1. TOWN PLAN OF CHARDZHOU 2. RAILROADS AND AIRFIELDS IN THE GHARDZHOU AREA

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1. Tasty PLD of Cbardshon
2. Rsflroada and Airfields -in the Chardshou
Area
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1. The following is an explanation of the attached sketch map of the city
of Chardsbcu in the Turkmen Reepublio, USSR t
No. 1 is the Am Darya River. This river is 1,0(10-1,500 rosters wide, but
Informants cannot estimate its depth. It floods occasionally during
the winter. In 1945 it was in flood and caused some small de a in
the city. It is navigable throughout the year by boats up to 100
tons. Sam of t base boats are passenger boats and others are freighters
carrying farts products and petroleum for the requirenente of the city.
Informants say that every de*y they saw 5-10 river boats on the river.
No. 2 is the railroad line from Krasnowodsk to Tashkent.
No. 3 is a railroad bridge over the Am Darya river. This bridge is of
steel, with abutnents and piers of conoreto and steel. It is about
1,100 meters long and is 0-10 meters wide. At each of the entrances
to the bridge there is a guard post of the ZIVD to protect the bridge.
Civilians are forbidden to cross this bridge* within a radius of
60P.100 meters f'ron each of the entrances to the bridge along the banks
of the river ttare are barbed wire Fences.
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No. 4 is the Uhardrhou?,Deinau railroad line. In the spring of 1047 work
was begun on the construction of the new railroad line from Ohardshou
to K nngrrad. Labor forces are supplied by the surrounding ke2khczoa
and by the prisons of the Turkmen Republic. At present the train has
a regular schedule bet'een Chardshou and Deinaua Sixty kilometers
of the line have been completed.
No. 5 is a place where there are 4.5 warehouses for itaporto d foodstuffs and
various machinery for the needs of the city* do not ?X1 A
details.
No. 6 is a railroad siding to the warehouses (No. 5).
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Now 9 is a cotton gin. It is a thrisstory building of brick measuring
about 200400 meters. It employs 800-1,000 men and con . Eery day
100 tiaroo-ton. trucks filled with raw nottou enter this gin. The
do'bbaa owes frua they surramdiag kdllchoserr, ants cannot ostiraste
the production of this cotton gin. The seed separated rya the ootton
is sent by rail to Balra .Ali, dhore there is a lsrga oil octruating
plant. 1nfarrant8 may that the ginned cotton is sent into the
interior of Russia and also abroad. it is always shipped by railroad
frog (ardshou.
'No. 8 to a railroad siding to the cotton gin (No. 7).
No. 9 is a silk mill. It is a tyro-story brick building measuring about
100 by 70 rotera. It lays about 300 vorknen. During the season
(April to July) this mill operates day and night and produces about
200.300 tans of silk.
No. 10 is a trotory ubich produces machine belts from a special fabric.
It is a taro-story brick building measuring about 40 by 30 meters.
Na. U is a textile mill under construction. It was begun in the winter of
194T and in espeoted to be randy in 1950.. About 500 laborers from
the surrounding kokhoses and prisons are working an this oonatruotict
projeoi.? It is said that this mill grill be the largest of its kind
in the Turkmen Republic.
No. 12 is a bakery which suppliea bread for the taholo oify. The production
is estimated at 35-60 tons daily.
No. 13 is the city hospital, a fouri.story building neaauring about 100 by
80 Deters.
No. 2.4 is a ehfldren's hospital, a three-story building 00asuring about
00 by 100 motera.
No. 15 is a garage chi h sorvea the cotton gin (o. 7 above). It is a
ono-atorkt building measuring about 200 by 80 motors. About 100
trucks belonging to the cotton gin aro kept In this gorago. About
150 man are employed here.
No. 18 is a school for nurses. It offers a taro-year period of training.
About 100.150 student nurses from 28 to 20 years of age are enrglled.
No. 1? L a mill for fiaidh#ng cotton. It is a tmeo-story brick building
measuring about 60 by 40 meters. - About 300-500 wor1osrs are employed
in it.
7o. 18 is the city Jail. It is a throe.?story brick building measuring
about 150 by 80 rasterso up to 2,600 prisoners are held there.
No. 19 is the oitr military office for the induotdon of draftoes.
No. 20 is the city Air Defense School. About 40~60 persons receive
training In this school during the afternoon hours.
No. 21 is the G.R.E.N.factory. It In a two-story brink building moasuring
about 100' by Ad meters. About 00.70 women and 30 man, all Russian
oltisona, are ereployod in this factory. All the employoo8 wear Tahite
olothing during their working hours. Infcrmmnts state that the
employees of this factory receive a highor wage than those who work
in other factories. The hours of work arc 9 a.mi to 4 pra, daily
except Sunday. Tho :iVD ofton visits this factory sad watohes its
operation. The loads of tho ray trucks entering and leaving are
alwsyo covered. No we is porzxlttod to enter or go near this faoi y.
Imforraants say that it is not kanom mat this factory produoeso .
They believe, h?? MOrbW ALwar fleotory producing ohs mioals.
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Ms. 22 is a building under oamstruot$ on. It was started before the war
tad we to be a raotory for the oonstruction and repair of saahiasry,
Hoick an the building stopped during the mar, but ass resumed In Z98'7.
Lk y laborers from various kolkhcges and prisons are sae employod In
aoWlebing It. It is said that hon it is ootaploted it will be a
asohine shop. Worm ants do not kaar details.
No. Ea is tho pity airfield,viiioh is located throe kilomotora from the
city and one kilometer from the river. Its surface is coverod with
short grass. There are two landing stripe, me of which is about
1,000 meters long and 100 rooters wide, These landing strips are
suraoed with ,ravel. The field is located in a pima and is not
saolosed by any wall or fenoe. It was in use before the war. During
the war It was used by both military and oivilian pianos, but militmry
planes no longer land here. Informsnts , on a visit to the field at
the beginning of 1944, observed 10-12 tI engiuo passengor please.
These planes wero Douglas type and had 24 seats. In another part of
the field wore t -enGim and tour-engine military planes. In a
third part of the field were a few small passenger planes. Also on
the field wore a repair shop and a personnel barracks, Informants
my that the field is large, but they oannot estimate its dimensions.
It is used throughout the your, oven in bad weather.
Now 24 is fhe city park containing an outdoor stage and moving picture
Uwator used in the a umrasr,
NQ. 28 is t armor school for drivers of arrayed tanks. The school consists
of four buildings, one of vtich is usod for the mesa, another as
olaserocros, a third for the repair of the tanks, and the lash as
barmsks for 300..400 troops. The buildings are In an area enclosed
1f a wall 8-4 meters hith. This area measures about 600 bV 1,004
nsters. The oousse of study lasts front one to two years. A graduate
receives the rcerdc of warrant officer or second lieutenant, aooarding
to his record.
7o. 28 is a reorti.iting ottioo for the induction of draftoes from the area
surrounding the city.
Has 27 is the :1VD building.
No. 28 is the building of the-UB police.
No. 29 is t. building of the city militia.
No. 30 is a factory rmkug shirts and underwear. During the war it made
artioles of clothing for the Armor. Now it employs up to 200 workers.
No. 31 is an electric per plant. It is a ono-story building of brick
measuring about 30 by 30 asters. It supplies electric power for t
entire city.
Io. 32 in the technical school for mechanics. About 500 boys, ages 12 to
16, attond this school, vMch has a three year oourae. They booom
raaolthiistrs. hthe-,operators, electricians, eta.
No. 33 is the yard for the repair of largo and small riverboats. This yard
is surrounded by a small 3-4 maters hith. Ynformant8 cannot estimate
the dimensions of the yard. Inside the wall can be seen a brick
building t7hree uuories high. There are also small buildings whioh
cannot bo seen i`rom the street. The river boats to be repaired re i in
in the river, and only U n parts requiring repair are takes into the
yard. :~!;o V,r? -story building is located at a distance of 900.700
motors from the river.
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34 is the railroad atation. It is a one-story brick building measuring
about 70 b, 80 rioterse
not 35 is the builds f of the radio statiaan.
No. 38 is the city post office.
' llo. 37 is a four-story brick building r: asuring about 00 by 40 meters trduiah
houses tie oivil adtdnisstration of the city area.
No. 38 is a t roc-story brisk building, measuring about 100 by 510 asters,
which houses the Regional Oaasittoe of the Comtunist Party.
No. 39 is the city bank.
No. 40 in the building housing the City CattTtraitboe of tho Coiarsiniet Party.
NTo. 41 in U Nett Puna. an area enclosed by a wall 3-4 motors high. The
dimensions of this area are about 300 by 300 Tasters. XIoro there are
10-15 stool, tanks, both large and small, fillod with petroleum,
gasolinss residual oil, and 1utricating oil for tho nods of the city.
More is also a building containing atoraM tanks wniah arc, filled
by pipes louling from the steel tanks outside. Tho largest of the
stool tanks is 12-351 raters high with a diameter of 8-10 motors and
a capacity of about 100 tons. The smallest is 8 motors high with a
diameter of about 6 meters.
No. 42 is stt wershouso for chemical products used by the bra. It is s
one-story building of wood zwwsuring about 100 by 25 rioters. A
railroad siding runs to this rrarohouso.
No. 43 is a 1>rber pi 2o in a wooden shod measuring about 70 by 20 Tasters.
No. 44 is a railroad repair yard for locomotives and ears. More are three
repair shops ar.-ployin,g about 100 skilled workmen and also students
from the technical school. A railroad siding leads into this yard.
No. 45 is Leningrsadslraya Street, which is about 20 motors wide and paved with
atoms. To the east it leads to Taabk ut over a dirt road.
No. 46 is Ava Talstava Street, about 15-20 rasters wide and unpaved.
Nob 47 is ilaristoWa Strost, Mich is similar to No. 4C.
No. 48 is Ikd.-tors1 aye Street, which is lie Nos. 46 and 47.
No. 49 in an w4mve i street, Whose 25X1 A
railroad track runs dom the tziddle of this street, dividing it into
two parts. (e aids of the- street is not used. A considerable pax t
of this street is covered with the branches and sidings of the rail..
road track leading fray the station. For that reason this street is
not much used except by trucks. It is crossed by two unpaved roads
Which lead to Mary, and Korkle
No. 60 is a strut whose mme it is uupsrcved 21 A
is about 12.15 meters 1 .
No. 51 is oktyabrskaya Street, which to surfaced with asphalt. It is about
12 meters wide and has a sidewalk about 3 motors wide an each side.
No. 52 is Ttasntieth Annivoraary of the V.L.K.S.L[. (Pan~uasian Lenin Cormmist
Loam of Youth) Street. This atreet is about 20 motors wide and Is
paved with stoma.
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toe 53 is a street v#iose This is an 25X1 A
unpaved street abou 0.12 mstsrs wide.
54 is ?hslisnodorosbnays Street, which is paved with stone and is
12?-15 meters wide.
Noe 56 is Proysssya Street, which is unpaved, and is about 10 motors wide.
It leads to Tashaus.
No. 56 is Sverdlava Street, which is paved with stone and is about 12
motors wide.
Ito. 57 is Eck 4skaya Street, vdhioh is unpaved and is 10??12 motors wide.
1100 58 is B oalevsko Street, w+hioh is similar to no. 57.
Do. S6 is 2ttuskinakaya Street, which is paved with stone and is 126.14
meters wide. 't'here is a sidewalk three meters aide on either side.
It leads into a dirt road going out to the country.
No. 80 is a street whose
with stone and is about 12 voters wide.
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No. 61 is a street the na ue of This is25X 1 A
an unpaved stroet about r .
I' too 62 is Torgov" Stre t, which is paved with stone and is about 10-12
Deters wide.
Vo. 63 is a street otiose This little 25X1 A
street is paved wiz stone and is about is motors wide.
No. 64 is a street whose It is unpaved 25X1 A
and is about 10-32 mo? rs .
No. 65 is Bnttiareek ra Street, which is similar to no. 64.
No. 66 is Chernisovsksya Street, which is similar to no. 64 and no. 66.
No. 87 is a street whose It is similar 25X1 A
to nos. 64, 65, .
No. 68 is a street whose it is unpaved 25X1 A
and is about 15 motors vide,
2. The railroad line from Krasnovodak to Ashkhabad to Tashkent is a single
track line. The locomotives running on this line are of either Soviet
raenutboture, using coal for fuel, or American raanufaoture (imported after
the mar), using fuel oil. A short train leaves Chardzhou at 10 a.m. twice
a week and arrives at Kagan at 1=SO p.m. on Its way to Moscow,
3. Daily a passenger train leaves the city of Krasnovodek at 6 a.m., arrives
in Ashkhabad at 12 a.n., in :Awry at 2 a.m. of the second day, and in
Chardshou at 9 s.n. It completos its run to Tashkent in 87-90 hours,
A similar train to aving iaahkent arrives daily in Chardzhou at 2 a.ta., in
;iary at 9 am., in Aahkb bad at 10 p.m., and in Krasnvvodsk at 0-7 a.m.
or the second day.
4. The I rican ulo trains are usually used for freight, i.e.,the transporta-
tica of petroleum, gasoline, etc.
i nl r trains of Soviet r Wm run on the :Zary.Kushka line. Any person wishing
to travel on this line mat receive a special permit from the IVD. Other-
wine he is subject to arrest.
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The d rd~ws r -#n rand road runs along the let Dsrya River. Its
surface is of voll-peolad ea R and sand. There is a groat deal of faraftie
over this road, tioh is well maintained and is used throudsout the y+eor.
Tho width of the road in about 8-10 meters.
8. may that t;2o* is a largo airfield 0.8 kilometers gram Krasnovodsk.
This field was oozst ru4 ted before the var, but it was enlarged and renovated
during the war. After the war it was oanpioted with forced labor of aaponess
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var. it is n m used both for ailitaty and civilian airplanes.
do not know any further details, and neither of them ever visited
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o1'tnsr within Kraanovadsk vork5ng on the reoonstruetion of the city,
partiaulrly an the construction of large all. refinories, the mnobinosy
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10. have hoard of an airfield eight kilometers north of Ash satoad.
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state that thore is an airfield near but t'hoy do not know
MW location in relation to the eity. There is a strong force of border
trac" In :1070
say that the railroad stations of Duehak, Ban thka, and Artik
(located abort 320 kilormoters from Ashkhabad) are restricted moan.
Paosenyera travolling on trains passing {trout these stations are not
allowed to have the aocsahos. say that this moasuro in totem 25X1 X
booauao t'hoso Dlaoes are war the rdero
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