MECHANICAL PLANT NO 2 AT SARATOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011000330004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, ! ochanical Plant Eo 2 (o hanichcs'ki Z avod P;o 2),9 a plant manufactur?in,, tractor
parts, was on Chernis e-+rskaya Street., south of a barracks building in aratov
and about 300 -voters f rem the Volga River bank This was an old --last which
was expanded by the construction of three new buildings. Electricity was supplied
by the Sarures power :olant. Early in 1937k. gas was piped to the foundry,
2 The plant comprised a f oundr?y. `a molding and dressing shop a haz'dening shop
a Machine shop a ~.raall. f urge, G grinding shop for piston rings, a cylinder
boring shop, a cogwheel section, a repair section, a tool-making shop, a
bailer house, a transformer and z:as distribution station, and three new build-r
ine,s The ;^ec anica.1 equipment consisted of Russian, Genria;i aril American
Machines,
3, Until early in 1945, shells were turned in the plant. Tractor -Darts were manufactur-
ed in 191:8 and 19119 o The daily output- was 1300 to 600 engine pistons, 100 to
16) cylinder bushings, about 900 piston pins and about '100 di.?_ferertial gear
wheels. Production included also piston rims, leas shafts, pinion wheals a.nd
other small -arts. Lar e flywheels vr~~~r^ rianufactured after,l9137. In 194x,
about SO "lrc;heols were produced daily,
h, Mechanical Plant No 2 surlied the tank and tractor -11ant in :~aratov.
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iron as rill as eeraifl.aai.s': ed cogv,beel.s and flywheels were delivered to the
plant. In 1918 and 1949,the plant employed about 1,200 persons, 't;ork was done
in three shift .,
Coz .ent., For location and layout of t ;e ;^.lant, see Annexos t. and 2.
n? x.M `F u_nsed on information sup-,lied by all sources and on an aerial.
t^hotorrra} h of 30 >e_ tember 10112,
I o nent.,, The tr:nk and tractor plant mentioned is presuria l y the ` actor-
ae?,a ,Tnt "[oca,ted northeast of the Saratov railroad st rtion,, Accordish.g
to one source, Plant No 2 ti-,,as affiliated with F