AMMUNITION DUMP AND AIRFIELD IN BRYANSK-KARACHEV AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENSECR
INFORMATION REPORT
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Ammunition Dump and Airfield in Bryansk-Karachev NO. OF PAGES 4
Area
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1. A large ammunition storage area is located between Bryansk
(5313N-3425E) and Karachev (538N-3453E). In speaking of it
the residents,Jf Karachev said that it was much larger than
the one in Smolensk and perhaps the largest in the USSR. I
heard some people say that should the base be blown up an
area of 25 kilometers would be destroyed. This storage area
was used by the Germans during their occupation. I personally
saw only the gates, which are visible from the Karachev rail-
road station. The railroad station in Karachev is rather
small with only about six tracks.
2. About 1C0 meters to the left of the Karachev railroad station
were the gates to the ammunition storage area. These gates
were guarded by a soldier armed with a carbine._ From the gate,
and stretching as far as could be seen, was a barbed wire fence
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ch ire posted Oards- at intervals or 150 to 200
Thee guards, itqo were also armed with carbines and
we the usual Soviet- Army. uniform, 'were sheltered in
1 booths at their post of duty. The 1Darbed-Wire-fence.
Out 100 centimeters high -With ktorisontally-parallel
p.-Ispaced about six 'centimeters ?apart. I heard that the
b'
be wire fence surrounded the entire ammunitiOn stOra0.
area, OA OA similarly verde& I cannot veritY this my'itelf
Imp,egge abOUt PAO half kilonieter front the railroad statipn
*gs. the -start of a wooded. area. Which obstructed the view-..5
1zianununition storage area allegedly stretches. f-ront 0TO)**
but I do not know its Width,, inasmuch as 'it is in
. area anti not visible front either the ra'pad Ute"
or
the tghwA in fact, I do nct think that it)10141400'
14,01, leeYeri from the air because of the forest in. hi it
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There, loos a double-track railroad. spur, leading .f)tiont: the Xara007
PO4 atati?rt thrOugh. ttio. gates And into t4g. 1010040iO4'
As far 'arsI know this was the only eat:ranee,
highWay,. into the area; if 'there was another
0 into the atoratte area I xiever heard 'any ..mention
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ammunition storage area, said that the double.track pr
,from the Karachev railroad static= as the ?on,
t*into ECrea; even trains from Bryanak were route* thou
'gaaiey 4,at0 the area,.
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in and around Xarachey I learned that trains .enterad ars4
1# the. AMMunition storage area 4a11y I think that neW
.vannmpition.was'im14g 'brought IA daily and, the 014e* S0'3*
.captured C60%.an ammunition was being replaced,? Howyor
,re was Muchh more annmotition Wag 'brought in than Was: '');.fe
pped. out I40 not know the: source. or the 40stipotot"or
-of the skiloonts:? As far as I Was ever able to Ote;rmine.,,,,
'a wa*HuSed strictly for the storage of ammUniti*:-'
nett* rtimi orti!idges to the largest ?tl"Pee?Ol*-.001...14.0(
hre.:044 that 'Weapons 50X1
t.00: Were '16roaealt into the .area, I .44*h.0,(eyet. See'
large itintOer or. 'artillery -piece*. or all types 14 litryansk:
.iont I'cOnott recall .any details
ftost, se..r Conversatione With. *rims people. I 4:..eaegt
'that teze were a large- .number 'of troops located in the
iOn.'StOrager area itself-perhaps .'UpWarda of cLtyiSti
about 300 meters aprth. of Xarachey Was an azsj
n. which covered. an. area of two to tour 'klIonteters*
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AmWZL yl mu744.LvAnJKAArat,PW.Yi XAC Qaly 0:10U4ger 15"Wap0
(0g0 ) I can recall seeing were either' black or red* I do
inat 3,1enoir the designation of an of these military units or the
'Woos if any commanding officers I saw no antiaircraft guns
Or 'MAO anywhere from larachei to Brienek except for t
1001re,?VantiOned artillery being stored in Bryansk
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i road ,from Orachev to Bryansk wafs dft.ble-tz*X beefOre
04tX, but, after its destruction 'W the Cierteara -enring
1, lOs rebuilt as -a single-tick railroad. I eitt
that it -Was single-track because
the sumet 'ot I948 'and tin NoYember of the sante
Wacher Wtre delved uil the trains from arra
ehelt) furthermore* While -en route, to Brianak
.ati to rill into a siding a few tiOes to it 16.0
train to pass. the spnr leading northeast fro*.
Was for purposes of 'transporting peat Which
ed someWhere near the end or the spur to the
r station in Belnre Berets (53:13144:3441$)
.io 'power station in Bele Berne serViced
a Oblaat* including Orel* 'before World War II0
the war it seryieed only Bryansltaya t'rblast
am Certain thsit,, as or the summer or 1948*
no electric pbwer Station of its min. but
40 IZLItelyie Berea for its power. I do not
'Bry-ansyle Oblast wag serviced by the -Bel
eetrie poWer station -because' Xarachey had-ne
:Or 'except for a feW buildings Whose pe qas
?ally by a generator. (Sten the railroad- statin
rJY had kerosene lava). The electric ?ogler station
ye -Beret* hS4 Six turcinea,but I nee r Saw' or 'heard
than three elfin* operated at; any one tiMe'., In l'Ut*
ritlanskaya Oblatt often 'iltondered 40,fiavr an six
operated, because they could, proirit4 'more than 'esionti.
e power tor the entire obl.aet litiyanek seemed to hall!"
'offitY City in the oblast With sufficient electrie'pO)Or ,
sooke too* oar
ot Otle turbines* the other three obYiously standing 50X1
?t1)4/1k p:110prtric power station Was left untouChed.ba.y
peat*ining area mentioned Was about 20 kilOmeters /Ortiz
theeat Belyye Berrets. and covered an area of 'abOut
htaitaregt. This area, Which had also been mind
the we, was Yery rich in peat, reaching a depth .of
eters, 1150X1
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Work Was 'el:1**i:
,1, 1 a single daily- shift of 'e ght houra wo tn.g3iz 50X1
wee)c, There were about 150 tractors constantly" in.
"atiOn during working hours. he peat rts loaded on Oars
'and 011tAported in a steady flow ,Tia a narriw-gitAge xigurrolot
-track directly into Belyye Berep?.. I believe that the
00 it; poWer station in Seine Berega depended, exaluitively
4 ruel supply on the peat adned in thivareap uPt
any peat 147i4; shipped to any destination :other thar!,
040- Peregitv
gri4 ingustry Ikoow of in, the vicinity of ZaratheY
ant in 14rinka Which is not far from'Belyye Berega, -and
tea '01 dt Armisk4Karaehey railroad line, It Was a
er4predueing 'plant Which per/tamer/Ay employed thrOe,
ab 72 ?men each Local kalktioz Itoriters .assileted*.
?Irer 'possible, in loading' the lumber onto trains, ThIlit
Whf.ch obtained its timber from local forests, didhnot
.0e. any finished. products. It was equippe4. with new
iinB'y beosuse Om Germans destroyed all the ottipmotit
gore they eyacuated. Klee-trio power for the plant was
,
Or*Yuken bi a generator*
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? $311:34tately ilometere from XaraeheY:.(41:reetioll.
tlytt th formior 'ai,r11014-'?ie .11;000,4 sogt.).*.
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