CITY OF SIMFEROPOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A046200110001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 22, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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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.
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