TOWN INFORMATION ON CHERNOVTSY, DROGOBYCH, ORDZHONIKIDZE, AND LUMINETS

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August 28, 1961
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r Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Isplonage Laws, This 18. O.S.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorined person is prohibited by law. SUBJECT Town Information on Chernovtsy, Drogobych, Ordzhonikidze, and Luninets REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. PAGES REFERENCES g e August 1961 1 RD ~_. 50X1-HUM DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTH I E. a. Chernottsy, Ukrainian SSR. Town plan locating 4+9 points, including ,industrial plants and military installations. Three pages and p..an. 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM b. Drogobych, Ukrainian SSR. A four-page report which includes ion on industrial and military installations. 50X1-HUM c. 0rdzh6nikidze, North Osetian ASSR. Town plan and. four-page legend locating 40 points. including industrial_military,and municipal, d. Luninets (N 52-15, E 26-1+8 a an SSR. Four-page report supplying general town information.) STATE X ARMY X NAVY X AIR X NSA X OCR X-l.: NIC Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 COUNT" SECRQ USSR (Belorussian SSR) General Information on Luninets 1? im 1g", ffie tm of 2 inets 'j2-15, r26-49 in the Brest Oblast had a population of about 10,000, 60 percent of vhcros ere Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12: CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 50X1-HUM Belorussians. The town had changed little in appearance since the days of Polish rule, and only recently had any new construction been carried out. The new buildings, most of which were government insti- tutions and offices, were usually two stories high, while the older ones were mostly one story high. 3. The industries in the town were not particularly noteworthy, a large portion of the population working in the neighboring kolkhozy. The largest enterprise in Luninets was a sawmill employing about 40-50 sie, possibly 400-5000 workers. A cooperative called the Sve$oea Artel, which comprised several shoemakers and tailors shops, machine shops, smithies, and a soda water plant employed about 300 workers. The railroad locomotbve workshops, which were capable of routine repairs only, had existed during the Polish regime and employed between 300 and 350 workers. In mid-1958, the equipment and some of thepersonnel of the rolling stock repair shops, which had employed about 300 workers, were transferred to Baranovichi. 4. The town's principal thoroughfares were paved with rough stones, and its Bide streets were no more than dirt roads. The town had no central sewage or water supply systems. Luninets received its electricity from the railroad power plant, which operated on coal and was equipped with three 175-kilowatt generators. Construction of a new railroad station had begun in the early 1950's and was still not eomp]eted in 1959. 5. There were two 10-grade schools in Luninets, one of which was run by the Railroad Directorate and the other by the Idinicipal Department of Education. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 SECAEt 6. An air force interceptor regiment (polk istrebitelnoy aviatsii) commanded by Col. Ivanov (fnu) was billeted in old Polish barracks on Pochtovaya Street. The airfield of the regiment, which had a concrete- surfaced runway, van about 4 kilometers northwest of Iuninets. In early 1959, the regiment was equipped With MQ4I-19's, numbering about 35 aircraft. 7. During a fire in mid-1958, a kolkhoz at Lyubon LW52-13, B27-087 suffered very heavy damage, including the loss of some 300 cows and a large quantity of fodder. As a result of this incident, the majority of key office holders in the district administration were replaced. Personalities in Luninets 8. a. Col. (Reserves) Andryawv (fhu), chairman of the municipal council since early 1959 b. Ivan Kalilets, first secretary of the district Party committee since early 1959 50X1-HUM c. ldzerskiy (fnu), district prosecutor for many years] d. Lt. Col. Sidorenko (fhu), commander of the district military commissariat (rsyvoenkomat) until the fall of 1958 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 e. Capt. Sidorov (fnu), commander of the district Militia office since early 1959 and formerly with the Pinsk dlitiaJ f. Sychov (fnu), chairman of the municipal executive comittee (Pred. Raispolkona) since the fall of 1958, g. Maria ?asilyevna Tichina, second secretary of the district Partyaommi.tteq' Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 001111115M SJNkT 4-4t 4ZIII USSR (inian 90) ToMn Plan of Chernrnrts7 Attached is a plan of Cheranter, seals 1:12, 1, with 1"sM as follows: -1. adtted Goofs r rs No. 1 (Trileetashad7$ Pwrilca No. 1), loosted at the sorer of Pr t.ka a and ratsalasfs. Tire acts bsilAiai V" a larp sew-story structure. Mhe ftetsa7 shared abSSt 1,000 wsltear's sad JTrO *ed silk fabrics, caritrsss, tricot v r, oft. 2. bbsr M we rasters (aesis- Jsbrits), 1.eated an Prattga Sr sethe pow: statirea. An o1d factory iieh ras aspen" attar thrlt WO IZ, it amplsrs+l sbs t 800 workers 12 this. stilts. Ike frietees rrsiased rODear shoes, r'Obsr boots, a*d sloth shwas with rsbtioar sales (issssssl ) at the rate or about 2,000 Tin (or aU ltlais) psi stdf"t. 3. Piece 20s4s lrstoary No. 8 (2alasteariyM NO hbr1ka No. 1), located an lrats~p~-. Us fawbovs sd ati.at 290 ..steers =a jeeirteed wariws s boas, inslWiad ribbons, Pauses, sesrves, set ],ace. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 /1 j 4. city Ns works (gas Zavod). 50X1-HUM 5. Electric power station, fueled by coal, with one metal ahima?ey. 6. droats factory, (trip fbrika), located in a three-story building, which employed about 150 workers. 7. Machine Tool Plant (Stankostroitelny Zavod), located on Prutska7a. It employed about 600 workers and produced, among other things, oil drilling rigs. 8. Sugar Factory, an old plant which was not expanded after World War II. it employed about 500 workers during the production season. 9. Distillery (Spirt Zawod), which produced crude spirit and employed about 150 workers. 10. Oil and Fats Coadtine Liiaslo-$hir 10mbinat), which primarily produced sunflower seed oil. jt employed Ibout 150 workers. 11. City Water Worki and Purifying Plant. 12. Saw mill (Lesopilny Zsvod). 13. Beat Products Combine (p uokombinat), which included a slaughter house, refrigeration stores, and sausage-asking shop. 14. Brewery No. 2. 15. Brewery No. 1. 16. Bathhouse of the railroads (Zhel Dor Banya). 17. City Hospital No. 5. 18. Oblast Hospital (dbl. Bolnitsa). 19. Hospital for mental diseases (psikho bolnitsa). 20. Military garrison Hospital (Sarnisonny Toenny Iospital). 21. Officers. Club (Dom Ofitserov). 22. Oblast Militia Directorate(Obl. Wpravleniye wilitsii), on Iweitna. 23. Militia Station No. 1 (Z - Tore Otdeleniye Militsii). 84. Jail (tynrma). Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 25. Oblispolkon. 2G. Obkou tousomola, in a three-story building. 27. forispolkon. 28. forkos Perth. 29. State Bank (Sosbank). 30. Chernovtsy branch of the Lvov Railroads (Chernovitskiy Otdel Lyervskoy Zhel-Dorogy). 31. City fire brigade come" (for. Posharnsya tan"). 32. Automatic telephone exchange. 33. Faculty of history of Chernovtsy University. 34. Main buildings d the university. 35. Kiev Hotel, a four-story building. 37. Chervone Bucovina Hotel. 38. Central post office. 39. Ukrainian dramatic theater. 40. Oblast 10 office (Obl. lf$). 41. DCBAAF city committee. 42. for-Ohl. ?oeakematy, a three-story building. 43. Xoasendantura foroda and garrison Jail. 44. Barracks of an artillery unit the also of a regi*ent (pok). 45. Barracks of a rifle regisent (strelkovy polk). 46. Barracks (occupants unknown). 47. School for infantry offieers(Pethotnoye Ualnilishahe). 48. Barracks of an air force unit. 4g. streetcar and trolley bus depot (Trolebbusno- Tramvaynnoye Depo). Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 SP.RT 50X1-HUM COUNM : USSR (Ukrainian SSR) SUBJECT : General Information on Drogobych 1. The city of Drogobych LA 9-21., E23-30J was an Oblast tom in the Drogobych Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, until early 1957, at which time the oblast was ramrod to have been abolished and its area attached to the Lvov Oblast. In 19111, Drogobych had a population of 35,004, a figure which had about doubled by 1956. About two-thirds of the population were Ukrainian. Industry and Utilities 2. Drogobych was the center of the oil industry. It had two refineries, Nos. 1 and 2, both of which had been built before World War II and employed 700 and 1,200 workers respectively. No changes had been intro- duced at Refinery No. 2, but a cracking plant had been added by the Soviets to Refinery No. 2. Refinery no. 2 produced red-colored high Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 octane gasoline for high-revolution actors, paraffin, and solidol Zsii27. Kerosene was the chief product of both refineries; neither aircraft gas mr lubricants was 50X1-HUM produced. Gasoline for the civilian aircraft which made flights within the Ukrainian SSR from the small airport in Drogobych was supplied from East Germany. 3. A large fuel base (neftebasa) supplying the entire oblast with kerosene, gasoline, and lubricants was built after World War II on the Drogobych/ Stryy road, opposite Refinery No. 1. 4. A mechanical plant (mekhanisheskiy zavdd) which produced metal products for construction purposes was located in a suburb of Drogobych. The plant had small casting furnaces and employed about 1,000 Workers. 50X1-HUM 5. A small foundry (Chugunno-Liteyniy Zavod) was located on the outskirts of Drogobych, on tie road to Traskavets. It produced small components for agricultural machinery and employed abort 200 Workers. 6. Two sawmills, a spirits and liqueur distillery, and two brick factories were located in the town. 7. In late 1956, construction was begun of a factory for ready-made clothes on Koleyova Nishna Street. this vas 50X1-HUM going to be a very large plant which would employ thousands of people. 8. Drogobych had a central gas supply with a network of pipes connected to most houses in the town. 9. Commamieation between various parts of the city was carried out by means of buses only. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 -3- 10. The city received its drinking water from sources Inthe village of Yrozh, 20 kilometers away. A large pumping station had been built near the village from Mich the water was carried by pipes into the Town Institutions U. The city directorate of the MVD was located on Dzerzhinskovo, a street leading to Stryy. 12. The Oblast prosecutors' offices were located opposite the MPD. 13. The Sorsovet was located on Stovatskovo, in the center of town. 14. The Aorkom was located in the salatcipality building (ratush) in the market place (rink). Military Information 15. An artillery unit was stationed in former Polish barracks on Tasileva Street (formerly Truskawieeka). 16. Several aray formations, including tank units, were stationed in the woods on bow sides of the road to Truskavets, about 5 kilometers from Drogobych. The prison w* h had formerly occupied the site had been closed, and some of its buildings were used to house juvenile delinquents under supervision. The buildings where the prison wardens once lived were being used to aecon?odate the officers serving in tinVI_ui inn 17. A military airfield was located near Stryy, not far from the village of Meshukhov. The village houses were dispersed along the road, and the airfield was located about two kilometers from them. As early as 1951/1952 jet aircraft could be seen from the road parked along the Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 runways. Paratroop training was also carried out on this field. 18. The garrison headquarters of Drogobych and s jail for military offenders was located on lfitskiewich Street. 19. The town military commissariat occupied a two-story building on Ivan Franko (formerly Nisnianska). Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 SECRET COUNTRY : USSR (Severn-Osetinskaya ASSR) SUBJECT : Town Plan of Ordzhonikidze Attached is an overlay to a town plan of Ordzhonikidze /N43-00, E44-4p/?, scale 1:12, 500, with legend. Preface: Most of the buildings in Ordzhonikidze were two and three stories high, though some were five stories. The main streets were surfaced with asphalt, but most streets were paved with rough stone. Until 1956 the town's public transport service consisted of two streetcar routes; in 1956 a trolleybus route was also introduced. In the town center there were central water and sewage systems, but the central supply of natural gas, which was to have been provided by pipeline from Mozdok, had yet to be installed in 1956. In 1956, there still was no television station in the city. Most of the construction work in Ordzhonikidze was being carried out in the northwest part of the town, where complete housing projects were under construction. I.e end 1. North Caucasian Metallurgical Institute (Severo Kavkazkiy Gorny Institut), which conducted five-year courses. SEf,REf I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 CIA-RDP80T00246AO60100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 4A 2. Starch Factory (Krokhmalny Zavod). 1 3. Meat Products Combine (Myasokombinat), on Mikh 1 ovskoye shosse. 4. Military Motor Transport Officers School (Voennoye Avto Uchilishche). 5. Central transformer station (glavnaya podstantsya). 6. Zinc and Lead Works (Elektrotsink) which, in 1956, was in the process of expansion. According to hearsay, Elektrotsink comprised a secret department or plant called "Babitovy Zavod", which produced special (hard) metals. 7. Tannery (khoz. zavod). 8. Ordzhonikidze Railroad Directorate (Upravleniye Ordzhonikidzovskoy Zhel. Dorogi). 9. Medical Technicum (Med. Tekhnikum). 10. Army barracks, possibly occupied by a mountain artillery unit. 11. Oblast hospital (obl. bolnitsa), on Gospitalnaya Street. 12. Civilian POL dump (nefte baza). 13. Glass Factory (Stelkolny Zavod), which primarily manufactured glass jars for the food preserves industry. 14. Prison camp. 15. Civil airfield, which had very little traffic; no jet aircraft were seen there. 16. Concrete bridge for two-lane traffic, about 100 meters long, over the Terek River; it was constructed after World War II. 50X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 17. Railroad Car Repair Plant (Vagono Remontny Zavod), which manufactured and repaired railroad passenger, freight, and tankcars. 18. Railroad workshop (parovoznoye depo). 19. Central post office (glav pochta). 20. A wood pedestrian bridge spanning the Terek, which was 200 meters long, 2 or 3 meters wide, and had metal supports. 21. Supreme Soviet of the Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR (Verkhovny Sovet Osetinskoy ASSR). 22. Ministry of the Interior (MVD) of the Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR, housed in a five-story building on Prospekt Stalina. A neighboring building housed a border guard officers school (ofitserskoye pogran uchilishche). 23. Location, in 1956, of artillery and tank units. 24. Ammunition and Explosives Stores, which occupied an extensive area surrounded by a barbed-wire fence and mm under military guard. 25. Suvorov Military School (Suvorovskoye Uchilishche). 26. A construction technicum (Stroitelnoye tekhnikum) subordinate to the Ministry of Oil Industry. This four- story building had been occupied by an oil industry technicum (neftyanoye tekhnikum) until 1956. 27. Furniture Factory (Mebelnaya Fabrik). 28. Insane Asylum (Psikho Bolnitsa). 29. Agricultural College (Selkhoz Institute), on Tolstogo Street. 30. Terek Hotel, a four-story building at 56 Staling. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7 - 4- _-~ 31. Rodin Movie Theater and State Bank. 32. Financial Technicum (Finansovoye Tekhnikum) and City Financial Department (Gor. Fin. Otdel). 33. Town Military Commissariat (Gor. Voenkomat). 34. Metallurgical Technicum (Gornoye Tekhnikum). An army unit was stationed next door to the technicum. 35. The KGB Directorate of the Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR, on Prospekt Stalina. 36. Inturist Hotel. 37. Council of Ministers of the Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR, on Prospekt Stalina. 38. Border Guard Officers School (Ofitserskoye Pogran Uchilishche). 39. Interurban bus terminal. 40. Water distilling and pumping station. SE~R~T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/12 : CIA-RDP80T00246A060100330001-7