STALIN ARMAMENTS PLANT NO. 92 IN GORKI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011000340010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

ar~t~,)otia~` Ax ~
T` i- lg&6iR~t-h-4 -00457RU 10Ub34A - 25X1
Approved For a ease
' TI 'T (DNc ,2 '1
PLACE
i COUIRED
DATE" OF'
NFO.
25X1
ira'r f.3~4`:: rZ 3rcn " i
NO OF ENCLS.. 2 f5 pages)
(LISTED 6EWV1,1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO..
THIS IS (.INEVAL.UATEI) INFORMATION
25X1
X-47AMM, MIME Mt.
25X1
25X1
25X1
Gun s,'actory 1h) 92 "Stalin" e located in the TNovroye Sorztovc section of Gorki 25X1
(56?i9, /143?>l1E3 on the left bank of the Oka lt._varr, this
was a coa, rra.rativoly, old factory which had bean expanded by the addition of a foundry
in 1913 and a r aivani;inc section in 1946 and 19147,, in 15'47 and -.913 the e ch ni.r a
l
ear.rri pr e it was modernized by t' ,c installation of Gor xaan and America an ~mac hinesn
c:.+.!-+\d%04r rV1 cr rVf! %flfl+ A? is4rll iwLtiL
:"at.a).in k r: mentis Plant Vc. IY2 it Gorki
about 80 percent of all, the nachirics in the plant
were of Ger::san or Ar crican raker, 11-ti s factory was under the marva:;erient of a general
of the M VD forces,
The plant contained two sta.. foua>ries9 one ?precLi.zav; and for ;i.nl seetiona; five
cza liras' shop,;, two or three i;alvanizirz sec;t:ionxa one hartzenin-; shop, one lathe 25X1
shop fctr rough fiaisli:ira:',, cnu oxjUen plant and ;nailer hora:wcsd the following
adriittional depart-aent were rc.+aorted, but their location could not be detcrrnir d
hecai'Lse of the lack of. :specific i.nforr ;a ton , De2)ar t,ri':nt 10 which
I was an electrical r^-aair shop and, was an
autoratic-,-,achine section ::lanufactu-irin - nuts an(, screws- e art i prat 12,, a lathe 25X1
sh: qji l Uepart:"3ent 11-,, a ware&lou,,e and. ~ti t;5~)ita;; df?T3ar t:1onta De--)aY t:1elnt l!, Do7art::.C?a'"s
a truck gara-c.; Department 20, a lar e loci'.t3t;zith shop ~R.ichloi je e i Jcpartr.iant
11 22., r. - indinr, shop,, and an anac:al.inr, shop,
De;sar'i. rs~tai; 21r'. an aagrg en plant; Dop arty ent 27 v a ru l.? i a - siho w 25X1
epartmen 29; Jepart:ront 37>, a packin-- roan; Department 5G?,.
to he a repair s'hop9 while lit Was a, v1zloanizin0 :hop ?rd25X1
this de-par r.:.ent nas n lathe shop AlleVodly., tz:bere m re
_, s X7.apa r" oonts in this r,IM
Gun barrels of different calibers m7 arc; manlrfact-.rred. in this factory until January
19W3 Lft.er t':;at - date precision machines and ce3:aponent parts .-tor for peso bouts f,
suhrz:rnrines and aircraft were said to have -con. ; roducedn )epart:rdants 70 and 00 were
said. to have been erected fir this purpose? Alle r ediy., only a s l3l. aur r of gun
barrel. ; were manufactured in t ho surm or of 1949, After the modernization of the
necllszaical equipment in l9L 7r, the war production of this factory decroa-ed and. the
production of oil drills, r:zincral oil puups~ oil p s, axles joints shafts and
tools of every kind,, i.ncroasod...i ore of the steel ingots prod licr? d in the factory
were al,le r ly ah_z.p x d to other ,plan to .
25X1
SSi ICAi ION i~~iNFIDc:NT.`G
' STATE if
AtiMYy
' N iEY c] s~s:r13 ! oiSTRIBUrION
AIR ~_ r8??~ _ 6__..__ __ L._'~
Document No,
No Change in Class. [ i
El Declassified
Class. Changed To., TS S C
Approved For R i 620d03P2f : A-RDP&2- 0457R0 1 06340'010-5
Date: 4.7 S U-4978__ By'
 Approved For Release 2006/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011000340010-5
BEST COPY
Available
Approved For Release 2006/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011000340010-5
 Approved For R - - 0010-5 25X1
C.14Ti J L 1NTai.IG, C,a; itGLNCY
., ., ~.~ , r .f`. o "~,~.: 3.. .,, ,:;_..'r :,? .k'._,1C;.%l5;~ ~ I'~0 "~i. _.~ a's .. ,eis.~. .
76-
za,a,~ rate!, L he Sactory was said to have prcd ice'!. 30 x 37x 1 i}1}nfi y
25 x 45- mra ;tins and 15 x 762"n _, guns per shift in October. 191.7.> The
production in Novwaber 1}47 was reported to be 5 x 8 -r:un guns and 25 x 7602
guns per shi.ft0 In February 19413$ the output of 37 to 100-- guns
.was 20 N r shift and the same number of 105~- z guns was produced. In arch
1919 the output of 152-mr guns was 10 per ;hift and the factory was said to
have produced 0-mm to 103 :a guns with rm ,le brakes in August l9b9,
although the rate of production was not kncownQ teat
83< i~) 122-wri and 170-mo. guns were produced at various timez hu`; did
not know the production rate of these sizes. it was also rc^ :,rtc:' "'t, in
April 191r3 the factory produced steel ingots,, 2: en square and 1,2 rie Wers
long and in A gust 19149 produced- c?zrono steel -,,plated mart: a for airil nes
and su t +s
25X1
25X1
4er E,a ";'; sup3iicd It'.' v e a la ckna 56029 ~~ 03 7 ti E) po rer plan ; r, :.1ne
source : -ztioncd the existence of an energoncy 3o-~:er aat, loci " -e ' t to:'n
Factory ;to 92 and t1to aircraft plant in lorki0. Tho total nurzber of e;. ployees
dropped from 30,903.) in Jarruarj 194-7 to between 10,000 and{ 15,yO0:) in the
r .d d1e of 12h94 work was dona in tszre ] shh.if't ,;
Cor nt0, For location and layout sketches of this factory. see
nnoxos ari2 0
Convent. Factory '4o 92 was one of the five lar ;ost :soviet gun
ac orie , rproc'laced about 18'00) , ns ; or year at the ems. of the ward at
which time the factory was producing, 7602-ri, i22- and 152-m gins;,
Four 25X1
25X1
Approved For Release 2006/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011000340010-5
 App 4e ~ ease 2006/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457R0110003400 f1
G Lk.&... I:N'r. ?.iG NCL. AGi;NCl'.
ti-a be ref inin; baths,
building with higit sa kestackz1 thou ht to be a boiler ho,
N c
for Uep3rtment 60c
25X1
37r, Construction workshop , t? .s was .ior"It'rly art 25X1
ass; mhiy section and called tu s l luil..cl=in? "De;a~arfi a7 t, 25X1
2O
38
39.
40 11
41,
Target tan-es a
Coristruction material warehouse and workshops,
Former PV care,,, in late 19L7 this became a convict camp
Guard houses and :main ont:'anco3;,
25X1
G{JNFIDZNTIAI41
Approved For Release 2006/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457R011000340010-5