INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF SUMY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 27, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (Sumskaya Oblast
SUBJECT Information on the City of Sumy
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a report, on
the city of Sumy. The report consists of nominal didcussions Of the City
education centers, industries, transportation and traffic, new cons:,.rctioo
utilities, civil defense,and military installations. The military
installations were a school frn'training artillery officers and a
special militar school (not identified). There is also an overlay
of the city identifying l+^ p:o:Lnts .
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CCNFEMMTIAL
COUNTRY: USSR (sumskaya Oblast) REPORT NO.
FIELD INFCRNATION REPORT
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DATE OF HEPCR T : 8 April 19
There was a radio school at the northeastern side o! the be nn *+~ o A
RADIO SCHOOL, MILITARY AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS IN.SUM!
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Education Centers
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.ulitsa.
The military artillery e,cademy, (artilleri sko a uchilishche (point f+1, page 6
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Military Installations
trained artillery officers and a o -a _ spec s
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Entrance to t h e artillery A and special school required the completion
of a ten-year school. The rank of lieutenant w s attained upon graduation.
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The student uniform consisted of a khaki color 6losed, tight-fitting jacket
a belt and a pleat-like opening in the back with two buttons on each side; the
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from of the jacket had two rows of gold buttons and the jacket buttoned to 50X1 -HU M
the left; the black shoulderboards of the uniform had gold piping. The students
wore high leather boots. the students practiced firing only
light antitank artillery because this was the only type of weapon seen
The guns were hitched to unidentified trucks. The location of the firing range
was unknown
The exact location of the military group was unknown)
it was near or possibly in the artillery se emy. Occasionally these
cadets in the city where they acted as guard squads armed with pistols, culatin
(sic), and submachine guns. They wore a khaki color shirt which buttoned to the
neck and had a wide neckband. It was rumored they were being trained in new
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Industries
5. The main industrial installation in the city was the Frunze Machine Building
Plant (point No. 3, page 6). Other industrial installations were: a
hydraulic pump plant, (point 6, page 6 ); a chemical plant (point 40, page 6 )
which was under construction, although an undetermined number of buildings were
in operation; a textile mill (point 29, page 6 ); and a sugar refinery (point 6,
page 6 ). There were two large hotels on Lenina and Stalina ulitsy. There
were two movies; one next to the hotel on Stalina ulitsa, and the other, on the
Kharkov road facing Lenina Park.
Transportation and Traffic
6. Vehicular access to the city was by the main Kharkov highway (point 38, page 6 ).
The railroad station (point 2, page 6 ) was in the northern sector of the city.
The civil airfield was about 12 kilometers to the west in the village of
Stepanovka (N 51-11, E 33-47). There were three autobus lines. The first
departed from Red Square and went along Frunze, Gorkiy, and Privokzalnaya ulitsy
(points 23i 17 and 15) to the railroad station; on the return route it went
along the eastern side of the city to Stalina ulitsa and back to Red Square.
The second crossed the bridge over the Psel River (point 37) and went along
the Kharkov road to the chemical plant; the return route was the same. The
third bus went along Stalina ulitsa to the artillery academy and returned on
Kirova ulitsa (point 30b).
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New Construction, Utilities, Civil Defense
7. The new urban sector of Sumy under construction (point 42, page 6 ), contained
dwellings for personnel of the chemical plant. Street numbers began at the point
nearest Red Square (point 26, page 6 ). Even numbers were on the right hand
side of the street and uneven on the left.
$. There were dial telephones. The telephone office was on an unidentified street,
the first side street off Stalina ulftsa away from Red Square.
The walls of the basement of the Frunze Club, called `Palace of Culture', 50X1-HUM
9. (point 16, page 6 ) on Gorkiy shosse, were concrete covered and had steel doors.
One room was a billiards room, but the rest of the rooms were empty.
these basement rooms were to be used as shelters.
Overlay of the City of Sumy
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10. Following is the legend to a partial overlay of the city of Sumy, provided on
page 6 . The numbers are keyed to those on the overlay.
1. Kiev-Kharkov railroad.
2. Railroad station.
3. Frunze Machine Building Plant.
4. Railroad siding serving the Frunze Plant.
5. Hydraulic pump plant.
6. Sugar refinery.
7. Cemeteries.
8. Frunze Plant trade school.
9. No. 1 hospital-polyclinic.
9b. City hospital.
10. Maternity hospital.
11. Small stream with little water.
12. Prison.
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13. No. 2 militia station.
11.. Frunze Plant athletic field.
15. Privokzalnaya ulitsa.
16. Palace of Culture, Frunze Plant club.
17. Gorkiy shosse.
18. Pedagogical institute.
19. No. 1 militia station.
20. MVD administration building.
20b. Supruna Square with a statue of the pilot, Suprun, a WW II hero and a native
of $umy.
21. Frunze Plant dwellings.
22. Central market.
23. Frunze shosse.
21.. Lenina ulitsa.
25. ,3talina ulitsa.
26. Red Square.
27. Lenina Park.
28. Bank.
29. Textile mill.
3U. Komsomol
30b. Kirova ulitsa.
31. City government, CP, and union building.
32. Park.
33. Courts.
31. Stadium.
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35. Voyenkomat.
36. City fair zrounds.
37. Psel River.
38. Highway to Kharkov.
39. Courts-
40. Chemical plant.
41. Artillery academy.
42. New urban sector for chemical plant personnel.
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