URBAN AREA OF SVOBODA

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: July 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
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Urban Area of Svoboda
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COUNTRY USSR (Kursk Oblast)
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1. Svoboda (N 51-59, E 36-17), KureK Oblast, was atm of approximately
1500 inhabitants with a total area of approximately 2x2* kilometers.
ISee enclosure for source's memory sketch of Svoboda and a pin.
Vaint location of the Svoboda Electra-Mechanical Plant (SEW);
2. Svoboda was not serviced by a railroad but;, it was connected to
Budanovka (N 51757, E 36-22) where there was a railway station
by a i'oad:? The Svobod4 - Budanovka road was nearly six
kilometers long. It was constructed of gravel, was six meters wide,
and had drainage ditches on both sides. Telegraph and telephone lines,
50?meters apart, ran along the south side of the road from Svoboda to
Budanovka.
The railroad in Budanovka was a double-traoked line which was the
main rail line betWeen Moscow and Kursk. It was in excellent condition
and was under constant maintenance. All railroad stations between
Moscow and Kursk and farther south along this line to the Caucasus
had either been renovated or rebuilt. All foreign visitors to the
USSR used this line exclusively in travelling from Moscow south. All
stations were cleared of unsavory looking characters by the militaTia
whenever govertImental trains with VIPs approached. All passenger ()erg
and sleepers on this line were manufaotured in East CiermAnY,
Attached to this report is an enclosure consisting of a town plan
of Svoboda. Following is a legend for this enclosure. Numbers in
parenthesets refer to numbers on the enclosure:
(1) Machine tractor station (MTS) - three or four brick builditEs
which were still under construction in summer 1954. The former
MTS consisted of one wooden barracka-type building.
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(2) Workers' houses - wooden, one-story, single apartment buildings
. of various sizes. They were built of wood and had gable roofs
covered with roofing paper. These buildings were called "Finnish"
houses. They were pre-fabricated and were owned by the SEMZ.
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Rayon bank (Raybank) - a brick-stucco, two-story building,
12x12x1QADeters, ,It had an iron, hip-roof.
Plant director's house - a brick and white stucco, single-
story building,20x12x15 meters;. it had an iron, hip roof.
_Housing for workers of the industrial-trade school(22) - red
brick, single-story buildingj35x10x5 meters; with iron, gable
roofq. There were altogether two of these buildings.
Private garden plots - each family was allowed 0.15 heotars Of
land for their own plot for raising vegetables, etc. This area
was owned by the plant.
Plant chief engineer's housea wooden stucco, single-story,grey
house, 16x8x5 meters; it had a tile, gable roof.
Militslvaheadquarters-a red brick, single-story building,
-18x8x5-meters with an iron,hip roof. Some windows were barred
And the cellar served as a temporary prison where prisoners
were 'sent before they were transported to the permanent prison
in Kursk. The building had two entrances; a militsiyasoldier
stood guard at front entrance. Source believed that 10-12
militsiya worked in this building.
) Militsiya stables,- wattle constructed buildings covered with
stucco, 15x6x4-meters,5W1th thatched roof's. ,The stables held
four or five horses.
(10 Shops of the industrial-trade school (masterskiye)- a brick,
.stucco, two-story building, 80x20x15 meters, with dark-red,
iron', gable roof and central heating. On the first floor were
heavy lathes and other machines, on the second floor, light lathes
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(11) Temporary Water towerr a red brick, cylindrically shaped instal-
lation. The base of the tank was approximately meters in
diameter and 2 meters high; the "tank" part of the tower was,
appr)ximately 4.5 meters in diameter and 6 meters high. Total
capacity was 90 cubic meters, but the tank was filled only to
4o cubic meters.
(12) Rayon hospital (RaybolNits4,-a brick and tan stucco, two-story.
building, 40x15r21 meters withe, dark red, iron, gable roof.
Several new sections of the same type material and style had
been added on to the old main building.
(13) Svoboda Electro-Mechanical zavod (SEMZ), 1
.(l4) Rayon club (Rayklub)-La brick and stucco, two-story building,
30xpx10 meters, with an iron, gable roof. This building was
reinforced with steel girders.
(15) aayvoyenkomat-a wooden, dark-brown, single-story building,
12x12x5 meters, with a dark-red, hip roof. There were two
entrances and nearly all the windows were barred. All windows\
facing the street were barred.
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(16) Privately-owned homes of plant workers - These structures included
all 'tYPes of single-story constructions. Roofs were iron, wooden* and
covered will roofing paper, or. thatched. Wooden and thatched rooff
were Much more oommon because sheet iron. for roofs could be obtained
only at the SEM plant. All these houses were one-family dwellings.
(17) Wooden bridge - a 30x5-..meter structure with a five-ton capacity. It
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spanned the Tuskar RiVer.
(18) Gravel road ..facterz wid., built on a one-meter fill with
drainage ditches on both sides. Telephone and telegraph poles
Spaced 50 meters apart ran along the left side of the road from Svoboda
Railroad Station and Budanovka. The road was in fair condition.
(19) Water Wells, 35x40 meters deep - The wells were approximately 500 to
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600 meters from the first pump station.
Water-pumping stations - two wooden buildings, one-story : high, with
one pump in each building. Water pressure Was natural, There Was one
guard ' for - the two braidings . He constantly ' checked Water pressure
and, pump operation.
(21) Creamery (maslozaved) - a brick, stucco, single-storY building,
20x10x15 meters with an iron, gable roof. Approximately eight people
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worked at the creamery.
(22) Industrial trade School - occupied three two-story buildings which were
built of brick and stucco. The buildings Were 1010x10 meters and they
had dark-red, iron, gable roofs. They were used for classrooms, mess,
and lilting quarters for students. The school had approximately 100
studonts. The addition to the church (23) Was a former monastery, a
brick, two-story building with a cellar and without a roof. This '
part of the building was not being utilized for anything.
(23) Church building - a brick and stucoe, single-story building. it
was utilized as a warehouse by the industrial trade sabot:a and
was school property.
( 24)
Temporary water pumping station, first-stage - a brick, two-story
building 'partially destroyed during World War II. Only one corner
On the first ?floor was utilized for the pump station.' It contained
two Ptmpsi one Working, and one reserve pump. . Water was pumped to the
bridkoVarterz 'tinier.' (11). A reservoir with a.0.4404t7 of 90 Pubic
meters was also located in this balding. '
(25) Brick. works - open wooden shade. The works operated. only in
Summer. Source saw this installation from a distance only and
could not give the layout or describe ,production. Source
believed that 20 to '30 'people worked. there: "
(26) PosteffiOe a . brick and stucco two-story bui1ding6, 11:,40x10
meters ' with iron', hip roof.
(27) Rayon Communist Party headquarters (Raykompart*ya) .a, brick
and stucco two-story building, 18:0X12 meters', With as iron,
hip -roof. There were two entrances, one in front and one in
the rear..
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(28) Restaurant (gastronom) - a brick and stucco, two-story building,
20X12x10 meters with a dark-red, hip roof.
(29) Hardware store = a brick and stucco, two-story buildings
9x8x8 meters, with a dark-red, hip roof. There was a warehouse
on the ground floor and a store on the second floor.
(30) Bookstore - a brick and stucco, single-story building, 9x8x5
meters with a dark-red, hip roof.
(31) Bakery,-'aApridk and stucco, single-story building, 12x12x5
meters; with a dark-red, hip roof.
(32) Radio station?ared-brick, single-story building,4x4x4 meters.
Only one person worked in this installation. All radio programs
originated in Moscow, Kharkov, Kiev, Kursk,and other cities
and this station carried merely transcribed broadcasts, except
for local announcements of sports, meetings, demonstrations, etc.
(33) General store - a brick and stucco, single-story building,
15x8x5 metersowith a dark-red, hip roof.
(34) Restaurant-cafe (chaynaya) - a red brick, single-story building,
25x10x6 meters. The building had a half cellar and an iron,
gable roof.
(35) Alvan Executive Committee Headquqrters (Rayispolkom) -a
red brick, two-story building, 20x10x10 meters,with a dark-red,
iron, hip roof.
(36) Elementary school - a red brick, single-story building, 20x20x5
meters with a dark-red, iron hip roofd
(37) Ten-year school (Desiyatiletka) - a briok, two-story building,
30x20x10 meters; with a dark-red, iron, hip roof.
(38) Grocery store - a brick, stucco, single-story building, 12x12x5
meters; with a dark-red, hip roof.
Plant apartment houses - two stucco, two-story buildings,
40x20x12 meters with dark-red, iron, gable roofs. Both buildings
were identical. Source did not know either the number of apart-
ments or occupants.
(40) Marketplace - 100x50 meters consisting of an open square with
permanent tables and benches dug into the ground.
(41) Threeapartment workers' houses - 1* stories high with steep,
tile roofs. Mere were two buildings of this type. They were
called "German!: style houses and belonged to the SEM. -
(42) Five-apartment worker's houses - wooden, single-story buildings
with wooden rootbcovered with roofing paper.,
(43) Stadium - 180x100 meters; consisting of a leveled field with
no stands, seats, or any other type of construction.
(44) Priest's house - a red brick, single-story building,y9x9x4 meters,
probably with an iron roof.
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(45) Church L. a, brick, white-stucoo building, 35x253c25 meters. This
. building was still being utilized as a church.
(46) Cemetery - 200x200 meters, not surrounded by a fence.
Enclosure: Memory sketch of village of Svoboda ( N 51-59, E 36-17).
for a detailed description of $EM.
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