URBAN AREA OF PINSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 18, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR (Belorussian SSR)
SUEJECT ? Urban Area of Pinsk,
ATE DISTR. I f May 1962
NO. PAGES 5
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INFORMATION. SOURCE ORADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. A"MISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
1. The following industrial plants were in Pinsk 52-07, E 26-037: 50X1-HUM
a. The plywood factory on Vodoprovodnaya ulitsa, formerly the
Tobal Factory, was greatly expanded after World War II..,
E=J it. employed approximately 2,000 wor s and pr uced
..igh-quality plywood for use in aircraft aid Storage batteries.
b. The match factory on.Brest saga ulitsa w4 &lso extensively
enlarged after the war and its e merit renewed.' About 3,000 .. :.
workers were employed there
c. The foundry (4iteynyy zavod) began operation after the war.
it employed approximately 500 workers andproduced
gear wheels and similar.items, beds, bathtubs, locks, and
door hinges.
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d. The old power station was enlarged after the war.
e. The new
,,.peat-fired power station was on the former Mor entaler
estate. Its construction was begun in 1954, and the
first-aggregate, producing 10,000 kilowatts, was put into operation.
The total output. of the station was to reach 50,000 kw. A canal
had been dug from the Pina River to the station to facilitate
delivery of the peat.
2. Among the schools. in Pinsk were a telecommunications technical school
(tekhnikum evyazi) on Pervomayskaya ulitsa, a teachers' institute
(uehitelskiy institut) on ulitsa Lenina, and a school for kolkhoz
managers on ulitsa Lenina.
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3. Hospitals. in`thd city included a military hospital (voyennyy gospital)
on Nadberezhnaya fNaberezhnayaff ulitsa; two city hospitals, one on
Sovetskaya ulitsa and the other on Zavalnaya ulitsa at the corner of
Sportovaya ulitsa; and a maternity hospital (rodilnyy dom) on Zavalnaya
ulitsa.
4. Military ingtallations and units in Pinsk included the following:
a. Until 1952 the naV*l base had been occupied by a river fleet squadron
which was part of the Dneprovskaya Flotilla, whose headquarters was
at Kiev. The squadron consisted of 16 motor gunboats (bronekatera),
three motor torpedo boats (torpedr*rye katera), fivle minesweepers
(tralshchiki), and one 400-ton steamboat, the PIMA? which was the
squadron's flagship. The squadron was disbanded in 1952 and replaced
by a naval training school, which trained navy divers, radio operators,
electricians, engineers, turbine mechanics, and gun crews. The school
accommodated approximately 5,000 trainees, and its courses lasted ten
months. In addition to the naval base, where three new three-story
buildings were erected, a new camp was established to house the trainees,
and several buildings were renovated in a former Polish Army camp which
had been destroyed during the war.
b. The headquarters of an air force division was located in a three-story
building on ulitsa Lenina. The division was equipped with jet fighters.
One of its re iments was stationed at an airfield at Zhabiche (possibly
Zhabchitsy) 5 52-08, E 25-59. The airfield, which had concrete run-
ways, was being renovated and enlarged in 1955 and 1956.
c. The city military commissariat (gor. voyenkomat) was on ulitsa Lenina.
5. The Pinsk ship repair yard employed 1,000 workers; in the winter, when the
port was closed, the port personnel were employed at the yard, where the
total number of employees rose to 1,500. The yard repaired hulls of both
tugs and barges and overhauled different types of engines, such as "3-D-6"
(diesel),, WULF 5i 7, and GAZ. The yard built two types of barges:
a. ,belf-propelled barges; 15 to 20 barges of 40, 80, and 100 tons were
built annually. They were powered by 80-hp. WOLF engines and were
suited particularly well for river navigation because of their shallow
draught.
b. Ore carriers; construction of these dumb barges was,,, begun in 1951, and
an average of 16 Raas,~ produced annually. They were of the smaller 300-
ton type (the larger barges had a capacity of 6.00 tons) and were used
to transport iron ore. The ore carriers were retained at Pinsk, while
the self-propelled barges were sent to Siberia, the Far East, and elsewhere.
6. The Pinsk river port was much larger than it was prior to World War II.
Several streets around the port, where buildings had been demolished during
the war, had been cleared of rubble and added to the port area. 50X1-HUM
7. A fuel barge (neftyanka) of Rumanian construction, with a capacity of
1,000 tons, was anchored in the river. Vessels had to sail out to it for
refueling, as the fuel ship was not self-powered. It was towed to port for
refilling, which was done from railway tank cars.
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8. The city's POL dump was located on Brestsk%ra ulitsa. It contained
at least five aboveground;tanka with a capacity of about 100 tons each.
10. The City Party Committee, City Komsomol Committee, and editorial offices of
the Pinskaya Pravda were in a four-story building on Kommunalnaya ulitsa.
11. The main post office still occupied its pre-World War II building.
12. The road bridge over the Pina River was an old one, some 50 meters long
and eight to nine meters high. It had an iron span and concrete abutments.
13. The following were Polish and Soviet names of streets in Pinsk:
Polish Name
Adama Mickeiwicza
Albrekhtowska
Aleksandrowska
Bernardinska
Blotna
Brzeska
Butrimowicza
Dominikanska
Fabriczna
Franciszkanska
Frostowska
Graniczna
Sienkiewicza
Honczarska
Kra,jowskiego
Kolejowa
Kosciuszki
Karolinska
Krancowa
Lipowa
Luniniecka
Pileudskiego
Soviet Name
unchanged
Kirovskaya fKirov]
unchanged
Sovetskaya
unchanged
Brestskaya
Kommunalnaya
Gorkogo
unchanged
Pionerskaya
Suvorova
unchanged
K. Marksa
unchanged
Chernyakhovskogo
Zheleznodorozhnaya
Lenina or Leninskaya
Ostrovskogo
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
Pervomayskaya
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Miodowa
Mieszczanska
Nadbrzezna
Ogrodowa
Osinskiego
Pawlowska
Poleska
Poprzeczna
Sportowa
Slobocka
Szpitalna
Zawalna
Wodociagowa
Pla. 3-go Maja
Stary Rynek
14.1 A ma of the city of Pinsk
8-go Marta
unchanged
Nadberezhnaya fNaberezhnaya?7
unchanged
Pochtovaya
Stalina
unchanged
Poperechnaya
unchanged
Portovaya
unchanged
unchanged
Vodoprovodnaya
Ploshchad Lenina
Bazar
Legmnd to Town Plan of Pinsk.
(See nape -5f or
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Legend to Town Plan of Pinsk (1:5,000)
1. Naval Base
a. New camp for trainees of the naval training school.
b. Former Polish Army camp, in which a number of buildings had been
renovated to house the trainees.
2. Ship repair yard.
3. Pinsk river port.
t+. Fuel barge.
5. Road bridge.
6. Plywood factory.
7. Match factory.
8. Old power station.
9. New power station.
10. Headquarters of an air force division.
114. City water pumping station (vodokachka).
la, Foundry.
13. Officers' club.
14. City Party Committee, City Komsomol Committee, and editorial offices
of the Pinskava Pravda.
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16. Main post office.
17. Telecommunications technical school.
18. Teachers' institute.
19. School for kolkhoz managers.
20. Military hospital.
21. City hospital (on Sovetskaya ulitsa).
22. City hospital (on Zavalnaya ulitsa).
23. Maternity hospital.
84. City military commissariat.
25. City POL dump.
26. Point of transshipment of cargoes in the port.
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Legend to Town Plan of Pinsk (1:5,000)
1. Naval Base
a. New camp for trainees of the naval training school.
b. Former Polish Army camp, in which a number of buildings had been
renovated to house the trainees.
2. Ship repair yard.
3. Pinsk river port.
t+. Fuel barge.
5. Road bridge.
6. Plywood factory.
7. Match factory.
8. Old power station.
9. New power station.
10. Headquarters of an air force division.
114. City water pumping station (vodokachka).
la, Foundry.
13. Officers' club.
14. City Party Committee, City Komsomol Committee, and editorial offices
of the Pinskava Pravda.
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16. Main post office.
17. Telecommunications technical school.
18. Teachers' institute.
19. School for kolkhoz managers.
20. Military hospital.
21. City hospital (on Sovetskaya ulitsa).
22. City hospital (on Zavalnaya ulitsa).
23. Maternity hospital.
84. City military commissariat.
25. City POL dump.
26. Point of transshipment of cargoes in the port.
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