SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: April 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR/Austria DATE DISTR. 27 April 1954
SUB3ECT Soviet Military Manpower NO. OF PAGES . 8
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INF)RMATION
ARMY review completed.
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SOV}'IET MILITARY MANPOWER
A. MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION
1 information on mobilization and
demobilization of the classes of 1928 through 1934;
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TQ testa
draftees
reported to.the Voyenkomat for these tests, which were conducted
by military personnel (a major and a senior lieutenant), The,
tests consisted of a physical fitness test. Following this the
recruits'were taken to a firing range on the outskirts of'ROSTOV,
where they fired five rounds with an unidentified small bore
weapon with no preliminary rifle instruction. In addition to
this a one hour lecture on first aid and a one-hour lecture on
basic chemical warfare were given.
All draftees were accepted regardless
f the outcome of the tests,
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s udents who attended trade
schools wf.e required to work for two years in a factory before
entering the army, In the event the student was of draft age when
he graduated, he was permitted to work for one year in a factory
When the next draft call arrived the Voyenkomat had the priority
to induct the man even though he had worked only one year,
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In the event a. graduate did not reach draft age in
the two years, he completed the two-year period and was drafted
at the following mobilizations
The route taken from ROSTOV to the basic training sta*
Lion in ZHITOMIR (5019N-+2840E) was ROSTOVi-BATAYSK (47lON 3944E)
ROSTOV-POLTAVA (4935H-3430E) - PASTOV (5004N ,,,,2957B) - g -ZHITO
MIR.B, From basic training to assignment in Austria,
via ZHITOMIR-.'I,VOV-CHOP (4825N-22113-)- -- B1 PEST-BRUO 4802B`**
1647E) - VIENNA-KOR 'EUBURG (4821N-162OB)
k, in ilroad cars '!here
were no toilet acilitiesa and men relieve -. wmselves at official
stops and at stations. The sleeping facilities consisted of an
unknown number of double-decker bunks made of wooden planks.
There were no benches or other facilities.
1. There was a draftee assembly area for the ROSTOV rem
gion at BATAYSK about 10 k, south of ROSTOV. There was a large
replacement center at BRUCK, AA.ustria,
me Ten men remained at ZHITOMIR following
basic training. The remainder went to.Austriab-~L It Wov, more
Soviet goldiers were Inadad an the tralzi
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The 1 0 class was the last to be demobilized
in Oct,52 this class was prepareing to re-
turn to the USSR,
qs The 1930 class departed from Austria in Oct. -. Nov.`53
r All the members of the 1910 olas were
demobilized. all members of the 1930 'class in
the 23d AAA Div were returned to the USSR for demobilization.,
.a. Warehouse personnel responsible-for accounts were -often
held back until their accounts were cleared which usuall re uirr-
ed one month, Then they were demobilized.
.. ? all EN and officers automatically
became reservists a on demo.i nation, and remained so indefinit'
ely, these men were assigned to reserve
units, bu were merely registered at their?rsepeo-
tive Voyenkomats
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2,, the Special Section of Counterintelli sacs
1VD. '23d AAA iv.9 consisted of se~sn officers and 14 E1[.
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were returned to the USS$ .25X1
prior to completion of their term of service for a n y reason. B -
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ever, other soldiers returned to the
prior to completing their term of services These returns
included:
ae A recruit who was court-martialed for striking an 100
and'sent to a military disciplinary center at IDYBYSHE (552711,w
7820E). Before being sent to the USSR, the recruit spent a few
days in the hospital for treatment of stomach ulcers.
b, A sergeant from an u/i Tk. unit in ngary who had
lost.a leg in a tank accidents (Apparently the hos ital also
serviced Soviet units in Hungary,
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c,, A private from an unidentified unit in Hungary who
lost a leg when drunk and was hit by a street care
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3;. No men
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the replacement center at BRUCK serviced
do A soldier ' 'rom_..the 64th AAA Rsgt9 K0RREUBURG -23d .1 '
Div.. This EM spent one day in the hospital for -miintal obsei'VStion
and was sent to the USSR the following days
the EM was being returned-for political uz
Upon arriving in ZHITOMIR for basic training, four men
were returned to civilian life when they failed to pass a chest
x-ray examination.
turned to the USSR.
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the worst pbyohiatrio oases were re- 25X1
4# If an officer or an EM lost, a limb, ,had an incurable dis-
ease, or was a severe psychiatric case, he,was returned to the
SS> rRs light or moderate tuberculosis cases 25X1
were sent to a. sanitorium at ST FOELTOl (4B]2R~1 38h,)r
The more statement that "MALEBKOV is a col'Vwas suffic--
ient aaua:e tc bey returned to the USSR for political unreliability.
Any criticism of important government figures was treated in the
same manner' .
6.. Soldiers were returned to the USSR for committing the
following offenses: robbery, rape, murder, arson fraternization
and serious military crimes.
7. There were no transfers for schools or special assignments.
8, Soldiers were-returned to the USSR for 10-day furloughs
i'~the event of a death in the family; In rare cases soldiers
were returned to the USSR if a mother became seriously ill and
the soldier was the sole survivor,
9, See subpar.. 3, above, for specific examples of men in
other units who were returned to the USSR prior to completing the
required term of service.
100 hospitalized soldiers were returned
to the USSR individuall
11' When EM were returned to the USSR before completion of
the normal tour of service, replacements did not arrive until the
normal demobilization period in the fall;
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men-had to perform all
guard an necessary duties for about 20 days, at which time new
arrivals were assigned to the section;
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Soviet un s n us r ae
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RECALL OF RESERVE OFFICERS TO ACTIVE. DUTY
2. The reserve officers' corps obtained members from those
officers who 'had been returned to civilian life from active duty#
the following men were off icers and
were processed rom ac ve u y to the reserves All were patients
at the military hospital in STAMMERSDORP.
a. Senior lieutenant:
unit in Hun ar .
be Senior lieutenant:
co Captain:
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The overwhelming majority of the reserve officerst corps
was made up of WP II veterans who returned to civilian if. in
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C. LABOR SERVICES
1e The only labor service personnel were
those recruited from prisoner personnel.
who had spent their time worki . on
roads, canals construction projects, etc.
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2. Graduates of factory work schools were subject to draft
and had to serve. See subpar,k 1 g, above.
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UTILIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOVIET ARMY
1. I female military personnel stationed in the 25X1
23d.AAA Div-.and in the military hospital in STAM611ERSDORF.
2. These women were members of the Soviet Army.
3-. There were about 30 female privates and privates first
class assigned to the military hospital in STAMMERSDORP. They
served as nurses, There was also a Soviet female feldsher, a
senior lieutenant, who was responsible for the operating room
and served as operating room assistant.
In the 23d AAA Div, female military personnel were assign-
ed in each regimental headquarters, in the pig, division headquart-
ers officers' mess, and the Special Section of Counterintelligence.
4. In the hospital the women served as nurses, except for the
senior lieutenant who was a feldsher. in the 23d ALA Div. the wom-
en served as waitresses, typists, cooks, and PX salesgirls. All
were privates or privates first class. There were two female of-
fieers Jr, Lt ?Antonina MASAROVA
and ~r Lt Anna MILYUTS:KOVA,
5, Female military personnel did not participate in military
training, but they did have political training.
6., Soviet XW serving as waitresses in Div. Hq. Officers' Mess,
23d AAA Div., received 1300 Austrian schillings monthly and,had an
unknown number of rubles-deposited in their accounts in a USSR
bank. Nurses received 600 m 800 schillings per month plus a sim-
ilar deposit of rubles*
the large pay received by
the women was a source of great complaint by the male privates,
who received only 40 schillings per month.
7r All the women volunteered for military duty.
So The term of service for women was three yearsb
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Military Districts in the USSR.
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itary District Hq.was in a five-story cement building on Buddenov-
skiy Prospect in ROST.
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P MILITARY EDUCATION IN CIVILIAN SCHOOLS
conducted on college lever
compuls?ry military training was
n a Railroad rTrade School oo 9 the students
were given mainly physical training. On one occasion they prac-
ticed throwing dummy grenades. This training was given in the ev-
en.ing.
3. DOSAAPorganizations were in secondary schoolsg
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oeived commissions upon completion of schooling` All other coll-
ege graduates attended OCS to become officers.
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