AIRCRAFT FACTORIES IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2009
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• Publication Date: April 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Aircraft Factories in the USSR
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DATE DISTR. 7 APR X954
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TMII DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFILCTIMS TN[ NATIONAL DEFERS!
01 TN[ UNITED STATES, WITHIN TML MEANING OP TITLE IS SECTIONS 763
AND 764. Of THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REV!.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The lot, 18th and 35th aircraft factories were located in the etty of
Kuibyshev during World War II and for a while afterwards. The 18th air-
craft factory had been evacuated from the city of Voronezh; this factory
produced aircraft motors. The 35th aircraft factory had been evacuated
from the city of Smolensk; before the war this factory was concerned with
the experimental production of new types of aircraft (for testing) and
with major repairs of all types of aircraft. The lst aircraft factor
hnA been evacuated from Moscow to Kuib shev
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met several engineers from 25X1
factory No 35 e ore an ur ng or ar and, on the basis of conversa-
tions with them, learned that this factory was producing propellors for all types
onventional'-' aircraft as well as other spare parts 25X1
In addition, from these same engineers that the above 25X1
factories were not return o their pre-war locations after the war\but
remained permanently at the sites to which they were removed. New factories 25X1
were established at the locations of those which had been removed. For
example, on the site of the 3 th factor in Smolensk, the new 475th air-
craft factor6Lrg%lpffA~6d. 25X1
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2. Prior to World W the aircraft factory in Ribinsk produced M-103
aircraft motors.
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type (19J+6-1947)
The 21st aircraft factory is located in the city of Gorki; it produces
fighter aircraft of the Lavochkin type (or possibly some other type of
fighter).
The 153rd (or 156th) factory of TsAGI (Central Aero-Rydrodynam.ic institute)
located in Moscow not far from the breed plant name, after Stalin. Prior
to World War II, this factory produced experimental-type aircraft
exclusively. It also aided other factories produ,oing experimental-type
aircraft by providing them with specialists and necessary materials. At
the present time, this factory has the same function as it had before the
war. The aircraft factory has brigades which include engineers, techni-
cians and experts in various fields; these br~gadsa oonsist of 10-15
persons. The individuals are on the @taff 9f the factory and receive their
pay from it although most of their time is spent at other factories. The
TsAGI factory sends these brigades to various factories (for periods of 2-3
months and more) where experimental types of aircraft are to be constructed,
and these indivifals occupy the central, directing roles in constructing
the new-type aircraft. XQresv 3 the factories to whieb brigades are sent,
select special shops which are Aperated by the brigades and appear to be
secret; admission to the shops is restricted to persons working there.
The 364th (or 354th) aircraft f> ctq'y is located in the Kb,ki district of
Moscow. After the war, this plant prgdtced bomber aircraft of the TU-2
6. The 183rd aircraft factory 19 located in the city of 4.har' v
y aircraft fan
dates from _the pre war days; it may have been changed since
Aircraft factory No 1 which to 1i ht@~. in the $ezinyonka distr
y iyhya'hmy nrnannad Itlf2( -15-time 'i2hter ' aircraft in 1947-1950.
8. The aircraft factory located in the Gity of Saratov (probably No 11) is
producing aircraft of the Yakolev type.
9. There is an air ft fan+tory in the city of Kazan which is producing bomber-
tyDe craft.
the aircraft are for Long Range Aviation.
10. The aircraft factory at Kpmsomoisk, on the Amur River, produces aircraft
of the TU-4 type. This plant is one of the aircraft industry's large
factories.
11. Aircraft factories) type of production are
located in the following cities: Kiev, Leningrad, Molotov, Sverdlovsk,
Kutaisi, Dnepropetrovsk, Tashkent, Serpuklov, Tbilisi, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow,
Voronezh, Vologda, Voroshilovgrad, Irkutsk, Omsk, Ufa. Each of the listed
cities with the exception of Moscow has one aircraft factory.
12. There are approximately 100 aircraft factories in the USSR which may be
classified according to their production as follows:
Aircraft construction - 30
Motor manufacture - 30
Instrument Building - 15
Spare parts - 10
Armament (for a/c) - 15
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The above number of aircraft manufacturing plants may be divided in the
following manner according to the type of`aircraft in production:
Factories producing fighter - 15
Factories producing bombers
and transport aircraft.- 10
Factories producing ground
attack aircraft -- 5
13 Each aircraft factory devoted to fighter production makes approximately 650
aircraft annually; thus, 15 such plants make about 9,750 fighter aircraft
of various types each year. Au'aircraft factory manufacturing bombers
and transport aircraft completes-550 aircraft annually; therefore, the 10
bomber aircraft factories make 5,500 bombers and transport aircraft of
various types each year. An aircraft ta,etory producing grotnid.atteck
aircraft produces 600 I1-10 aircraft annually; all five factories produce
a total of 3,000 aircraft each year.` Thus, the total annual production of
all aircraft production plants is 18,250 aircraft of various types.
)A. All aircraft construction plants produce simultaneously combat aircraft,
combat trainers and primary trainers.' For example, the a;rorsft con-
struction plant in the city of Saratov produced the following types of
aircraft; YAK-9p (combat aircraft), YAK-9v (combat trainers), and YAK-11
(primary trainers).
15. The aircraft construction factory in the city of Kazan produced, the following
types of aircraft: PE-8 (for Long Range Aviation), n=2 (for Frontal Bomber
Aviation) and medical and liaison aircraft.
16. It must be noted that aircraft factories producing bomber-type aircraft also
produce transports and other aircraft. (Reconnaissance and artillery-
spotting units utilize different types of fighters, boMhere and ground.
attack aircraft. Therefore, these types of aircraft were not mentioned
above).
Enclosure: (A) Sketch Map of the City of Kuibyshev showing the locations
of aircraft factories Nos 1, 18 and 35.
(B) Sketch May of the City of Smolensk showing the location
of the Aircraft Factory No 475-
(Q) Sketch Map of the Fili District of Moscow showing the
location of the TeAGI Aircraft Factory.
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SKETCH MAP OF THE CITY.OF KUIBYSHEV SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF AIRCRAFT FACTORIES NOS 1, 18
AND 35
ENCLOSURE (B)
SKETCH MAP OF THE CITY OF SMOLENSK SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FACTORY NO 475
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SKETCH MAP OF THE FILI DISTRICT OF MOSCOW SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE TsAGI AIRCRAFT FACTORY
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REMARKS: The TaAOI Aero-Hydrodynamic
Institute) Aircraft Factory is located
1.5-2 km's southwest of the Bread Factory
named after Stalin. A sign - "Factory
No 153(156) TsAGI' - was mounted on the
factory's gates during the war and after
1946.
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