MOLOTOV STEEL SECTIONS PLANT IN DNEPROPETROVSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300080004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
SECURITY INFORMi T ON
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrain,an SSR)
SUBJECT PIlolotorr Steel Sections Plant in
Dnepropetrovsk
PLACE
. ACQUIRED'
DATE OF
INFO,.
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to The I..olotov Section Steel Plant was- in the western part of DrlepropetrovYsk (b8?27111/34?
r,91 I;~, C?crainzan Q.S.Z. south of the Dnepr River enc.: north of a blast furnace plant
frog, vrhlich it is separated. only by rrl.Llroa(~ tracks. ce,.,wit plant we's northeast of
the ":olotov ?lant. Detrrden the lant and tl,c Dnepr river was r, scrap C" P- *
2. Thc~ 11.arf,, r~hicl-. e~.i.,,tcd, ~ M 50X1-HUM
beforro the r.r, had beer rebuilt and i.:-)roved since 19? -t0
fly 19)49 no war dasrtac es tare visible, In Fetibru^r-y 19)!9, the Obotk 2 department
?nd tho rye Z1 r'.c:_aot v erc in full operation. new mesh'-no shop and in electrical
::`.or'.-::shop, call.-,.c. rule?ctrotse'.di, were ?u t into operation. in 19IE9 All workshops had.
been e,rQVIde(I wit- cor_cretn fln-, Al
3, The r1ant produced the .follot.i14-: two boxbric:-,:es, one, 1,500 meters lonc; steel 50X1-HUM
skeiot :?ns for taro s:'`.yscrapers to le- erecter: in ,'oscow, one With 27 stories; roof
cir.(lors for the .'.olotov Pl.nt; blast fur?nrce jackets srorl 3 to 15 z.eter;s in dia--
rieter, 20 to 30 'u; tliicIc and 15 to 18 rioters hT.:~:h; tubes about 3 t:.eters in diameter.
The work iricroutine wn r, thor cruc'.e. The capacity Q 'the plant could have been
ircreaSC(i b,-;- a batter nrtz lizat:ion of work and an in rovertent of the electrical
c'eparti:iei t. U o details were av. i.1a1::1e on the size of the plant's work force,
i~;o-t :. ?c's a.:' th,.., tror'_:ers -rn-c ;,or en. ', orl: ~c ^u ' i ~r ..
, ...ur.;(i K:,, us= 12. core in throe sht iar',' -tor, 3:_^.,,3 onl.. 24 n ore f
_.. s1 1 S' but
.,, ., t;,-.70 -'_oto
4. Accorc',in' to the -ccon('. T., the factory area was about 300 x 550 meters. The steel
skeletons of the i.:-d vic'..ud.l taor'ahops t: r. e cont.? nually rep ~ acee. because of heavy
corrosion. Thc roe!''n, o .' the 1.axr`e t'ror1:sliops was not CQrtj?1ethf;, t'OYler t7c6 suppliod
by a power plant in the vicinity of the- automobile x 1Lnnt. *-;i*
5 The :olotov plant produced 3tructurnl parts for a bridge which, ,
Was call ed the T.nepr 1'riduc by the J. :: T s . Three radio towers , consistirt r of,1;2C
sect- o.;;, each ? ;?eters. lent;, r;ero also produced.. One of the radio tot:-ors was
rcporte;(ay to be delivered to 11un,-;ar-y.. Staircases for a :Tosco", -,Icyscraperp