THE CHIEF DIRECTORATTE OF MARITIME ROUTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

FEB 1952
?Mr.
Approved For Release 2006/02/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY USSR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SECRET.
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
SUBJECT The Chief Directorate of Maritime Routes
25X1
DATE or
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
25X1
DATE DISTR. 30 July 1952
NO. OF PAGES 6
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1
25X
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
*Not graded
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The Chief Directorate of Maritime Routes (GlawMorPut) iS one of the in
departments (Gla) of the Ministry of the Merchant Fleet which is
under Deputy Minister Bayev01 The chief of GlavMorPut is POlyakov (fnu),
EngineerDirector General, Merchant Fleet (MF)? Third Clams. His rank,corresponds
to that of a rear admiral in the US Navy.
The Chief Directorate of 'Maritime Routes administers, through its five staff
section8, the seven directorates of sea route and technical fleets which
Constitute the operational body of the "Glavk"Llee Enclosure ge They are as
follows:
The Directorate of the Roadsteads Technical Fleet (ReydTekhFlot) in
Astrakhan02
1o, The Directorate of the Caspian Sea Routes (KaspMprPut) in Baku03
e. The Directorate of the Black Sea Routes '(ChernoMorPub) in Odessa.
d. The Directorate of the Azov Sea Routes (Azo*MorPut) in Rostov/Don.
e. The Directorate of the Baltic Technical Fleet (BalTekhFlot) in Leningrad'.
cLAssincAT!oN BECRET
STATE
ARMY
x NAVY Er NSRB
AIR
FBI
DISTRIBUTION
Approved For Release 2006/02/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
? Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
25)(1
f. The Directorate of the Azithkrigelsk Sea Routes (ArkilMorrot )
at krIOAAraii.
go The Directorate of the Far-EaStern Technical Fleet
(DallTekbFlot) at Vladivostok.
In principle, the main difference-between the direotorates of sea
routes and the directorated-e-teOhnical fleets is that the former
are responsible for theMaintenance Of the navigational markings
in the 'channels which they -dredge while thelatter are only
responsible for the dredging. An exception was made, however,
at Astrakhan because of the Untftal situation of the VOIP data,
and ReydTekbFlot was made responsible for the navigational markings
in addition to the dredging. The maintenance of beacon lights '
and channel buoys within the harbors is the responsibility of the
ports directly concerned.
The Staff Sections of GlavMorPut
4. The work of the five staff sections in the Chief Directorate of
Maritime Routes can be outlined as follows:
a? The Planning and Economic Section (Planovo-Proizvodstvennyy
Otdel) has the basic responsibility for preparing the budget
of the coming year. Like all ministries, the Chief Directorate
is assigned certain teaks on the basis of the State Plan
(GosPlan). The Chief Directorate is not financed by,the
Ministry of the Merchant Fleet but must balance its budget
out of the earnings for dredging services. If, for example,
the harbor of Krasnovodsk needs dredging, the port
authorities make a request to the Directorate of the
Caspian Sea Routes (KaspMorPut ) and when the work is
donerthey pay the bill through the banks. In the USSR,
however, funds'alloted for the fulfillment of production
nbrme are never sufficient and means must be found to over-
come, the financial shortages. The most oommon,device used
is to increase the norms of the workers, Which results in
exploitation .of labor and low quality work. The Planning
Section draws up a budget to cover the financial, economic*
and administrative activities of the directorate. It
includes the following parts:
(3)
Labor and wages: An estimate is made of the number
of people 'that can be employed, how much they can be
paid, and what other sums are necessary to carry out
a given project.
Administrative plane: These cover items such as office
supplies, depreciation of equipment, transportation,
temporary assignments, and miscellaneous repair and
maintenance costs amounting to less than 200 rubles.
Every pencil and sheet of paper mutat be Notified it
the budget or it will be cut out.
Equipment procurement: This part provides for the
acquisition of itItimy in excess of 200 rubles, such as
office and household furniture (desks, tables* beds,ani
bunks) for all the organizations in GlavMorPUt .
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
SEORET/SEoURITY INFORMATION
3_
25X1
(4) Technical 'equipment; ? This part deals- with plans for
the quantities and kindof- equipment that should be
,
procured. ' The 'Otionoteic-aspects are examined in
close cooperation with-the Technical Section.
Actually the ' work is done- by the latter and the results
are coordinated by the Planning Section.
. 1???? r
The Technical
tasks:
Section (Tekhnicheskiy Otdel) has two main
(1) Its basic duty' to determinethe typee and quantities
of work to be perforled by the dredging units. For this
:purpose ? the total Vol ?' 'earth to be moved,. figured
in telt* of otibie-Meters?' and the total maintenance
Costs' for the machinery involved in 'these operations
- are 'compUted 'and' treintiMitted to the Planning ,Section,
which had 'the final responsibility in determining
the costs..
) Its second duty, more .theoretical than. practical, is
'supervision of the fulfillment of work on the various
projects carried but by the directorates. In practice,
however,, such inspections are made only once a year
and the real Supervision is done by the consumer, ie.,
the contracting agency itself, which is eager to assure
iteelf that the conditions set down in the contract, are
properly fulfilled. Such contracts are usually quite
Clear and specific _so that little leeway ' is left for.
differehOes. of interpretation. In case of .disagreement
the contracting Party' can make an appeal to the .chiet
of Glavlolorkut, who usually settles the Matter. If ,
his settlement is not acceptable, the Chief Inspectorate
of Ports and Navigation has the final wor4.
(3) Technical supervision :is exercised in part by other ,
agencies. Thus4"the Maritime Registry (Iflerikor"Registr),.
cheeks to insure that. the maintenance of the dredging
reaehinery meets the preecribed standards.. In, sea
port's the representative of the Chief Inspectorate .of.
Ports and Navigation is usually, called harbor master
(Kapitan Porta) but oceael.orclly, as at Astrakhan*, he
is Called port inspector (Port Nadzor). An agent of
the Chief IiiipectOrate* called "marine- inspector'
(Moreikays..inspekteiya)* is ? attached to every 'Steam'.
ship company.
The Technical Planning Section (Proyektnyy Otdel). This
-Section 'deals ? with the . physical* not the financial**OPecr,061
of:old and new projects. In contrast to the. Technical
Eleetioriowhich. deals With the total mass of earth to be moved
in ? a ''isivion project, this section is concerned with . the -
actual, dimensions Of canals and channels which ,must be 4004E6,4
let with .their. 4epth* length, ? Width,. and the direction or
Course which is to be laid out. This section also has the
responsibility for assigning machinery to a particular
undertaking. Depending: on the nature of the earth :to. be
moved, this ? section designates the type of dredge that is
to, be ',wild ,At Itaidtachloala, for example* the rocky
Composition : of the bottom. reetuired, a dipper: dredge' While
? at ''.1CraslievodeksWliere, the bottom was slays . a, hydraulic
dredge' was assigned.. ?
BECA.ET/SECURXTY, INFORIOT/011
Approved For Release 2006/02/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
2/5X1
25X1
_Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
-4-
The Accounting Section (Sukhga1teriya).
(1)
It performs accounting and bookkeeping work only for
the offices of the Chief Directorate of Maritime Route$,
periodic financial statements made by the subordinate
agencies on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annualo,and annual
basis are'tratiSmitted-to this section,which compiles
the total balance sheet for the directorate.
The_financial inspector-who belongs to this section
makes annual'inapeCtion8 of the subordinate agencies
of the directorate. - Such inspections can be quite
effective in uncovering petty corruption if the
inspector is thorough and conscientiolm. , Normally .
'a loatipalriSon between the expenses for :actual dredging
costs and the labor Costs will show the latter to be
Only slightly higher,- When labor costs given are far
above the production costs4t generally indicates
that the excesS is being withheld by the officials in
charg?f the project. Consequently, if the financial
inspector examihe8-the books without any preliminary
investigation amongthe workers, the officials-in
charge .of the enterprise feel quite relieved. They
know that no thorough check will be made on.their._
activities. However, if the inspectorfirst mingle-0
with the workers to find out how much work has been
done and what wages have been paidthe officials are
filled with anxiety for fear that some oOrruptiOn pay
be discovered.- The fact is that a good inspector can
easily detect embezzlement by comparing the sums which
the Workers claim to have received with the entries -
made in thebooks. _
25X1
25X1
e. 'The Labor and Personnel Section (Otdel Truda IKadroV).
(1) It is charged with_maintaining the records of all
personnel/in-the field. These records are very complete
and indicate the particular skills of each individual.
This section also makes regulations concerning leave
policies,"promotionst,and pay increases; it controls
hiring and firing, and wage rates for the workers and
employees of the chief directorate.
(2) The work of this section is complicated by the existence
of a special class of employees, known as "specified"
(nomenklaturnyy40 which fall into two main groups,
although all of them are working for the Chief Directo-
rate of Maritime Routes. The first group of "specified"
employees is directly .under the control of the offices
Of the Minister of the Merchant Fleet for hiring,
firingiprbmotionjand pay increases.. The second group
Is directly under the control of GlavMori'ut, which
alone can hire, fireoor promote them even though they
are working.in the field agencies.
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
?
Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
PproVed For. Releaie 2606/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
?SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
-5-
"specified" employees in the first group include:
The? chiefs'an deputy Chiefs-of all the
directorates of sea routes and technical fleets
? (ReydTekhFlot, KasplgorPut etc)
In GlavMorPut)-the chief "bookkeeper, the chief'
? of the Plannihg,and Economic Section)and the.
Chief Engineer who is in the Technical Section
andrrettpOnbible-f?r all machinery aboard vessels
and floating equipment
DredgemasterS and chief engineers of certain
dredges which are listed by the offices ot:
the MinistrY of the Merchant Fleet. 1Four
dredges of ReydTekhFlot appear on this list,),
b. The "specified" employees of the second group include:
1. In the directorates, all section chiefs, their
deputies and assistants
2. All "Karavan" heads. (4 "karavan" is Composed
of all the floating equipment used in a dredg-
25X1
25X1
25X1
he seven director
Ot Maritime Routes
Re,vdTekhFl.ot
ing operation.)
GlavI4orPut
ates or field agenCies of the Chief Directorate
are all organised on the same pattern as the
and KaspMorPut
'The Directorate of the Black Sea Routes (ChernoMorPut )
is.nOt as. large aS-ReydTekhFlot,which is considered the
H.ortant. of
) The dredging activities in the Black Sea are centered
around' the delta of the Danube, where most of the 10
dredges belonging to the directorate are located.. These
dredges are used mainly to clear the channel between
Izmail, Reni,and Galati, Normally 'very little dredging
is done in the Black Sea 'ports?which are natural .harbors
and do not need it. Some work and dredging is done
at Novormaipsk, where a very strong wind the "Bore.
25X1 frequently causes damage to, the buoys. 1
(2) ChernoMorPut is less active in dredging than in har-
bor reconstruction work due to war damage. In this
field the directorate has been lending assistance to
the Chief Directorate of Maritime Construction (Glav.
NOrStroy), particularly at Odessa, Nvotnta-m:' '4, and
Fedaosiya. In the port of Sevastopol the irectorate
has been assisting mainlythe naval organizations which
were working there, although it,also helped some mari-
time construction groups. ;
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
Approved For Release 2006/02/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2 25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
(3)
SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION
. -6-
the' eqUipment in this directorate
it had a_total of' about
10 dipper dredges which, according to rumor
actually taken from Romania during the war.
the ship repair yard I/N Marti at Odessa
took care of' repair work for ChernoMorPut .
The Directorate Of the Azov Sea" Routes (AzovMorPut ), located
in Rostov/Don, is headed by Aleksey Cheburakhin, who has the
rank Of Captain, MF, First Class. Although the Sea of Azov
is smaller than the Black Sea, this directorate is more
important than ChernoMorPut because of the special navio-
tional conditions in the Sea of 'Azov. The annual volume
of dredging dora ww-itliin-dtrectorate is about three million
cUbic meters.
There are two main areas for dredging-operations in .
the Sea of Azov. The most important project is the
channel from Rostov to the Black Ses1which has two
critical sections, the "Taganrogskiy Zalie (gulf)
and the "KerchenSkiy Proliv" (straits). About 75 per
Cent of the directorate's activities are concentrated
in this area. Some dredging is also done, at the
western end of the Sea of Azov in cooperation with the
fisheries which are established there. The very high
tides in that area necessitate the maintenance of the
channels at a considerable depth.
About 12 to 15 dredges are engaged
five of them are hydraulic dredges
small, dipper dredges, with wooden
that is usual on rivers. The rest
constituted by some 10 small tugs,
merely fishing seiners, and about
Krasnyy Morlsk ship repair yard at
facilities to this directorate.
in these operations,
,the others are
hulls, of the kind
of the equipment is
some of which are
15 barges. The
Rostov offers repair
25X1
'SEGO: .114.7CP ATION
PproVed For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
Enclosure A
Field
Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013100390006-2
SECRET/SECURITY- INFORMATION
1 Chief Directorate_
of
Routesl
GlavMorPut
Staff Sections
1: Planning and Economic Section
2. Technical Section
3,- Technical Planning Section
4* Accounting Section
51. Labor and PersonnelSection
mie
e s
Directorate of ad-
steads Technical Fleet
1
Directorate or Baltic
Technical Fleet
Directorate of the
Caspian Sea Routes
?1
lareetorate of Far
Eastern Technical
Fleet
Organization Chart Of GlavNorPut
rectors
Black Sea Routes
--
Directorate of the Azov-]
- Sea Routes
A
SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION
Approved For Release 2005/02/06 : CJA-R1-4p8-90,45,7R0131003.9000672
1.-
Directorate df-the
Arkhangel Sea outes
25X1