RADIO STATION IN KRASNOYE SELO

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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Radio Station in Krasnoye Selo
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1. The radio station in Krasnoye Selo (59?11.3tN/3000918), Leningrad Oblast, was west
of the railroad station and connected to the station by a road passing; the church.(1)
In a semi-circle around the radio station were about 3,000 radio towers, some 32
meters tall and some 16 meter:, high. These towers were connected by cage aerials,
50 meters long. Smaller masts carrying copper cables radiated from.the radio
station. (2)
The radio station itself had a three-story central section and an annex. Several
rooms with inlaid floors were located in the side wings of the main building ~7LIB
cable trenches, which were about 50 centimeters wide and 40 centimeters deep.
These trenches, which were lined with concrete, contained insulated copper cables
leading to the cable conducts. !Prom here
the, antenna installations. The station as
3. The construction work at the radio static
work was carried out under the su'oervisio
vtho supervised the erection of the radio
station would become the largest of its ki
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The barracks near the radio station were occupied by ai? force personnel, allegedly
belonging to the airfield, and one army company and one navy company, both units
with forked lightning insignia on their uniforms. (4) Soviet laborers said that
the radio station belonged to the. airfield. electricians and fitters from Lenin-
grad where housed in the one-story wooden buildings near the radio station.
1 the radio station was on a ridge abc ut two km w st of
. , -A0'j'Tjj 01 e road to Narva. The station extended toward the sea. ()
A board fence, abr , 2.5 meters hi,h and about 6 km long,was being constructed
around the southern section of the station. The three-story buildin,~_ in thisIbLuGj'Bas
called. technical office eihnischer Corpus) at the radio station and KS-21 in the
ii camp. (6) The construe ,n of .this building was started in November 1918_ It
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25X1 (1 See Annex 1 for thel sk tch, indicating the location of the radio station.
(2) The number of radio towers is exar,:?gerated; presumably this figure includes the small
25X1 wooden masts, ketch of the radio station, towers, etc., see Annex 2.
(3) The name of Lt Col 1lar8havski has been repeatedly reported, but details on this
officer are not available. A Lieutenant Kozan was mentioned in connection with the
radio station),,1, on page 32 of the June 1949 issue of . Avte onnoe Dele It is possible
that Koza'n is identical to the Kogan mentioned in the prevent report.
(1) This information an earlier report and is considered correct, `)ee
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25X1 (5) See Annex 3 for the
I sketch map of the radio statiab.
(6) KS is the hussian a revia ion for Korotko Volnaya Stantsia short wave station.
(7) VSO presumably means Voyenno Stroitelniy Otd l Military construction unit.
25X1 (8) See Annex 4 for thel sketch of the -radio 'station..
4 .Annexes: 4 sketches.
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in the building, but machinery had not yet been set up.
The section of the radio station north of the road was connected to the southern
section by antenna wires. MVD labor battalions were stationed in the northern area
in two or three plastered four-story buildings, called KS-29 in the. FIJ carlp. The
battalions, designated VSO, transported material,-to the field north of the roar;' vrh.ere
they erectec' radio towers and fitted antenna wire- (7) One cage aerial was suspend-
ed between t-tio radio towers 25 to 30 meters hic leads to the antennas were sus-
pended on low masts. .?dmin6stration buildings
rd small st>tions, ma y cr trans ormers an generators, were also located in
the field Ahere the antennas were located..
The construction work was directed by a Leningrad office.
plans Waich allegedly were prepared in a Moscow MVD minis t y
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the barracks were being constructed by a Leningrad con-
struction i:rm. the construction project and the labor 'battalions were designated
VSO. A large building between, the barracks and the road to Narva had been under
construction since the fall of 1948 By November 19L.9 it was completed butt not yet
equipped The large hall on the second floor was to be laid out with parquetry.
A board fence, about two meters high, as constructed around the area, about 1.5
kilometers square, during the summer of 1949. (8)
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4 Cantonment buildings for civilian laborers
5 PW camp
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8 Krasnoye Selo railroad station
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1. Rooms.
2 Cable trench.
3. Reading room.
11. Offices.
5. Lockmmith' s shop.
6. Lathe shop
7. Cable conduits.
3. 'Small masts fro1 which. copper cables were suspended.
9. Large towers with cage aerials.
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Legend to Annex 3:
1. Technical office, whose main section was 50x 20 meters. The building, had a..
side wine, 1S meters long, and a small tower, 4 meters high.
2. Generating station, using Diesel fuel. The building, 16 x 12 reters, was con-
structe'd from May to September 1949. The station had three roor. s, and a
crane trc7ley ran through the entire building..
3. Transfor er station, ) x 4 meters, whose construction started in July 19)49. .A
packed transformer was, stored at the construction site.
. Garage, L5 x 12 meters, constructed from January to October. 19)49..
5. Water tower, 3 or 4 meters in diaeter, about W meters high, constructed from
March to August 19)49..
6. Pump station, 12 x 9 meters, designed to hold three pumps.
7. rater basin, 12 meters in diameter, 6 meters deep; lined with concrete.
8. Boiler house, 25 x 10 meters, constructed from February to August 1949. The
installation of two boilers was planned. The buildin,- ? a sheet-metal smoke-
stack, about 15 meters high.
9. Three-story wooden apartment houses. Eight of these .:,houses were completed,
but the construction of about 50 was planned.
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New field with masts. I ood.en masts were arriving, and wooden footings were being
set.
11. Small stone quarry.
12. Garage
:13. Cavanill under construction.
1)4. Construction office for KS-21, 50 x 12 meters.
15. Forge, temporary installation.
16. Civilian 'labor camp, two one-story wooden buildings,
17. Two or three four-story barracks buildings and administration buildings; the ':VD
-labor battalions were housed in these buildings, which were called KS-29.
18. Improvised wooden water tower.
A. Section surrounded by a board fence.
B. Extensive antenna field north of the road.
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i x. installations
2 Three bait &c1 $
3 Large building under construction
4 Ten wooden buildings
5 Board fence
6 Gas pipe line
7 Control statio gse pipe line
PW camp
9 Krasnoye Selo railroad station
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