INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND CITIES IN THE UKRAINIAN SSR

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• Publication Date: August 17, 1960
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material oontalne laformatiau afeottn8 the National Defense of the United states within the meaning of the iptonap Laws, Title
it, U.B.C. Sea. 7St and 7Y{, the traarmlssion or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorlaed person to prohibited by law.
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USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
Industrial Plants and Cities
in the Ukrainian SSR
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on the left bank of the river. The infantrymen that arrisoned the
sit must have had barranks on thp ' right bank
a few air force persona
in a one-story red-brick building about 30 meters long. about six infantry officers and one naval officer
who took care of transients. There were
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military headquarters was located on a street
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1. There was no headquarters for any specific milit
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Military Installations in Krivoy Rog
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Plantain the city
a w sock. There was no other instrumentation nor radar outside.
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2. An airfield was located on a great, unimproved, natural, flat steppe
about two or three kilometers east of the city's outskirts. It was
completely unguarded and was used by the planes on the Xrivoy Rog -
Dnepropetrovsk run. It had a small, one-story stone building that had
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minimum altitude of about 2,000 meters.1 They usually came from the
west and flew towards the east, returning towards the same direction.
They either flew singly or in a group of three. They almost always
exceeded the speed of sound because the sound was heard after the
plane had passed. Except in bad weather, these planes were seen pass-
ing every day during the entire year. They kept flying in the same
direction
also win-engine dark grey Douglas aircraf , each
towing two gliders, fly over the city in an.e&st-west direction. The
gliders were separated from the tow planes by about 25 or 30 meters.
hey flew at a height of about 800 meters. They almost
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any in bad weather. hey transported 1 persons ecause in
late summer 195 one of the gliders had
crashed when the tow cable came loose and all 18 soldiers had died.
y were training flights from some aviation school
which was not far away because of the frequency with which
the gliders passed over the city. The city had no naval or naval-air
bases.
there must have been a military school or academy on the
right bank of the Ingulets River groups of 50X1-HUM
students, although they might have been from the outskirts of town. They
wore khaki uniforms with straight trousers and sky-blue pogoni that had
golden wings on their upper surface. On the left lapel of the jacket,
they wore a dark blue rhombus containing an o en white parachute. The
upper part of the parachute bore a red star. 50X1-HUM
7y:77 always in groups of two or three.
There were no experimental
centers, shooting ranges, or testing ranges on the outskirts of the city.
4.
"Attachment 1: A seven-page report on Krivoy Rog with an overlay to 0250-
. 0,000, locating coal mines in this area. The report discusses
new urban developments, public and industrial facilities, transportation, and
a mining laboratory.
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Attachment 2: A four-page report on the Izyum Optical Plant in Kharkov, with
drawings of the NK-11 (sic) and M-11 prisms. Restricted Shop No. 16,
and various types of prisms and glass objects that were manufactured by the
plant are mentioned in general terms.
Attachment 3: A seven-page report on the State Light Bulb Plant in Lvov with
a sketch of the plant area. Plant production, labor force, working conditions,
administration, security, and miscellaneous information are described.
Attachment:4: A three-page report on the Petrovskiy Metallurgical Plant
in Dnepropetrovsk. Embezzlement, production, production deficiencies,
and personalities are discussed.
Attachment 5: A 2)+-point legend to an overlay to the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk,
pproximate scale 1:25,000.
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USSR delta-winged aircraft were observed at Tushino no earlier than 1956.
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New Urban Developments
1. Dikovka poselok, construction of which began about 1950 and was still
continuing in 1956, was located about four kilometers northeast of
the center of I ivoy Rog. New buildings were brick and had two, three,
four, or five stories. These buildings were erected exclusively for
employees of the Kirov mine byaa enterprise called Fifth Construction
which belonged to the construction trust of Krivoy Rog. Dzerzhinskiy
poselok was located about five kilometers northeast of the city's
center and consisted principally of three, four, five, and six-story
brick buildings exclusively for workers at the Dzerzhinskiy mine. 50X1-HUM
Poselok Libknekhta, located about eight kilometers north of the city,
consisted principally of new two, three, four and five-story brick
buildings occupied by employees of the Karl Libknekht mine.
structures which appeared to be residential
names had not been changed.
Even
numbers were on the right side and odd numbers on the left. No streets
were being widened and no buildings were being torn down.
Social Institutions
3.
the city jail was located 50X1-HUM
probably on the right bank of the Ingulets Ritter
The okrug hospital for the inhabi-
oea n Dzerzhinskiy poselok
tants of Krivoy Rog was located-In'
The Dzerzhinskiy hospital,
which was also located here, was for the exclusive use of patients
from that poselok. Each poselok had a hospital for its inhabitants.
the ei hospital was located on ulitsa Engelsa;
This hospital handled cases of serious
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and took care of the city's inhabitants generally.
Hotels and Collective Housing
Ii. The city's only hotel was a five-story brick structure located at
about the center of ulitsa Karla Marksa.
0 collective housing
Of the Geological Institute
of Mining Engineers which was on ulitsa Engelsa.
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Business and Public Buildings
5. The mine trust for the rayon and the city was located on ulitsa Lenina
there were no other ministerial representatives. The city's Communist
Party Committee tsa mina in a three or four-stO7 50X1-HUM
brick building
The evening university of Marxism-
Leninism was located on ulitsa Engelsa in the same building as the
Geological Institute for Mining Engineers. There were no foreign
diplomatic representatives in the city.
6.
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collective farms (kolkhoznyy rynok), located in the open in a large
square about 700 meters from the center of ulitsa Karla Marksa.
Research
7. Each mining enterprise had its own laboratory. That of the Kirov
mine was located about 1,500 meters west of Dikovka poselok and about
four kilometers northeast of the city's center. the 50X1-HUM
city had no other scientific research centers.
Transportation Facilities
8. Highways connected Krivoy Rog with the following places:
a. Dnepropetrovsk. This highway was located to the northeast of the
city, was six or seven meters wide, paved with asphalt, cobble-
stones, and stone, and was in very bad condition. It had practi-
cally no curves and had kilometer markers. It was unguarded but
but motorized traffic policemen patrolled it.
b. Kirovograd. This was a dirt road located northwest of the city,
about six or seven meters wide, and in very bad condition. Its
few curves were very gentle. It had kilometer markers and was
patrolled by motorized highway police.
c. Mines. This highway was located to the north of the city and ran
through the mining towns to Pyatikhatki. It was asp1 lt-topped,
Its few curves were gentle.
It was patrolled by highway and an
poselok.
9. Railroad lines connected Krivoy Rog with Pyatkhatki and Dnepropetrovsk.
Both lines had steam-driven trains, double tracks of standard gauge,
and were used by both passenger and freight trains. There were other
10. The city had only one streetcar line which began on ulitsa Lenina
The city's main
station w located about three kilometers east of Dzerzhinskiy
police in each of the poselki through which it passed.
ended in Dzerzhinski poselok, returning over the same route.
The three city
buslines, all unnumbered, began in ploshchad Lenina or nearby. All
bore the names of their points of destination which were the poselki
of Dikovka, Karl Libknekht and Oktyabrskoye.
there was another busline that ran to nearby towns~
The city had no trolleybuses or urban railroads.
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11. A reinforced-concrete railroad bridge about 100 meters long aid ab, ut
meters wide crossed the Saksagan River, near the old Kirovskiy poselok.
It had been completed about 1952 or 1953 and was guarded by one or two
railroad troops at both entrance and exit. The city had no other new
bridge and there were no viaducts, at least not on the left bank of the
Ingulets River.
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main streets as ulitsa Karla Marksa, ulitsa Lenin and the one leading
to the market
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Police Headquarters
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16. The city police headquarters was located on ulitsa Lenina, about
150 meters southeast of ploshchad Lenina, in a three-story brick
building. All the poseloi had a city police headquarters
That of Dikovka poselok was in a one-story brick building.
Industries
17. Except for the foundries located in the city, there was no industry
and no plans to start any.
mines in the area (see overlay showing locations on page 7 .
a. The Kirov mine was located about four kilometers northwest of
the city center.
the drobilnaya sortirovochnaya fabrika DSF belonged to
the mine
All of the mines in the area bore names rather than
numbers. The Kirov mine had four shafts: the main shaft, called
Kirov, and located about four kilometers northeast of the city
center; the south shaft (Yuzhnaya Shakhta), connecting with the
main shaft and located about one kilometer from it; the Karnavatka
shaft, located about 1,400 meters southwest of the south shaft;
and the north shaft (Severnaya Shakhta), located about 700 meters
north of the main shaft, which became operative in late summer 1955-
b. The Dzerzhinskiy mine was located about two kilometers h f
the Kirov mine's south shaft. It had three shafts
(located in a straight line, and the first
and the third were about two kilometers apart.
of the Kirov mine's north shaft.
d. Roza Lyuksemburg mine was located about three kilometers all tly
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e. Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya mine was located about five kilometers
slightly northeast of the Roza Lyuksemburg mine.
f. Other mines, including the Lenin mine, were located northeast of
the Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya mine.
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and it was planned to open another mine in that area. Some shafts were
located 500 meters from the north shaft and others about two kilometers
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19. There were no oil pipelines in the area.
20. Houses in Dikovka had no gas .
All electricity consumed in the area was transmitted
from the eproGES. City water was piped from the Ingulets River
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via underground pipes. There was no canal system. Neither homes
nor stores in Dikayka had telephones; officials may have had them
Krivoy Rog had telephones. F1
The telegraph
exchange and the post office were located on ulitsa Karla Marksa
in what as a two-story brick building. Kirovskiy
poselok naa a ranc post office.
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Oktyabrskoy ReVblyuts4-a Mine
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Roza Lyuksemburg Mine
Karl Libknekht Mine
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Kirov Mine (northern shaft)
Kirov Mine (main shaft)
Kirov Mine (southern shaft)
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Dzerzhinskiy Mine (shaft)
Dzerzhinskiy Mine (shaft)
Dzerzhinskiy Mine (shaft)
Overlay to Map of Krivoy Rog Area
Showing Coal dines
Scale 1:100,000
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COUNTRY: USSR (Lvovskaya oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT: State Light Bulb Plant DATE O~
in Lvov
PLACE ACQUIRED: DATE OF REPORT: 21 June 1960
STATE LIGHT BULB PLANT IN Lvov
1. The Gosudarstvenn4y Lampovyy Zavod (State Light Bulb Plant) had not been
known by any other name previously and had no numerical designation. It
was formerly subordinate to the Ministry of Electrical Power Stations and
Electrical Industry. The plant was located at the corner of Turgeneva and
lesnyaka streets (address: 78 Turgeneva street), Krasnoarmeyskiy rayon,
in the sou . hwes1q n section of Lvov, Lvovskaya oblast.
Descriti`bn
2. The plant territory occupied an area approximately 200 x 50 meters in size.
at the plant only one three-story building (a former schoolhouse) was -in use.
This building was augmented by the construction of five new plant buildings.
The sides of the plant area bordering Turgeneva and Selesnyaka streets were
lined with a stone wall approximately two and one-half meters high and 30
centimeters thick.. The other sides were bordered by a 15-strand barbed wire
fence supported by small iron fence posts approximately two-and-one-half
meters high and five centimeters thick. The western section of the plant
territory faced the countryside. From Turgeneva street there were five
plant entrance gates, only one of which was a personnel entrance. (Refer
to plant layout, page 8 .)
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3, (this plant was constructed by Soviet labor cam internees
who had been imprisoned for small, unimportant crimes.
the Soviets were not in favor of undertaking new construction
projects near the border.
Plant Production
4. The plant products were:
a. Light bulbs, with diameters from 5540 95 millimeters, weighing approximately
40 grams, white transparent and translucent, in wattages from 25 to 500. On
the lower side of the bulb was the plant trademark., a circle with the
initials LSEZ-Lvovskiy Soyuzniy El.eetrolampovyy Zavod (Lvov Union Electric
Light Bulb Plant). Inside this circle was another smaller circle with a
number indicating the wattage. (Page 8 , figure 2.) There were no series
numbers.
and airplane lights
were manufactured in one, one-and-one-half, two and two-and-one-half watt
sizes.
in building No. 4, small automobile
nor repair
this plant did not manufacture/any type of military
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5. Approximately 50,000 light bulbs were manufactured daily which was the established
%WM_ Tn npsp of necessity the plant was capable of producing 75,000 bulbs
time of war a small part of the plant could be converted to war pro u o .
6. The mixture of the materials used in making glass was prepared in building
number 7, then taken to the ovens in buildings number 8, 5, and 6. The mixture
was heated to 1,400 degrees, and after having passed through this phase, the
molten glass was a reddish white color. All control apparatus and machinery
in the plant were automatic. The electrically operated plant machines were of
German, Hungarian, and Czechoslovakian make. The machinery maintenance methods
were out-dated but the machinery itself was considered excellent.
7. The light bulbs were individually packed in cardboard cartons and then in boxes
of 50. On the outside of these boxes was a sketch of a bulb with the factory
trade mark.. Small three-ton trucks were used for transportation. The plant
had six three-ton trucks, three one and one-half ton trucks, two tow trucks and
two passenger cars, the latter for the use of the director and other personnel.
Plant products were stored in the same building in which they were manufactured.
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Raw Materials
8. The following raw materials were brought to the plant: caustic soda, sand.,
charcoal, surfuric acid, an acid of magnesium, sulfate, a yellow metalland a
white metal for filaments, wolfram,jmolybdenum, tin, lead, and barium. Natural
gas was used in the plant and in case of gas failure there was a 10,000 liter
gas-oil reserve tank. The wolfram and molybdenum were imported from Hungary.
All raw materials arrived at the town railroad station and from there they were
transported to the plant by truck. Shipments of raw materials (quantities un-
known) arrived approximately every two months. For the production of glass,
approximately 25 tons of raw materials were used daily, 70 per cent of which
was sand, 16 percent caustic soda, eight percent barium, five percent an acid
of magnesium and one percent charcoal.
Utilities
9. Water was supplied to the plant by underground pipes of the town water system.
Electricity was also supplied from the town source. The supply system was
adequate and of 280 volts.
Labor Force and Working Conditions
10. There were approximately 3,000 workers in this plant of whom 75 percent were
women. 50 percent of the personnel were specialists.
The plant operated on a six-day work week and there were three eight-hour
work shifts. Approximately 1,200 workers were employed on each of the first
two shifts, and 600 workers on the third shift. The average monthly salary
was 600 rubles.
11. The plant operated on a Stakhanovite basis, but there was no overtime work..
It was not difficult for the plant to maintain the average production norm.
There were no strikes. (Anyone who participated in a strike faced a 25-year
prison sentence.) There were no complaints. There were no special privileges
for anyone. if anyone had special privileges they would
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12. Absenteeism was prohibited except in case of sickness. There was a first
aid station in building No. 2, with 10-12 beds, staffed by a doctor and a
nurse on each shift.
13. Organization and Personnel
The plant organization was headed by the plant director. Immediately subordinate
to him were: the production and wage chief; the assistant director; the chief
engineer; the personnel chief; the chief of procurement and sales; and also the
Party chief. The production and wage chief supervised the cashier. The chief
engineer supervised the chief chemist and the chief of plans, who directed the
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activities of the construction chief. The personnel chief was in charge of the
workshop chiefs. Subordinate to the chief for procurement and sales were the
OTK chief and the OTK workshop chiefs. The chief chemist supervised four work-
shop chemists and subordinate to each workshop chemist was a workshop technician.
Each of these workshop technicians directed two workshop foremen who were in-
dividually assisted by 12-15 assistant foremen, who were each in charge of a
section of 25 workers. The Party organization was as follows: the Party secretary
directed the Party workshop secretaries who were responsible for the Party members
in the workshops. The labor union chief was also subordinate to the Party secre-
tary, and the workshop labor union representatives received instruction from the
labor union chief. Also subordinate to the Party secretary were the Komsomol
chief and all the members of this youth organization. 50X1-HUM
Marchenko fnu
was the chief engineer.
F
Badrov (fnu)
chief of personne
Plant Security
17. The plant guards were stationed only within the plant territory. There were no
sentry boxes. The guard service was also divided into three shifts. There were
approximately 25 male guards subordinate to the plant, who were armed with what
appeared to be surplus army rifles. A plant pass was needed to enter the plant
territory. This pass which contained the bearer's photograph and was valid for
one year, had to be shown to the guard in building number 3 when entering and
leaving the plant. Once inside the plant area the workers could freely enter
all buildings except building number 1 in which the television sets were manu-
factured.
18. The fire-fighting squad consisted of 18 firemen. The plant was eluipped with
fire extinguishers. There was no pump truck and if necessary the firemen con-
und waters stem.
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Plant Layout
19. Refer to Figure 1, page 8
identifies numerical designeeions:
sketch of the plant layout
1. This fireproof building was approximately 35-40 x 12-15 meters in area
dimension. It was four stories high,of brick.construction with a flat
skylight roof, and had no basement. There were three entrances to the
building located at the south side of the structure. On the first floor
were heavy machinery (lathes) which were utilized in the machinin of
the different parts used in the building's production.
on firs
floor complete television .ce s s' were manufactured. On the second
floor television screens were produced and on the third floor the tubes
for television sets were manufactured. On the foul floor the televi-
sion sets were assembled. Unauthorized personnel were not admitted to
this floor, not because it was a secret shop, but to eliminate the
presence of curious onlookers.
2. This three-story, brick building was approximately 25 x 15 meters in
area dimension. It was the plant office building and had three en-
trances. The hipped roof with a 60 degree inclination was made of cor-
rugated tile.
3. This was a one-story brick fireproof building approximately six by five
meters in area dimension with a flat roof. The two entrance doors were
used by the workers when entering and leaving the plant area. Inside
the building was space for a guard, card index files of plant passes,
and a telephone.
4. This brick building was approximately 40 x 15 meters in area dimension,
and had a hipped roof which sloped at approximately a 60 degree angle.
When the town was under Polish control, this building had been a school.
Later it was converted into the first plant building. In this building
the complete manufacture of ordinary light bulbs took place. The 50X1-HUM
machinery in this building were of German and Run arian make and were
all in excellent working condition. the production
of this building was exported to the Satellite countries and principally
to China. This worked on two shifts with approximately 300 workers
on each shift. sho 75 percent of the workers in this 50X1-HUM
building were women. Total production of this building was approximately
150,000 bulbs with a permitted rejection rate of three-four percent.1
5. This one-story brick, fireproof building with a flat skylight roof, was ap-
proximately 30 x 15 x 10 meters in dimension. There were three entrance
doors. This building contained a 50-ton capacity glass melting oven. This
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gas oven constructed of large earthen fireproof blocks operated at a 50X1-HUM
pressure of approximately five atmospheres. Also in this building glass
a Vera M --A ..
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ed which were used in the light bulbs. The machinery
was n excellent condition. No other details were known.
This shop worked in three shifts employing a total of 150 workers (ap-
proximately 50 percent women). The production rate was approximately
nine tons of glass in various forms, which were sent to the other build-
ings where needed. The rejection rate was approximately four percent.*
6. This two-story brick. fireproof building had a hipped roof which sloped at
approximately a 60 degree angle. This building contained an oven smaller
than the one described in No. 5 above. Glass tubes were also manufactured
in this building but they were smaller than those produced in building
number 5. Approximately 100 persons worked in this shop and the production
was sent to other plant shops which were engaged in the manufacture of light
bulbs.
7. This was a one-story brick fireproof building approximately 25 x 10 meters
in area dimension with a flat, skylight oof- There were two entrance dnora.
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used in the mass production of radio and television tubes
The shop production was sent to building number 4 where
it was incorporated in the manufacture of tube and bulb filaments. Approxi-
mately 100 persons worked in this building, 75 percent of whom were women.*
8. This was a three-story brick fireproof building with a flat skylight roof.
This building which had two entrance doors, was approximately 20 x 30 meters
in area dimension. On the first floor were the storage areas for plant pro- 50X1 -HU M
duction. On the second floor there were two 120 metric ton ovens. On the
third floor were two large automatic Hun arian-make machines which manufactured
25,000light bulb shells in eight hours.
they were in excellent working con-
dition. Approximately 400 persons worked in this installation in three shifts.*
9. This one-story brick building with a flat skylight roof, and two entrance doors,
contained a forge shop for repairing plant machinery. Approximately 50 persons
worked in this building in two shifts.
*Buildings number 5, 7 and 8 each had a cylindrical smokestack. approximately
80 meters high. The diameter at the base was approximately three meters and
the smokestack. tapered slightly toward the top.
Refer to lettered entrance gates which are described as follows:
A. Truck entrance gate. This gate had two wooden doors opening in the center and
trucks destined for point No. 1 entered through this gate.
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B. This gate was the same as above and was the entrance preferred by the
director and administrative personnel of the plant.
C. This gate had only one door which was very strong. This gate was used
for entering and leaving the building designated as point 2.
D. This gate which had only one wooden door, was used by the workers who
then passed through point No. 3 into the plant territory.
E. Also this gate only had one wooden door as "D". However this gate was
only used as an exit by the workers after having passed through point
No. 3.
F. This gate had two wooden doors opening in the center but constructed
in the form of a fence. This gate was used by trucks hauling materials
in and out of the plant and by trucks hauling out plant production.
1. It could not be determined whether or not this production figure
represented daily, weekly or monthly shop output.
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DATE OF
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USSR (Kharkov Oblast)
Izyum Optical Plant
REPORT NO., _
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REFERENCES RDA
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IZYUM OPTICAL PLANT
1. Shop No. 16, the only restricted shop at the Izyum Optical
Plant, produced very small lenses for use by ophthalmologists,
assembled goggles for use by aviators, and applied black 50X1-HUM
enamel to MK-11 prisms (see paragraph 2 below).1 A guard
was always stationed at the entrance to this shop, entr to
which necessitated a ro usk
which
contained the bearer's photograph, full name, and a countersign
consisting of a triangle formed by three five-
pointed stars. 50X1-HUM
shop No. 16 and No. 14-,E==made molds of different types
for the manufacture of glasses. Next to shop No. 16 was the
office of the voyenpred, an officer of unspecified rank who
wore a green uniform with yellow pogoni on which were an un-
determined number of yellow stars. - n summer 1954, this
officer was assigned full-time to a naval commission from
Leningrad which paid a two-week visit to the plant, visiting
shop No. 16 principally. he commis Jon was composed of sailors
headed by a captain 50X1-HUM
2. The MK-11 prisms, whose manufacture began about 1952, were
produced in rough in shop No. 1, from where they were sent to
shop No. 15 for precision finishing and polishing, and then
to shop No. 16 to be enameled on all faces except the oblique
face (see Figure 1 on page 4), which had a mirrored surface.
The prisms were approximately 12 centimeters long, seven centi-
meters wide, and four centimeters high.
tested in a laboratory next to shop No. 1 before the manu-
facturing process was begun. It was said at the plant that
these prisms were for use in tanks. About 25 or 30 were pro-
duced daily.
3. About 1953, the manufacture of orange-colored glass ob ects
known as katofoty, was begun in shop No. 15. 50X1-HUM
ey were or use in submarines-.
e objects were pr sm-s aped and were not perforated in the
center.
ey tended to break during polishing
which was done with felt on a machine especially adapted for 50X1 -HUM
the polishing operation.
ere were very few.
they were made by hand and
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4 . Shop No. 16 was located on the fourth floor of the plant. 50X1-HUM
Ordinary glasses and aviators' goggles were assembled here
and this shop worked on prisms said to be for use in tanks.
This shop also received different sizes of camera lenses which
been made in other sho s
o. 14 L produced molds of
di eren s zes for the man acture o g asses.
approximate measurements of the M-ll1prisms 50X1-HUM
imeters to nine centimeters wide, and 2.5
centimeters high, and about 50 were produced
daily. They were made in shop No. 1, sent to shop No. 15 for
polishing and finishing to size, and after being painted 50X1-HUM
black except on the parts indicated on Figure No. 2 on a e 4 I
were sent to shop No. 16.
6. About 1954, manufacture of prisms with about 20 faces, called
katofoty, was begun in shop No. 15. Some were red; a greater
number were orange. They were perforated and were made by
hand. They were very expensive to produce because of the many
faces and because they were hand-polished and the daily pro-
duction was very small. Only one person worked on them on 50X1-HUM
the morning shift for which re son~ no more
than two were produced daily.
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7. ] ]the men red]-]wearing a green uniform with
red pogoni and three or four rive-pointed yellow stars, and a
green garrison cap with red stripe. Another person, wh
was the vo en red's assistant, wore the same 50X1-HUM
uniform except fortyvo stars ?n the pogoni. 50X1-HUM
Gn%/4 1 11 IRA
pro-
ducts were sent to Krasnogorsk, Dnepropetrovsk, and abroad.
]there were frequent exchange visits
between engineers and technicians of the Izyum and Krasno orsk
optical plants, 50X1-HUM
Comment : Previous -reports
as the M-11.
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1. Only face of prism not enameled in black.
1. and 2. Parts of prism not painted black.
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