.-
11.. Coal storage.
15. Coal hoppers.
16.
t~:g'~terieQn area n
17. Dece ville railroad.
18. Railroad track. Used. for transporting coal to installation.
19. Entrance.
20. Three to four-meter high metal columns.
21. Wooden fence.
22. Crane.
23. Lavatories.
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Sketch No.. 1
Overlay of Map of Leningrad
Scale 1125,000
Location of Thermoelectric f**I `
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Station on the Island of
Vasileyskiy.
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Sketch No. 2
'Vasi1evsk y,: Thermoelectric Stetlon
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Sketch No. 3
Overlam of Man of T `7
Location of Broneyalla Thermoelectric
Station,
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Thermoelectric Station in Saratoy
Amite scale 1:1,000
Sketch No. 4
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