CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE PLANT AT ULYANOVSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Ulyanovsk Au:oi;aobile Plant (Ulyanovskii A'to Zarod)(UAZ) was located about
3 kn northwest of Ulyanovek (51e020'I/48024'E)0 It was a branch of the automobile
plant in ror1.iy(560201N/44000 E)? !:'here was a lar~,e airfield 500 meters south of the
plant on the opposite side of the 6-meter-wide paved hirlnvay. There was a
brickyard of the airfield,, It produced bricks for the construction of the
automobile plant and the workers' settlQnent,, The uviyaga Rivor,which flowed north,
was 1,5 km northeast of the automobile ulant.., A N camp and a camp for Soviet
co---victs were located ric-st of the automobile plant,, There were one large and two
small plan{.--owned loco or *,7vos.; A spur track was laid in 1947, it
2. From l9L{ ' to 1949 all the construction work vas supervised by an administration
called. Avtostroy,, Sewage construction and read buiidins; aeere done by Trust No 38,
Aboveground and underground structures were built by Trust No IV), both trusts were
from Kuibyshev (53012911/500091E)? The construction of the plant had already started
during the war, Fire sources learned from Soviet workers that l9LtO was the t`irst
year of construction. After some installations had been built, construction work
was suspended duri_n, the ..ar, The construction of the power plant was not resumed
until late 19i4j, in In?, , when most. .uf the M.'s arrived, there wore only two
workshop bui:idin:rs standing, on either side of the main road. in the plant area,
Construction work was on ;inally scheduled to be completed by 1950. Accordin- to
one source it was not likely that all installations could be set up before 1.951,
In early 19J19, four sources learned from Soviet workers that the construction
work would end in 2952.-
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According to four sources the plant covered an area of about 500 x 800 meters?
In lay 19L9,, the plant consisted cf a nla : ?tine shop for t ze construction of engines,
a chassis depart, ent, a depart-.cent for the final assembly of the trucks, a foundry,
two forges,. a pros wing department., a depart:::ent for the constructic' : of truck
bodies and cabs, a tool ,hop, two hardenin; shops., one chrome-plating shop,and a
ht-atin;, and power. plant,, Some of these installations were still under construction
or being equipped, including the foundry, a new forgo, and one hardenin;; shop, the
plant was mainl oquip,.od with German-r ade, British-made and American-made machine
tools. There were only few 1husuian--made mac'raineso `bra sources reported that the
installations of the .andoror Automobile Plant in "hemnitz (11 51/K 66) were moved
to Ulyanovsk. however, only one source actually obs...rved machinery from the
Che ni.tz plant in Ulyanovsk. Almost. all sources reported the installation of
machinery coming from the `;teyer-,Push Plant in Vienna, After early i9Lr7~, powje.r and
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heat wer,. sup )lied by the plant-otimed hoatin - and r)O:ier station (T1 ) a ` he e
Was also an emergency power unit0 -,P.,
4. .Accordin,, to infnrr:ation from all sources, the production started in, the fail of
11,1 7 and at first consisted only of the as::erlbly of trucks from component parts
which were sup lied to tike plant. A total of 100 trucks was completed by Ccto or
19b7c Prior to lat(.; 1,A7.,, the daily production amounted to only 3 or 1 trucks,
rT'110 daily production increased to 15 trucks in early 1948. In April and '.;ay
l9) %, the -i-)lint produced 35 to 40 trucks daily; althou ,h the daily quota was
50 units,, I. daily production of 100 trucks was schedules for 1',%50, In early
191,9, some of the truck bodies left the plant and ware to be equir cd with
dumping bodics in another plant,. According to one source, 20 percent of te
trucks produced were shi.;) :ed out this way The production rate varied
considerably from day to day, Production was held back because of the
inadequate supply of power, the very irrerulnr sup ply of component parts, and the
lack of skilled workers, taro-axle L5.-ton truck model was assembled prior to
April 191,,9, sources called this truck the Ford AA model,- It had a
flattened radiator and angular fenders, Lie rear axle had dual wheols,,, he
r,aso]..ilre en.7ine hhaL four cylinders.,, The construction of a new model, a 3--torn
ZIS truck, was :scheduled to start after the plant construction was comnloteci,:
All component.part4 of this truck were to be produced in the plant itself.,
5,: Coal shipments for the i'EZ power station arrived from the 7Prals30 The coal was
of inferior qualify,, All component parts for the truck, such as e r1C i.nes,
automobile sheets, chassis framoo, axles, wheels, tires, steerin equipmon t,
fenders, radiator;;, upholstery, tran,mis::ions, dif.::'orentials, doers, liL;htsa
and complete electrical systems were still being su::nlied by the automobile
plant in Oork31 in '-ay 1949.
6? :,bst sources reported that 2.;000 to 2,,501:7 Joviet workers were employed in the
production dcpa:r'tr_:~,ents in each shift,, ort;, percent of the workers were tivo}:1en,
i'r'.ro 8-hour sbjX`Us :",ere: i:orke,(:. According to tro so,~ se's, the rianager of the
plant ,ras Icuzrzin (fnu)o the stafz' of skilled workers had been trained in the
lolotc:v tiutora;eile Plant in =nrkiy..
74 '1'h#h plant was surrounded by a 2.,> rlc: tear 11i;'h o den fence :'.?f.th :?ratch. towers.
It was guarded by ;, 'V'17 units,
25X1A Gomnent,, ''or location sketch of the automobile plant, see Annex l., based
on information from Paso According; to this information the automobile plant vas
being built on the area of the former plant for aircraft acces:;oriesa Lxisting
facilities of the former plant were being used,,
25X1 A ** eomrhent. For layout sketch of the plant, see Annex 2, based on information
rem P}is workshops shaded in the sketch already existed in early 19),5
25X1N.: Comnent,. It is known from other records that the truck produced in this
autonobi e plan- is the GA'_i;-type truck: which proved useful durin'; the war, It
corresponds to ~~1e3 tIAZ AA-tyrpe truck but is equipped r~:ith the 50 hp GiZ..Ll-ty-pe
,gasoline engine? be truck, was produced in Ulyanovsk under the trademark UfZ
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457R01610032000& to = c Electro -techulical department,, No details were knovm;,
d~ Tinsmith's shop. .o details were knoYrn;>
e., Repair shop,
f, fiardeninf, shoe'. under construction,
Z. Transformer installation,, under construction., Four connartments were scheduled
to be built,,
h,, Tall adminisstration building, under construction,, The entire plant .administration
was scheduled to be housed in this building in order to free workshop space
being used for administrative offices
i., Workshop for the final assembly of truc', , Its equipment included welding
equipment and riveting ;a inner , There were two assembly lines, cnc on each
of the two longitudinal sides of the wctr' hop, The trucks moved on he first
assembly line in an we ts.eac.t direction., and on the second av.vernbly line in
an eas t-4est direction. Ten trucks were allegedly assembled at the same time-
According to one source:,there was an elevated work latforrn in the eastern
section of the workshop on which unidentified chassis as, embly work was done.,
Trucks were assembled in five stager,, as follows: assembly of the frame and
installation of the differential; installation of the engine and of the
transmission; assembly of the radiator, the radiator cover,, the caba.nd of the
electrical- system.; assembly of the body; and acceptance test,
kc, Spray painting net lacquc ri.nr~ shoe? The completed truc r :eft this shop for the
narking lot.,
711or1-shop for the construction of truck bodies,, Accordin!- to Eovi eet works s, this shop
was cal' eri a veer dwo.rbing der,artm nt (i erevo-Ob(delochinyy-Tsek;h) (DOT`s)- The workshop
included a carpentry shop, a vainishinc shor,, ant a chryine- shoe, _?ceordi. , Lo one
source there was also an upholrtery shod,
a, Carpentry Ehon9, al_Jeredly equip-'ed with ~5 wondworkin;., r achines? Truck h d es
rind allegedly true- cabs , were produced here.,.
b, Varnishin~? shop.,
c,, Dry, in,r shop With two drying chambers,,
l5~ Guard house,,
l6 Pailroad track sy:t.em
17. Plant roads,,
18, Wooden fence,, ?.5 meters high,
l9 P amp for unloadin;7 incoming material, and parts
20. 1. amp for loading completed trucks,
210 Parking lot for completed trucks Occasionally up to 300 trucks were parked in this
area.,
72 Camp for soviet convicts employed for construction work?
71, F1+ Camp No 7215?
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