INFORMATION ON THE CHELYABINSK AREA (TOWN STUDY INCLUDING MILITARY INSTALLATION, POWER PLANT, TRACTOR FACTORY & FORCED LABOR)

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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 9, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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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.
COUNTRY USSR (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
SUBJECT Information on the Crielyabinsk Area DATE DISTR. 9 JUL 1959
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
NO. PAVES
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location of industrial i'i '"al1at : .
on the main city ?rests E ' : . . : , hail' itlgs, and on the tranep'. r ; ` ' 2 ' I -y $ ,e:
in the Chelyabinsk area and in C.h .lyabinsk Oblast as a whole. Brief
mention is ~:cc1e of Ky_?itlym, whir, was decla.,?:d "off limit"S
!lam r :ilroad line, which passed thro;;gh Kysh?.y.,, wa --50X1-HUM
from the town by a ten-kilometer detour, several kilometers away from
Kyshtym, Concentration camp inmates in the area worked on the
of "secret in sht 50X1-HUM
P!Ma.y
MVD guards)
were transferred from the concentration camps in the area to Kyshtym.
STATE X ARMY X INAVY X LAIR
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(Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
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VAMM# with red shcst> rba~axads, and a blue-rod garrison cap? 50X1 -HUM
VIlanvas the r at Vxtsoeera of mw awed forced laborers ilea
secret, sus 3.44 0 000 to 190 mn
aea- the area.
there 'axe more tai
1o0, motion colt leatms In Oft' youadt.
Point 5. lamer viWa;Qle at Perehino, an old ssttleenant, since 1952 a pert
of
Ctrs3yeabdaak.
Point 6. 7 palace . An area a imsteli3r got) asters s c re, surrounded, 50X1-HUM
by a wodln Thee. three teeters higho
P 7. Then anal Electric Power Staticv9 Area Obout 504 asters square
swig maI' Is by a veoodan twoo about three asters high. Coal was
used fbr fUel, aeeeneel, tour to five societersta+n~cs about 50 meters
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Paint 8. Chaeeaica1 ple nit. Area arc,>dmsttely 400 meters square surrounded
a wooden lose three mete ULM.
Point 9. Tube k+eewl"Sna NM (Truer rarskateeayy 8avod). An area about one
kilA master so ear. rr ceded by a want lance three meters blab.
This ffi11 for water consult pipes.
Point 10. Chee3ysbtnaek ' mr Plasm imam E Lrovs,a. This was the largest
tractor VlaUt in the and AaigpLoyod an estim oteed 50,000 to
100,00 Vie. It had its own mets'"uz cal, ehemadteal and coke
III,
pleats *#A durlag W. W. U, - m
turod 'P-3h tanks. After the
var, the plant converted to the of the tyve 8=80,
@0 11"KtAd~_ it ceded an area live to six kilometers
1oaog And two kilometers widen.
Point 11. Center of yabisurka Earner to page: 13 ,
re tch of thn neamaie- streets sand bui3 dit s in oak for
aAditiaaai dotaaila.
Paint 12. tift- it railroad (0"3, g 55-58), (F 55-96, x 65-18).
Print 13. .A railroad station. ter to poanttl3 pie 6 , for further
dertails. .
Point 14. Tank 8 oil,. An aria several hundred asters square surrounded
by a stow or veaoa~lant gume three asters high- The inside could
act be seem by 3 '? 50X1-HUM
studeat of icers in tome in the es sad the restaurant near
the main railroad statt*4 (see point pp 6 ). All students
were yamg mena in the gnomes of J' mLar sad 8mior Lieut tts.
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Point 11. 24cater - large L,-=,,y stucco buildink;, called 'Teutr I.ieni
i'us:3.na'.
Point .i.2. Z litia Staticxi. one-story, gray ate builddint about. 50 x 40
meter, in area dimension, surrotmded by an iron stave fence two
meters hi i. This was the headquartora of the oblast railroad
militia. The railroad. milrit e n wore tall fur hats, dark blue
uftforms. Their lcz , double breasted jackets bad scarlet
shoulderboards, and they wore sabers. They also wore a hood In
cold weather. Their uniform contrasted to the city militia
uniforms described under point 1, paragraph 5 above.
Point 13. Pain railroad station. Two-story yellow stucco building, size
urAMOM, contained offices on the secaod floor. On the first
floor there were ticket o .ces, w lting rooms, a buffet, luCZaae
storaje, etc.
Point 14. :~'tareota, no ms unknown, about 10 motors wide, asphalt paved.
Point 15. Orthodox Ciiurcn.
Point 16. Various stores (Clothing, yard goods, shoe, furniture, housaware
and drug stores).
Point 17. Movie.. Two-story, yellow stucco building about 100 meters long
and 30 meters wide, with a main auditorium and balcony.
Point 18. Street, name unknown, about 10 meters wide, asphalt paved.
Point 19. :treat, nose unknown, about 12-15 maters wide, asphalt paved.
Point 20. New building. This building, under construction in 1953, was
supposed to be a large six to seven story office and apartment
buildinG.
Point 21. Party Headquarters. iivc or six-story gray stucco buildini;
about 200 x 100 mt:ters in area dimension, containing offices of
the Cam a2nist Party, the Koasisooiol, the Oblast Ispolnitelnyy
Kotnitet (.blast executive committee) and various party offices.
Sentries were always stationed at the entrance of this building.
Point 22. f'treet, name unknown, 12-15 meters wide, asphalt paved.
Point 23. Restaurant. Three-story white stucco building ebout 100 x 40
meters in area dimension, with a kit Caen, storage arms en
dressing roams, on the first floor. The dining rocs were on the
second and third floors.
Point 24. Stadium. large football and sports stadium called " i4etallurgicli-
erski.y Stallion", seating capacity 80,000 to 100,000 people.
Point 25. Jail. Two five or six-story buildi Ls, red brick, sizes unknown,
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Point 9. tia etwt cs. fWi ' t 50
t Is, $ IPA" eurr a wood= fsece, cqe sad cos-.hv t ,
to Wo seas bey 1 U W 'tt OWWIMWL" *2its1,y
(ate section at to UUtLa). se eld3itiassa rNase dark
b u1tt * sow a s d r s bed in V d a t 1, p 5.
Point 10. Lt'+ area, eet of 01 4 sere-fit me two-story p rirs-te
bm ms* about 20 x iii asters area d# dcn, e aft With its
own swim.
Fit U. l et. An *oft area 100 seer a .v aar farmers pat t
staff a11d sold api tural. P ?
Pointt 12. atom. te~?vera # - var thrae~story fed hgs. flee was a
deryarta1e1v1t store? where sold bctsmabold itess, be`rdvare,
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t 13. Shaee. A es'ltone rowdy, (norm r ) about six to seasa
asters W.da, idtf ch lied to to Cho tyabtauic Xrttailurgicsal P3ant. 50X1-H U M
T. she sejc #,y at btidM+diam is the oaftow of Clwiyed t c ewe three or SOur-
stoary stenos? bri* or oftwo build . There sea a o tale vision station is
t r raldio~eir dnr g the period l9t94953? Ctade3rya'i>dtplltc was dtrrided into the
taUo iiag rsyon :
a. garachly'e, (" the river"), Mae that part of the aity wrth, east
setd uset Or they Mass ittir.
b. X'irovaitly, the mater at toes.
a. ladmalklyp the southern art idlers the seia rd station vas located
ma rrtdatt eel in the direction or IM. m mum.
d. 1t~ . This inslud ed as sty c r, the was at the 0*0
and SAM p1sts, the tube rolling sill, the sale sLcal illetary, the
C.tMtly dl~r ) t amd mi Planet ma the eeregrasstratiea aslNps.
e. C' . l Tractor Plant rd erh iarlriUdred not only ties plant,
but also resi ess, stores, a & UM of Q1ture, mss, #tlittaetc.,
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supply asd toad eos ao*.ed an electric or s s .
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