CITY OF SIMFEROPOL

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CIA-RDP80T00246A046200110001-6
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5
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December 22, 2016
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July 7, 2010
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1
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December 22, 1958
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REPORT
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? Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 :CIA-RDP80T00246A046200110001-6 ~,~ ~ - -N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L 25X1 CITY OF SIl~'EROPOL General Descri,~on of Simferopol, '~ was situated on i~,.he upper 1. The old city of :Simferopol (N ~-58, E 3~-05}, reaches of a slope. It extended soutli~;to the newly-constructed railroad station, and tformerly) east to a strewn=known as the "canal". No con- struction was going on in the old city proper. R'he neW city, the terrain of which was chdracterized by sudden drops, extended below this southward. several streets beyond ulitsa Kirova, the main thorough~Pare and highway to Feodosiya. Z~ was being extended east aver the canal towards Feodosiya (N 1+5-02, E 35-2,~), and west in the direction of Sevastopol (N ~+~+-3S, E 5$..59). (The spbrtsfield and cemetery bordrered the city on the west.} The hi~tay leading to Alushta (N ~-~+1, E ~~-25}a better known in the area as the Yalta B9.ghway, ran along the lower P~ of the cuffs of ttte new ci~r. The uev ci#~y was inhabited by people engaged in conmterce, cannery workers,; Party and labor union personnel, the teaching stat`Ps oP the local education centers annd railroad personnel; tb~e latter occupied a sect3.on of onerstory hpuses wl.th s~ma3.l gardens along the Yevpatoriya Highway, near the railroad station. The new city h'ad. parallel staceets~ even numbers on'~he z3gkt, and odd on the left aide. 7'be principal new streets were: Rsa Luksemburg, Karl Marks, Karl Libknekht, Maxim Gorkiy, Chekhav, Pushkin and Kirav. Public Facilities 2. tong the recent constructions were: a prison building near the railroad station, two tuberculosis hospitals, one for diagnosis on ulitsa Kama Marksa, and another for treatment, on ulitsa Rosa Luksemburg. Tyre was a polyclinic on ulitsa Kirova. The new city had several hotels ~h3.ch offered lodging without meals, although a13. of these had a sort of snack, bar. Collective housing dcvelop~ments were scattered throughout the city. These were generally set up to accamodate single persons, although families sometimes had to live in them as well, because of 3wusing shortage. P Headquarters were located between ulitsa Pushkina and ulitsa Garkogo (sic and MVD Headquarters were located about 300 meters from the point where ulitsa KErova crossed the canal.. A museuett, a theater, and a movie house were located on ulitsa Pushkina, and there was another movie house on ulitsa Gorkogo. T2~e main shopping district was located an ulitsa Kimva. Ulitsa Gorkogo had a large market for the kolkhaz products w~ii.ch were sold locally; however, most of these were shipped by rail to the interior. The city had the usual schools and institutes, and a medical school as we11, located on ulitsa Gorkogo (sic). At the corner of ulitsa Kirava were located the publishing offices of the press and graphic arts. The daily uak a Pravda (circulation 250,000) snd the weekly Kz~nskaya Komsomol circulation 80,000) were published here, as we]1 eua other magazines, periodicals, and books. The city had. no local ministry offices, embassies, or le~atians. C-O-N F-I D-T-N-T-I-A-L 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 :CIA-RDP80T00246A046200110001-6