FARM MACHINERY FACTORIES/SOVKHOZ FARM EQUIPMENT/STEEL MILL IN MARIAPOL/CURRICULUM IN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200580006-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY
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SUBJECT Farm Machinery Factories/Sovkhoz Farm Equipment/
Steel Mill in Mariapol/Curriculum in Technical
Schools
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1. I remember two large farm machinery factories in the Ukraine. (Neither was
in Belays Tserkov or Mariapol.) One, located near the railroad freight yards
in 2aporoOhie had approximately 15 thousand employees and produced combines,
seed drills, and other machinery for grain farming. The factory consisted of
several fairly modern buildings which were constructed of brick and stone.
cannot recall the exact building dimensions. The other farm machinery
factory was in Kirovograd and was known as "Zinov'yetsk" Farm Machinery Factory.
This firm employed approximately ten thousand persons in the production of
spring harrows, ploughs, seed drills, and several other types of small farm
machines. This plant was large; it consisted of several long brick buildings
some of which were three stories high. I do not know the dimensions of the
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2. The two sovkhozes were rather small, about 300 hectares
each with about a rking at each place. One was the Korozhelka
Sovkhoz near Zhitomir; the other was the Dashava Sovkhoz, near.Vinnitsa. Both
were strictly sugar beet ainvkhozes. During the period from 1940 to 1943, the
Korozhelka Sovkhoz had three tractors, three beet seeders, three autos (small
Pobedes), about 15, ploughs, and other small pieces of farm Machinery*
the farm Machinery was in very poor condition. I believe the reason
getting no replacements was the war (World War II). 50X1
There was a small repair shop on the Korozhelka Sovkhoz but repair parts were
not available, so the farm machinery was repaired with junked and scrapped
machinery. Most of the machinery used on the two sugar beet sovkhozes came
from Kiev and Klrovograd.
. Concerning the steel mill, "Ilich Zavol", in Mariapol, building "B" had 20
Martin-type open-hearth furnaces and two large blast furnaces. Building "A"
had two small electrical furnaces. Capacity of the Martin-type open-hearth.
furnaces was 50 to 65 tons per furnace per eight-hour shift (there were three
shifts per day). The blast furnace capacity was 800 cubic meters per furnace
per eight-hour shift. The electrical furnaces had a 20-ton capacity per
furnace per eight-hour shift. The electric furnaces smelted special steels,
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using a mixture of chrome, manganite, molybdenum, wolfram, and a small amount
of aluminum and scrap steel. I do not know the proportional percentages inasmuch
Prior to 1938, this factory produced stee1,50x1
05 ;miL or WhiCh went ror civilian or industrial uses. After 1938, 75*
of steel production was used by the Defense Department for war work.
5. the Ilich Zavod had no Bessemer converters; howevergcal
tnere may De several -mere at the present time.
6. The Metallurgical Technikum in Mariapol had a four-year course in metallurgy. The
curriculum was as follows: first year -- mathematics, geography, geology, history,
and the usual political courses in Marxism and Communism; second year -- practically
identical with the first year except for the introduction of metallurgy; third and
fourth years -- most of the previously mentioned courses were continued along with
much practical work in metallurgy. Upon graduating from the Technikum, one was
called a "Metals Specialist" which entitled him to ask for and become a foreman in
any metallurgical factory.
7. Technical schools connected with universities conducted a five-year course in
metallurgy. Such courses were quite similar to the other course described with the
exception that one received three years of practical experience instead of two and
igraduatedd as a Diploma Engineer in Metallurgy.
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