ILYICH AND KUIBYSHEV STEELWORKS IN ZHDANOV

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• Document Release Date: September 24, 2001
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• Publication Date: March 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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tWTEiLOFAA tl CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. I
SECURITY INFORMATION
1 R TI REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT Ilyich and Kuibyshev Steelworks in Zhdanov
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1. The Ilyich and Kuibyshev Steelworks were on the northeastern outskirts of Zhdanov,
formerly Mariupol (47?05'N/?370369P), Ukrantian 53RD not far from the Azovstal
Ironworks. The Ilyich Plant was divided into two sections by a hightivay, The northern
section included a blast furnace department, open-hearth departments, rolling mills,
a firebrick factory, workshops and assembly shops. The southern section in';luded an
open-hearth department producing special steel, a rolling mill and an electric steel
department which was reportedly equipped with one furnace hawing a capacity of 10
tons, but the exact loeat a of this department was unknown, There were a number of
foundries in this plant but the location of most of these foundries was also uuknowaz_
The Kuibysbev (lent was near the northwest section of the Ilyich Plant but had. an
independent administration and was subordinate to the iinistry of -metallurgical
Industry. The 'tuibyshev Plant included tube rolling mills, ;.late rolling mills and a
large assembly departrent. :'over was supplied by a plant-owned ;ower plant and, in
addition, outside power was supplied through a long-distance transmission liner=
There were several spur tracks connecting the plant with the main railroad line,*
2. The two blast furnaces which resumed operation late in 1947 had a total capacity of
1,040 cubic meters. The daily output amounted to about 1,000 tons of special pig
iron. Ordinary pig iron was supplied by the large Azovvstaa. Ironworks, There was no
coking plant and coke was also supplied by the Azovstal Plant,
3. The steel production of both sections of the Ilyich ,lent amounted to about 1,000
tons daily or 300,000 tons.. annually. Eight furnaces with a daily capacity of
120 tons each were in 7peration early in V449. In all, sixteen furnaces with an
annual capacity of 600,000 tons were in operation. L''he furnaces were oil=fired,
vainly ordinary ingot steel was cast in the northern plant section for further
processing in the rolling mill, and high quality steel(Guetestahl) was produced
in the open-hearth department of the southern section, The production methods
were a double open-hearth process (Duplex process) and a combined upon-hearth
and electric smelting process. The open-hearth plants of both sections were
closely connected with foundries, Railroad couplings, axles and tank cupolas
were cast in the northern section. Castings made of special steel were produced
in the southern section. According to ;ne source, the plant also produced tank
cupolas made of chromium nickel steel,
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44 The rolling mills of the Ilyich Plant rolled armor platen produced
in the southern section of the plant and plates? structural steel
and vubes produced in the northern sectiono The teal annual output
was reported to be 200,000 tons of rolled products,
5o The production of the Kuibyshev tube rolling mill allegedly consisted
mainly of drilling pipes (Bohrrohren) for the petroleum industry0 The
diameter of the tubes allegedly ranged from 50 ram to 750 mm with a
shell thickness of from 10 mm to 30mm0 Also,the production of tubes for
cable, gas and water pipelines, and of thin gauge molybdenum steel pipes
for high pressure boilers as reported. The annual capacity of both the
tube rolling mill and the plate rolling mill was reported to be 120,000
and 1009000 tons. The assembly of railroad tank oars, which rer.::hed 300
units rlonthly, was allegedly a secondary production item. The production
was scheduled to be increased after the new construction, which was still
under way, was completed. A monthly output of fifty 60-ton flat cars and
a weekly output of eighty to hundred 40-ton four-axle freight cars was also
reported,, Furthermore, according to some sources three 70-ton locomotives
were produced monthly as well as railroad accessories, such as couplings
and axles. The daily quota of axles was 1?000. but the actual production
was only 500 to 600 axles.
64 The total number of employees of the Ilyich Plant was reported to have been
8,000 to 9,000 in 1947. fork was done in three shifts* No information was
available as to the number of employees in the Kuibyshe, ?'Lama. **
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Consent. For location and layout sketch of the lant, see Annex,,
:onk+10 nto The Ilyich and Kuibyshev plants have a close working
relationship with the Azovsta).Ironworks. Special processing was done in
these two plants, while the izovstal Plant produced mainly basic materis 5X1X
such as pig iron and coke. The plant installations suffered only minor
operation late in 19444
tanks although this was
appears probable that t is plant only assembly work
such as fittin
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turrets on tanks, installing tanks on the railroad tank cars and installing
boilers in the locomotives. There is no information to confirm the resort
that railroad cars and locomotives were actually completely constructed in
this plant0 The reported number of employees appears to be lows n-ith full
scale operation, it is believed the Ilyieh Plant would employ approximately
12,000 workers.
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Layout Sketch of the Ilyich and byshev Steelworks in 2hdaxtiv
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Legend:
A. Kuybyshev Tube Rollin6 Mill.
1. Large assembly ahopso
2, Mannesmann tube rolling mill.,
3. Plate rolling mill,
4. Boilerhouse.
5a Cement warehouses.
6o Department for the production of welding wire (Sohweissdraht)o
79 Scrap dump.,
B. Northern section of the Ilyich Steslworksq
8o Factory producing of firebrick and crucibles. Its equipment included a
shaft furnace,,
100 Assembly shops for the construction of tank cars,
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110 Rolling mills, including a tube rolling mill, a plate rolling mill and a
structural steel rolling mill, for the production of small-diameter tubes,
heavy plates for tank cars as well as T-iron and U-iron,, rod and flat iron.
12. Open-hearth plant equipa.ed with 5 to 6 furnaces with a daily capacity of
about 120 tons each. !
13. Scrap dump.,
14. Open-hearth plant with 3 to 4 turnaeesn
15. Blast furnace plant with 2 small blast furnaces.
160 Rolling mill.
17. Xorkshops for further processing.
18o Assembly sllopo This shop allegedly was also used for construction of locomotives.
Co Southern section of the Ilyich Steelworks.
19. :Warehouses,
209 Bollerhouse6
215 Allegedly ae< forge.
22. Railroad car repairshop.
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2?Q Open-hearth plant.equipped with 5 to 6 furnaces with a daily capacity
of about 120 tcw.&e and a rolling mill for armor platesq
24, slater basin.
26. Auxiliary workshop, allegedly used for repairworkQ
26o Foundry and allegedly also a latheshop