CITY DESCRIPTION OF LUBNY/LOCAL CONDITIONS

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO,
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT City Description of Lubny/Local Conditions
DATE DISTR. /3 May 1954
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The city of Lubny has a Population of about 30-35 thousand. It is a very
old city. The main street is Universetetskaye:tlitsa. All the streets
in the city. are stone paved and mcst of them are
wide from five to six meters
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2. As I remember there is no heavy indh,stry in Lubny except a tobacco, a
leather and a sugar beet factory, and a flour mill N The largest building
in the city is three stories high.
;3. Lubny has about seven percent Jewish population and the rest are Ukrainian
and Soviet nationals.
4. A railroad station is situated on the western outskirts of the city.
Traffic\.is both passenger and freight. There are about ten sidings in
this stacion where the trains were supposed to wait for the arrival of trains
from the opposite direction. However, due to the impatience of the engineers
there were many accidents on this line. A single rail line runs west north-
west towards Gorodishche from Lubny and southwest towards Solonitsa.
5. The Pedagogue Institute is located on Universetetskaya Ulitsa. It is a
three-story brick building, contains about 20 glass rooms and is steam heated.
The student body of the school totaled about two thousand with a greater per-
centage of girls. Many male students were either being drafted or arrested.
6. Lubny also has a medical school for training both nurses and We. It is
a three-story brick building. It has an enrollment of one thousand students,
the greater percentage being girls.
7. There is a large hospital in the southwestern part of the city consisting of
about one thousand beds.
8. Hanes situated in the center of Lubny are of brick construction and each home
has abdut four or five rooms. Homes in the urban areas are built of wood and
clay. Homes are heated by wood or peat.
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The center of the city is electrified. This included homes, business
buildings, institutions, the railroad station, the jail, and the
streets. The urban areas are not electrified.
10. The city has very few buses and the usual means of transporation was
by home or bicycle.
11. A police station is situated on Professor street which is in the center
of Lubny. It is of stone construction, three stories high and very old.
People are brought here, interrogated, charges are pressed, and they are
then sent to jail which is on the outskirts of the city.-
12. The jail is west of the city and south of the railroad line which runs
to Oorodishche. It is large, very old, and has three floors. All the
windows in the jail are shuttered.
13. The number of MVD.; in Lubny varies from time to time. There are
about two hundred operating in civilian clothes and there is also a mili-
tary MVD!,j police detachment of about two hundred. The military wear special
olive drab color uniforms so that people can recognize them. They carry
pistols and drive black cars.
14. There is a very large park in the center of the city where many people
promenade. Before I came to Lubny there were about 10 old churches but
the Soviets closed them all.
15. About two to three hundred meters east of Lubny is the Tula River and marsh-
lands. A fishing license is required when net fishing but not. when fishing
with a pole.
i6. There is a large wcedland area north of Lubny. A dirt road goes through
the woodlands. It takes about an hour to ride through the woods on a horse.
One can find wild apples, cherries and berries, mushrooms and water in the
';woods, also foxes and rabbits. The oak trees in the woods are from 40 to
two hundred years old, and very high.
17. In the area north and northeast of the city there are many wooden bridges
across the Sula River and marshlands.
18. There is one main road from Lubny running north to Kiepachi and another from
Lubny via Kommuna Kim running in the direction of Piryatin. Both roads are
wide enough for two cars.
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