1. SARATOV REFRIGERATOR FACTORY 2. NIKOPOL SOUTHERN PIPE PLANT

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• Publication Date: November 6, 1958
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INFORIM-ATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Saratov Oblast; a6nian-'S$R) REPORT
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
DATE DISTR. 6.November 1958
NO. PAGES 1
REFERENCES
?_Vo reports on industrial plants in'-Saratov and Nikonol
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a ri;^aort on the Refrigerator Factory in-Saratov and contains information
an its location, production, employees, utilities,and.security precautions.
Attachment 2 is a report on the Southern Pipe Plant in.Nikopol. and.
includes information . on. location, layout, production, security measures,
labor supply, working conditions, and. personalities.
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SARATOV REFRIGERATLR PLANT
General
the Saratov Refrigerator Plant Zav -3 ,
had formerly been an aircraft magneto manufacturing plant during World War H. The
plant was located approximatel-v four kilometers northeast of Saratov, along the
Saratov-Moscow railroad. the plant consisted of three one-story
buildings, two of which contained the plant administrative staff and the third 25X1
contained the actual machine shops and assembly line for the production of refriger-
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Production
2. Refrigerators in three sizes, known asSaratovich Nos. 1, 2, and 3, copied from
German and English models, were produced at the Saratov plant. The most popular
model was a small, four cubic foot, electric motor refrigerator which sold for
a roximately 1,000 rubles. 25X1
most o these refrigerators were ou by governmen o c s
or those in high income brackets. repatriates were permitted
to purchase refrigerators prior to their return to Spain as a propaganda effort to
illustrate the buying capacity of the Soviet worker.
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electric furnaces for tempering metal parts.
standard quaff
4. the materials received at n1s snop were zrequenti Q-
and reject these supplies
they were were delivered by rail once a month. These maters a were not
stockpiled, but were taken directly to the processing shops concerned.
5. Finished refrigerators were taken to truck loading platforms for shipment to
various cities throughout the Soviet Union.
Labor
6.
Utilities
Factory hours were rom UbUO un , wizn
one hour for lunch.
dances of discontent within the shop.
there were no work stoppages nor evi-
7. A housing project located approximately 500 meters from the plant provided quar-
ters for plant employees assigned a room nine by twelve feet in 25X1
dimension, which had gas, electric and water facilities. This space accommodated
Ofamily of three persons. Rental charges for this room were between 60 and 25X1
70 rubles per month.
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electric power for the refrigerator plant was obtained from
the power station for the city of Saratov. The presses and lathes in his shop
required 380 volt current, and light fixtures, 220 volt current. Gas and water
lines from Saratov also served the plant, and the work areas were steam heated.
Physical Security
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charges for utilities in Saratov were very reasonable.
ass to the plant area was simple.
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pass permitted to enter all work areas except the assembly shop for
which another pass was issued of a different color. There were no guards patrol-
ling the plant perimeter, and only three or four women guards were stationed at
the plant entrance.
there no instructions given for Civil Defense Oor were there
air raid shelters in the plant area.
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1. The Nikopol- Pipe - Plant, - also'known as the "Southern Pipe- Plant" 'was. located
in it new suburb oaf the city of Nikopol, (N.47-33, E 34-26)-ii, Dnepropetrov-
skaya oblast (see"sketch No. 1 on page 12 ). It was situated"ebout 200
meters from Prospekt Stalina which connected the new suburb to the old
section of Nikopol, three and a half kilometers away.
2. This plant manufactured hollow needles for Y ypodermic syringes arid' tubing
up to 50-centimeter exterior diameter: s ecial-ti -i wa-made under the
close supervision of Naval officers. three other plants
similar to this one existed inthe'U
and a fourth plant was being cnnstructeci.in aucasus.
3. The front of the plant was- bordered by a garden and the back gave 'taay -to -
open fields. Except for the administration building, the plant buildings
were not discernible from the outside-since many-pinesand-bushes Mere-
planted in such profusion that one had the impression of looking at` a park.
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Until 1948 the plant contained only orie manufacturing section called the
SGB (not further identified); but after that year the plant was increased
to its present size (see sketch No: 2 on page'l3 ). In 1956; the plant
contained the'following manufacturing sections-ire addition to the SGB:
The First Section and the Second Section (built in'1948) and the-"Secret"
Section which was still under construction in 1956. These structures
measured about 300 x 150 'x1.15 meters -each, were 'of fireproof brick.1con-
struction with a skylighted uralite roof supported by metal columns; which
divided the work. space into five large areas.
5. The SGB Section (See No. 1 of Sketch No. 2 on page 13) had the blast fur-
naces inadequately located in the center of the shop; raw material had to
be conveyed to the center of the section and then back again for the next
process. This section manufactured tubes from the caliber of hypodermic
needles to five-centimeter exterior diameter pipe for furniture construc-
tion and operating room equipment. The five-centimeter rods were hot-
drawn; the smaller caliber were cold-drawn. there was no
military production in this section. The machinery was old and of Soviet
make; some of it was marked "Leningrad". The three shifts in this section
employed from three to four thousand workers.
6. The First Section was located thirty meters behind the SGB Section, (See
No. 11 on Sketch No. 2 on page 13 ). Half of the machinery in this section
was old; the rest was of German origin which had been brought from Rumania
in 1948. The pipes manufactured in this section were from si.tb;7.-c~nti-
meters exterior diameter and were saw-cut.
7. The Second Section,) manufactured iron and stainless
steel pipe from 17 a eny a er ex-diameter for water mains and
other purposes. The pipe, which was also made from the German machinery
brought from Rumania, was exported to China, Lithuania,
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and other'Satellite countries. About 2,000 to'3,'000 workers were employed
among three-shifts.- The volume of production varied according to the size
of the pipe (See- Production Chart No. 6 of Second Section on page 17)-
8. Billets arrived at the Second Section in a five-freight car train drawn'by
a steam locomotive; the middle'car contained a crane which could reach the
two cars on -each' end. '_The"crane removed the billets ' from -the railroad cars
and placed them on a runway where they rolled by gravity to the blast fur-
nace.
9. The conveyor system consisted of motor-driven center-tapered rollers.' Small
individual electric motors operated gangs of four to five rollers-(there
were five rollers for each three meters of the 250 meter conveyor. system).
10. The following descri s the m tifa tiiring process' of the Second Section in
detail. (Numbers in arentheses ii-the margin refer to Sketch No. 4 on
r page 15 .. Processes tnumbered (1) through (15) were called pibkat):
(1)
The furnace, which wits lined with refractory brick., ' was' ' a 20 'x 35 x
3-meter struciuure with room for about forty half-meter-diameter
cylinder . Tie furnace was fueled with heavy oil injected at
great p ~'asur4 through two centimeter-diameter holes. Ten men
were en ti, here. Billets were subjected to a charging tempera-
ture of 00'degrees centigrade and the- temperature was gradually
increased to the desired heat of 1200 degrees before discharge.
They were then'place-d on a chute where 'they were channeled onto
a roller-conveyor which moved toward the next runway at the speed
of a rapidly walking man.
This runway was called oznay,and at its base was a bumper.
The billet was then set onto the piercing point in order to be
drawn.
(4+) This drawing machine contained a system of two rollers called yalkanes (sic)
which turned rapidly forcing the cylinder to turn on its axis as it
moved ahead perpendicularly toward the piercing point.
(5) The piercing point bored the center of the billet. As the rod was
being drawn into a tube., it became longer.
(6) Once. the billet was pierced it was placed.'on a milling table. The
piercing point which was red hot was removed and another one was set.
(7)
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The pipe was moved along by conveyor toward a runway which was called
the second -rr, ~r E.which charged the pipe to another drawing machine.
This drawing machine was similar to that in (:4) and by the name pro-
cess"the tubes were again drawn but the enlarged bore 'was still
not the desired caliber. The pipes were moved by conveyor to
way (9)?
The pipes were measurel. here.
A charger introduced the tubes to another drawing machine and the
tubes were passed several times until the desired length was attained.
This machine was similar to alachines (t+) and (8). The interior
diameter was enlarged again and the red-hot pipe was discharged onto
a conveyor and moved to another drawing machine.
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his machine was called rili and though it was similar to the
above-mentioned drawing machines, it was more precise. The tubes
,were introduced on a tapering mandrel and the pipes were drawn
l o the exact caliber desired. The interior diameter was thoroughly
cleaned. This was a double-draw-bench with two sets of rollers
and. two piercing points. At this point the pipes were cooler,
baying"changed from aced-orange color to black.. The conveyor
moved the'pipes onto a milling table.
(12) This Machine was called kalibrt and consisted of five sets of
rollers which'squeezed the pipe gradually reducing the"exterior
diameter. The pipes were then passed onto a control table.,
(13) This was 'the first control table ajid consisted. of a chain conveyor
whit moved the pipes` along while the men in charge'measured the
cali~er,'thickness, and exterior diameter.-- Defective pipes were
li d by crane to the train and hauled back to the furnace i to be
rehe,ted. Pipe which passed inspection was passed on by conveyor
to ap"other machine.
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machine was similar to (12). The pipes were introduced"on a "
man 1 and turned on their axes as"they were being pressed straight.
Tbeywere constantly water-cooled while in the machine. The pipes
were then conveyed to the second control table.
(15)c
Thxs;was the second control table. A row of workers on-eitYier'side
_ inspected the inside of the'pipes with-the aid of'powerful 'electric
lights and rejected defective pipe_(those with cracks, marks, or
grooves).
(15) bis. Finished pipe was passed along to the stockpile where it-w.-W...
classified in three categories depending on quality. This was the
end of the conveyor system.;
(16) A crane. This hauled pipe from the stockpile to Shop (17)-
47) This was the bearing shop where pipes were cut into sections for
the manufacture of ball bearings. Balls for the bearings were
brcug h.in from an unidentified plant.
(18) Tubes which-were"to leave the plant in pipe"form went to Shop
(18) where the ends were evenly sheared. Thirty cutting machines
were necessary to keep pipe moving from the stockpile, furthermore.,
cutters became dull and ovierheated through constant use.
(19) A crane picked up the pipes and placed them on a runway where
they slid down to another stockpile.
(200); Stockpile.-" The cranes again picked up the pipes and brought them
back. to the " cutting -machines for further shearing. When the pees
were sheared. on both ends they were re-deposited in the stockpile.
A crane picked them up and placed them on a runway which led to
the threading machines.
(21) Runway which led to the threading machines.
(22) Exterior pipe-threading machines. There were only 20 of these
machines as they worked rapidly and efficiently. The pipes were
then carried to the stockpile.
(23) The pipes were then sent back. to the exterior pipe-threading machines
(to thread the other end).
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(24) Three cranes. The two on the left served the other one which de-
posited the pipes on a table.
(25) Table which moved the.pipes along to "a charger.
(26) Charger which placed the pipes into a secondary annealing furnace.
(27) Furnace which measured 1,5 x 15 x 6 meters and handled ten half-
meter-diameter pipes at ;a time. The pipes were heated until they
were red-- (exact temperature unkrown)~and they were then discharged
and conveyed to an oil.-tempering bath.
(28) The pipes fell into--the tempering bath which imeaaured 12 x 2-k-
14 meters. A constant flow of oil (-der-pressure) flowed into
the tank.. The oil passed through'a 15-centimeter?opening. The.
oil, heated.'in the tanks flowed~out?of one end, was cooled by tur-
bines, and retuned to the tank.. .Once the pipes"were tempered,
they were removd from the tank. by crane and deposited on a runway..
(29) The pipes rollea down the runway shaking off the oil as they rolled
toward the stockile.
(30) A stockpile. Cranes again picked up(the pipes and set them on tables.
(31) The pipes were ;classified according too size.
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(32) The pipes were "loved by crane to the runway leading to the cutting
machines*
(33) These cutting iachines cut the pipes-into sections and the interiors
- were threaded fr fittings. .
(34) Freightcars hauled the pipe to tables.(31)'for classification.
Fittings were attaalied to` the pipe. 64ctions and the' manufacturing
process was complete. Pipes were painted and the white shipping
labels were attached. is
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(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
Three cranes deposited the pipes on freight cars.
The M", VD ward house was located at the railroad- exit: The- guards
filled out the shipping-labels, made _careful inspection of not only
the shipment by the freight cars themselveq, and finally gave per-
mission for the train to leave.
Special costly metal, probably nickel, was stored in this stockpile.
Electric power station. A 40 x 15 x 6-meter brick. structure which
contained three large machines in constant use. This was dependent
on the plant's main power station.
Stockpile for stainless steel cylinders which were arranged according
to size.
(40) Washrooms, dining rooms,-tool shop, lavatories.
(41) Chiefs' meeting room.
(42) Laboratory.
(43) -Party Secretary's office.
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(44) Syndicate office.
(45) Construction chief's office.
(46), Deputy chief's office.
(47) Section chief's office.
(48) Plans office.
(49) Control office.
(50) General offices.
11. Special pipe was also manufactured in the "Second" Section under-the close
supervision of three or four naval officers, the plant directors, engineers,
and scientists numbering about t1;irty men. These personages inspected the
billets as they were discharged;, from the blast furnaces and followed the
entire manufacturing process.
12. When the above mentioned special pipe was in process, the personnel was
advised to have the machines in perfect working condition and the directors
would excitedly shout from time to time during the manufacturing process
"careful, it is costing millions". To give another idea of the importance
of these special pipes, on an eight-hour shift, 300 to 320 of the re ,filar
pipes were produced, but only 6 to 8 of the special pipes were produced
in the same amount of time.
13. Also, during this process, 20 or30 female laboratory assistants, who were
Party members, noted down the temperature of the pipe as it went through
the different machines and were constantly collecting data which they gave
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."As one looked through it and focused the
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was gauged.
14. These special pipes usually had an exterior diameter of 50 centimeters and
a wall-thickness of about 45 centimeters. The pipes were not threaded and
sometimes the ends were not sheared, but they were-constantly being tested.
In 1953, test bearings
(sic) were constructed for the interior of these special pipes but nothing
15-? The "Secret" Section was located in a 150 x 150 meter one-story structure
located about 250 meters south of.the main power plant. This was still
under construction in 1956. In this section, pipes were to be manufactured
by a system which consisted bending meta-1 -olates and Inininy the t-da,--g
by welding.
The workers in this section
were Party members and received a special salary. A special pass was
necessary to enter this section, but pz~-.the section was not yet in operation,
no special guards were on duty.
16. The administration building was a 30 x 20-meter four-story., brick. structure
with uralite roof located about 200 meters from the SGB building. It con-
tained the offices of the directors, engineers, technicians, and Party
leaders. It is described in detail in Sketch No. 3 on page 14.
17. There was no difficulty in meeting the production norms even though they
were always being increased. Since thew were three shifts, one would turn
out more work than another. The Section Chief and the masters would vio-
lently rebuke those shifts which had produced less and praise the one pro-
ducing more. The winning shift was rewarded monetarily at the expense of
the losing one which was required to work. faster the next month to make up
the pay loss. Thus, a vicious competition prevailed among the three shifts
unless the workers got together and agreed to produce less.
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Rustaf blast furnaces in-. the; dhucasus were often defective. This was
18. The chiefs of the Second Section always withheld some production at the
end Of the month so-that if they had not reached their production level in
a certain month they could deliver this reserve. When there were no're-
serves to deliver, they falsified the production figures in the Party
' Chief's section, thus involving the Party Chief himself.
19. Sometimes production would be interrupted because the Dneper had frozen
cutting off the electric; power, or because of a supply shortage. In the
latter case almost-standstill-production might last as long as a week..
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20. upon Stali'ia'i death, the billets coming by rail from the
blamed on'sabottage to avengethe violence used by Yukov in establishing
order in that area.
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centimeter pipe was produced,',but this greater diameter pipe was never put
into production.
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23. Each-section had a ten-day a ergenc~ supply of iron and stainless steel
billets. There was no outside emergency supply dump.
21 . Oil Warehouse. Oil, broughtdn by railroad tank cars was stored here.
A one-meter diameter pipe life began at the warehouse and was gradd'ally
reduced as it entered the various n anufacturing sections of the plant.
The used oil was returned tolthe oil warehouse for purification or used
for fuel. Altliorgh the sections appeared to be sufficiently supplied,
in 1956, the o l pipeline had been extended (see No. 18 on Sketch No. 4
on page 14+ ). "No ap ecial guards were posted: here
25. The Plant Security building was a seven by six meter-building.-.- The guard
complement consisted of between 50to 60 men during the day and about 80
at night. The plant was surrounded by a brick. wall about three meters
high which was topped by some five to six parallel high tension wires.
Watchtowers were located at intervals of 200 to 250 meters and were
guarded day and night. These towers were camouflaged by earth-color
paint and were constructed twenty meters inside the wall. A number of
dogs were leashed to a wire which was stretched along the inside of the
wall. Guards patroll=ed the space between the dogs and watch towers 24
hours a day. High columns with powerful floot=lights illuminated the
whole area at night. These were placed every 100 to 125 meters around
-the plant perimeter.
26. The plant contained the following entrances which are shown by the following
numbers on Sketch No. 2 on page 13 ; Entrances No. 2 and 'No. 3 for em-
ployees, Entrance No. 4 for the railroad siding, Entrance No. 5 for motor
vehicles, and Entrance No. 6 for administrative personnel. Guards wire
stationed at the employee entrances No. 2 and No. 3 to check. passes.
27. The.Pass-Issuing Office was a four by five meter structure which was
located next to the fire station. In order to enter the plant, one had
to show a rP opusk.. These were all of the same color except for the stamp.
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The propusk stated the section which the worker was authorized to enter.
The "Secret" rp opusk for the secret building was the same color but had
yx: "S" which differentiated it from other passes .
28. The entrances had movable bars across the lane; at the beginning and end
of each passage there was a guard who inspected passes. Passes were re-
newed every three or four months. Workers were advised by bulletin boards
when their passes were about to expire. If the worker presented an expired
pass he was detained at the entrance, obliged to renew it, and was docked
25 percent of his day's pay.
29. Entrances and exits to the individual sections were also guarded since
employees were not permitted to move from one section to another. How-
ever, one could pass the guards by requesting permission to go to another
section to borrow a tool. Entrance to the "Secret" Section was impossible
without proper authorization.
30. Visitors to the plant were required to apply for a pass stating the pur-
pose and approximate length of their visit. If more time was needed, they
had to advise the guard office of the change.
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were replaced by lower and wider 15-meter high metal smokestacks.
trees. At the time these canvases were installed the brick .smokest
Special Security.Measure
In 1954 or 1955 several floodlights were placed on tall columns throughout,
the plant enclosure. Heavy cables were stretched along these columns and
those of the fence. Canvas was suspended from the cables. By pressing a
switch in the plant security office, the canvas slid along the cables
covering and camouflaging the entire plant area, including smokestacks and
testing of this camouflage 0 left the plant in
complete darkness the canvas was painted black on the inside) for an hour.
aerial photos taken of
blended with the open fields however, some negatives showed trains and
vehicles entering the plant and some ;'bowed amekezbtlilowing up. Later
another test was made and canvases were also placed along the sides of
the plant area.
the plant while the test was being made. In these negatives the plant
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32. The plant Fire Station was a five by four-meter structure (see No. 7 on
Sketch No. 2 on page 13) which employed 15 men permanently.
33. The Main Power Plant (see No. 13 on Sketch No. 2 on page 13) which was
located west of the Second Section also supplied the village with electric
power. This was a 40 x 15 x 7-meter brick building. Thick cables led from
the power plant to seven five-meter-high transformers.. Transformers (spaced
six meters apart in a square area, the seventh being larger and in the
center) and the power plant building occupied an area of 60 x 50 meters.
Thick barbed wire surrounded the area and guard dogs were leashed to a
wire-which stretched around the installation. There were a great many
lightening rods in the area. Eight or ten workers were employed here and
entrance to the installation was forbidden to unauthorized personnel.
34. Electric power generated was not adequate for plant needs. At least once
a week the power supply was interrupted. If, by the end of the month, the
plant had met its production quota, production was stopped for two orf
three.,days, especially when one-half-meter pipe was being produced. (A
great deal of electric energy was used just to move the conveyor rollers.)
At other times, the-town's current was cut off so the plant's supply
could be increased. The SGB, First and Second Sections also contained
individual power stations.
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35. Electric power for the plant was produced by two dams built along the Dnepr
River, one located in Dnepropetrovsk.which wash 120 kilometers away and the
other in Zaporozbje, 60 kilometers away; the latter said to have been the
best dam in the world. See Sketch No. 5 on page 16 of Zaporozbye Dam Site
which was described as follows: The dam contained about 15 sluices and
five sets of locks-. Five heavy cables were stretched across the dam site.
The pcw er line extended from the Dnepr to Zaporozbye passing unsheltered
cement-based transformers which gradually reduced the number of cables?to
only one at Zaporozhye. The area was surrounded by a thick. wire fence,
well-guarded by soldiers.,
36. Transportation in the plant was chiefly by rail bi some truck. transportation
was also used. Thelplant owned some sixty trucks'vith garage facilities
including a repair hop and gas pump. Soviet-gauge track thoroughly ser-
viced the various plant sections. The trains, which',consisted of four
freightcars plus a crane-car in the.middle constantly, brought in supplies
and hauled away finished pipe thus obviating the necessity of loading plat-
forms. Therewas one road to the plant called Prospekt Stalinj.. This was
a.15-meter-wide asphalt surfaced road with a half meter thick. gravel road-
bed:- This was an all-season road; however, for a feddays during the winter,
snow made`transportaton impossible on this road. Trucks were used for
light, short-distance hauling. Transportation of material from one side of
a section to another was sometimes by truck.
37. Storage for finished products was not necessary as they were immediately
shipped out. Billets were stored in the open in four-meter-high piles in
an area which was larger than the combined building area.
38 Working conditions in this plant were described as follows: The plant
employed about 15.000 eo le (laborers, white-collar workers and adminis-
trative employees). about 60 percent of the employees were
39? Workers were not paid for unproductive labor. They worked on Sundays
without pay to clean and repair their machines and were given a week. day
off without pay. The Payroll Office which employed about 50 to 60 office
workers could reduce workers' wages for any reasont.. Each pay day, the
office had to pacify many workers protesting the latest wage deduction.
ho. Light labor workers with seniority were given 15-day vacations and 24 days
were given to those with hazardous jobs. Workers were entitled to a vaca-
tion after one year but they had to ask permission one month in advance,.
Previously, if a worker did not take his vacation he would be paid for this
time, later it was decided that the worker would not be paid for unconsumed
vacation time. Only ten workers each year could spend their vacations in
rest homes.
kl. Each section had the following types of executive personnel:
A section chief,:,
A deputy chief who substituted for the chief when he was absent,
A Party secretary, the actual chief, who assumed the direction of the
section and was held in awe by the section chief.
42.I plant personalities:
(1) Truvchenko (fn
He\was the general director of the plant.
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(2) Leonov (fnu) He was the chief engineer and the Deputy Director.
(3) Abraham S*elov. Chief of the Second Sectio
(4) Kiizenko (fnu) Technical Chief of the Second Section;
night shift.
`(,6;). Kr31enko (fnu) He was a long-time Party member and was in charge of
personnel.and.case histories of the employees.,
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Legend for Sketch No. 2 on page 13 of the Nikopol Pipe Plant Layout
1. SGB Building
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10. Administration Building
11. Section One
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13. Main Electric Plant
14. "Secret" Section
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16. Garage
17. Outdoor Billet Storage
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aSketch No. 1
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Sketch No. 2.
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