INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION ON TASHKENT

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• Publication Date: May 21, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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Industrial and General
Information on Tashkent
DATE DISTR. a / May 1962
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The following attachments containing industrial and general information
Attachment 1 is a two-page report on changes in working hours and pay
scale for workers in Tashkent during May and Tuly 1960. Administrative
employees (white-collar workers) of the Pushno-mekhovaya Baza (Fur Base)
had to work only seven hours each day and six hours on Saturdays. The
new working hours were from 0800 to 1600 hours including one hour for
lunch. No adjustments were made in their sa
for the /-other7 workers remained unchanged.
this regulation applied to all
w e-co ar June 1960, the Fur Base posted an
order that beginning 1 July 1960, the pay scale for construction workers
would be changed. Henceforth, all construction workers would receive
a straight salary based entirely on job category (razryad), and the
work order sheet (naryad) would no longer be written. Examples of the
new wages were as follows: 50X1-HUM
6th category workers
5th category workers
4th category workers
3rd category workers
or helpers
a cold storage plant in Tashkent.
1200 rubles per month
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800 rubles per month
450 rubles per month
Attachment 2 is a report describing the location and construction of
the construction'of a reputed cold storage plant located about 50X1-HUM
plant's location is included.
one an a alf km west of Kuylyukskoye shosse, between the AArasu
stream and the Chirchik River. The building was about 50 meters wide and
60`ineters long, with walls of poured reinforced concrete about half a meter
thick. The building extended ten meters below the surface of the ground
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SKhS 1-2 (Tractor-mounted Cotton Picker) at TASHSELMASH in Tashkent.
city base map on which three features of the city are pinpointed) Park
Ostrovskogo, ulitsa Dzhar Kucha, and Park i/n Gagarin.
Attachment 5 is a one-page report on the assembly and productioit'of the
Attachments 3 and 4, two reports) (describe maintenance
of buildings in the 0ktyabrskiy J.ayon of Tashkent and some miscellaneous
locations in the city. Attachment 3 includes an overlay of the Tashkent
the final assembly of the SKhS 1-2, performed on a conveyer 40-50 50X1-HUM
meters long. The major operations in the final assembly were: installing
wheels on the chassis, mounting a 22-hp motor, installing a storage bin,
and attaclatng the cotton picker. Twenty-five men worked on the conveyer
and their monthly norm was 18 tractor-mounted cotton pickers, although the
usual production was 14 to 16 a month. 50X1-HUM
a plumber's assistant with a team installing toilets and connecting sewer
pipes in the central streets of Tashkent.
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Attachment 7 is a four-page report describing the organization and activities
of the Glavmetallobaza (Chief Metal Base) located Ot 105 ulitsa Shota Rustaveli
in Tashkent. This organization was the central storage depot for all metals
used in industries in Tashkent and all. Uzbek SSR.except for direct deliveries
of metal consignments to plants by' the' rtxiiIron:da:dm ni+'tra'tion.
Attachment 6 is a one-page report describes
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SU8JECT 1. Change in Pay Scale for Construction DATE OF RUCAT
Workers in Tashkent
2. Change in Working Hours for Admini-
strative Employees in Tashkent
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to During the first week of June 1960 the Pushno.xnekhovaya Baza (Fur Base),
at Nog 51 ulitsa Shota Rustaveli, Tashkentt posted an order that beginning
July 1, 1960, the pay scale for their construction workers would be
changed. An construction workers would henceforth receive a straight
salary based entirely on the job category (aazryad), and the work order
sheet (naryad) would no longer be written, Examples of the new wages
were as follows:
6th category workers
5th ::.ategory workers
14th category workers
3rd category workers
or helpers
1200 rubles per month
1000 rubles per month
800 rubles per month
450 rubles per month
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3, Most of the construction workers expressed) (great satisfaction
about the issuance of this order for the following reasons:
a. The pace of the work from then on would be set by the workers
and not by the supervisors,, and the drudgery would,, therefore,,
to reduced.
b. The supervisory personnel would no lager be able to manirmlate
the payroll and thereby enrich themselves as had been widely done
previously*
the new ordiw would last only a few months
hours including one hour for lunch, No adjustments were made in their
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Starting Play 1,9 1960, the administrative employees (white collar workers)
of the Pushno-mekhovaya Hasa had to wort: only seven hours each day and
six hours on Saturdays, The new working hours were from 0800 to 1600 50X1-HUM
because the efficiency would drop to s uc'i an extent that construction
enterprises would not be able to meet their quotas.
salaries, The wU rkinc hours for the arc: rkers remained unchanged.
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SU CT Construction of a Cold Storage Plant
in Tashkent
WE OF REPORT `0 October 1961
1" the construction administration UNR No,
(Jpravleniye Nabora Rabochikh) in Tashkent
the construction of a reputed cold storage plant located
about one and a half kilometers west of Kuylyukskoye shosse between the
Karasu Stream and the Chirch ik River in Tashken to A sketch
of this location appears on page 2,
2, The structure was about 50 meters wide by 60 meters long, with walls of
poured reinforced concrete ato,)t half a meter thick-. The bailding ext nded
ten meters below'the surface of the ground and a normal one-story height
above the ground.,
3o During construction it was corm only known that the building would serve as
a cold storage warehouse for p rishable foodso
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Sketch: Location of Cold Storage
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COUNTRY USSR (Uzbek SSR)
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Locations in Tashkent DATE OF REPORT 9 November 1961
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Attached is an overlay of the Tashkent City Base Map whereon are pin-
pointed the following locations in Tashkent:
to Park Ostrovskogo, In the center of the park is a large building
called Dvorets Ostrovskogo which belongs to the Pioneer
Organization of Tashkent and is used by them for meetings and
recreational purposeso
20 Dzhar Kucha Street ? about six meters wide; not asphalted
3o Park i/n Gagarin0 This park was finished in May 1961 and was
then given this name.
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1, Park Ostrovskogo
20 Dzhar Kucha Street
3. Park i/n Gagarin
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Overlay over Tashkent City Base Map Pinpointing the above locations,
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COUNTRY USSR (Uzbek SSR)
SUDiECT Maintenance of Buildings in the
Oktyabr'skiy Rayon of Tashkent
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DATE OF REPORT 9 November 19U
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1, The iemstroy Kontora (Repair and Construction Office) of the Ok yabr'skiy
Ryon (district) of Tashkent with the maintenance of all
buildings in this districts
2Q During this time the Remstroy Kontora employed 500 laborers, three team
leaders, eight prorabs, five bookkeepers, two typists, one engineer,
and one manager, Its budget for 1961 was 12 million old rubles for
the repair of housing and four million old rubles for the repair of
district buildings, mostly schools,
3. Considering the fact that the Oktyabr'skiy district was the largest in
Tashkent, encompassing the oldest sectio::i of the city with the poorest
housing, Remstroy Kontora was presented with an impossible task, Neither
the labor force nor the money allocations were remotely adequate to
effect the necessary repairs. The situation became increasingly worse
in the last five years and 60 per cent of the 0kt abr'sk' district
could be classified as a slum area. bout a billion
old rubles each year wou_1c be necessary tor the maintenance of all the
buildings in this district,
Complaints voiced by the inhabitants received the standard reply that the
buildings in the district were not worth saving. The city officials
claimed to have a master plan whereby the district would be razed and re.
built-completely., but no plan had been published as yet. Until 1959 no one
believed the assertions, but in that year the city council of Tashkent issued
and published an order prohibiting the canstruction of any new building in the
Oktyabrlskiy district and that order was still in force
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Production of Tractor-Mounted Cotton yn T POU ' 28 November 1961
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1. Until May 1959 the Tashkent Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Plant
(Tashsel?mash) brought in ready-assembled tractors to which its own
production of cotton pickers were connected? Each was a separate unit,
so that when the cotton picker:, was not in use, it could be detached
from the tractor and the tractor put to some other use. In May 1959
Tashsel'mash began to produce the*"S Kh S 1.2" which was an inseparable
unit of tractor and cotton picker
hassis of the S Kh S 12 was manufactured
some other small parts were made there4
However, such parts s, motor, storage drum, radiator., gas
tank, and oil tank were all shipped to Tasheellmash for final assembly.
the final assembly of the 5 Kh S 1-2, performed on a
conveyer 0 to 50 meters longs The major operations in the final
assembly were: installing wheels on the chassis, mounting a 22-horsepower
motor, installing a storage bin, and attaching the cotton picker,
Twenty-five iren worked on the conveyer and their monthly norm was
eighteen tractor-mounted cotton pickers, although usual production
was 1L to 16 a month, The tractor had three wheels, two large rear
wheels and one small front wheel; it was painted green, A drive
shaft from the tractor to the cotton picker furnished power for the
picker.
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Sewerage System in Tashkent
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team worked on ulitsa Karla Marksa, ulitsa .NhgelPsa
central sewerage system and few owners used the open sewers, Immediately
outside the center of Tashkent,, outdoor plumbing was still in use0
In the central sewerage system,, sewage moved through the mains by
gravity flow. The sewerage mains were placed from one meter to as
much as four meters decpl so that they could operate by gravity*
Water mains, however, were buried in the ground only about one meter
deep., The water,, gas., and sewer r;airs had separate trenches. 50X1-HUM
and Zhukovskaya ulitsa, w;sere the mains had already been installed,
Their job was to put in the pipes from the homes to the street mains,,
The pipes from the homes to the street were eight inches in diameter
anti the street main was about 16 inches in diameter, The workers
went from one hone to the next, but occasionally were stopped by
some ow s who did not want their houses modernized because they
could not afford it. In these cases they continued to utilize the
open sewers in existence;,
By October 1961 the center of Tashkent was serviced primarily by a
Comments:
There were many teams enga ec in aiY'ilar work throughout the center
of Tashkent,:
During Vie ,u.- mer months at least twice a week there would be a
water shortage for two or three hours at a time"
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RJAJECT Gla',metallobasa in Tashkent
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1o Glavmetallobaza-(Main Metal Base), located at ulitea Shota Rustaveli
.105 in Tashkent, was the central storage depot for all metals used
in industries in Tashkent and all. Uzbek SSR-except for direct deliveries
of metal consignments to plants by the railroad administration., There
was a sub-base at Samarkand (N 38c35., E 0-03) and there may have been
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Metals of all. kinds and in all forms-from slabs; ingots, and sheets to
finished prpducts like tubing, pipes, bolts and nuts were transported
from all parts of the USSR and shunted by rail into the depot grounds,
where they were unloaded, sorted, and o].aced either in covered ware.
houses or semi-covered structures, pens, or in alloted open spaces on
the groundso The rail cars were of different tonnage capacities and
were allotted time limits for unloadingo For instance, a 60-ton car
was expected to unload in two hours? Two steam unloading cranes were
used for heavy unloading,,one of 25. tons and the other 15 tons. Both
operated by steel cables strung under loads and not by means of magnetic
Other eouipment were winches, trolleys, carts, forked lifts, ate.
Glavmetallobaza was organized into several departments under an operations
office of about 20 employees., The director in 1961 was one Arivdzhanov,
an Usbek; chief storekeeper was a tbiasian by the name of uovorkov; and
chief of the transport department was one Kaziyev, probably a Kazakh.
The two hundred employees of the base worked two shifts., the night shift
having shorter hours than the day shift.
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4o The base operated in the following manners Customers submitted their
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requisitions to the main office, where they were checked and approved;
The requisitions were then directed to the pertinent department where
the materials were issued,, Loading was handled either on rail cars
that could be moved to their destination by locomotives, or by trucks
supplied either by the customer or a motor pool in Task ento The
base had only about a dozen trucks of its own which were used internally0
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turnover o metals at the base had increased by 40 per cents
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sketch of the layout. nartieularly of tho ,?2;i
of the location of Glavmetallobaza appears on Page 3
eight kilometers of track covered the ground
Co ment: Rail lines outside the territory of the base were
unc;er the Tashkent Railroad Administration and there was no
connection jurisdictionally between them and the internal rail
network of the base,
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Sketch. Location of Glavnetailobaza, Tashkent? 1961
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