SOVIET UNITS(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 21, 1955
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INFORMATION 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.
S-E-C-R E?T
COUNTRY USSR/Austria/mmgary
SUBJECT Soviet Units
DATE OF INFO.
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ARMY review completed.
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COUNTRY USSR/Austria/Hungary
SUBJECT Soviet Units. F
DATE OF INFORMATION
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1.
The following are Soviet units
and Hungary.
a, Units in Austria
Subordi-
Unit nation
COP Hq Moscow
---JSoviet COP
Army (?)
Vehicle Regis-
tration Hq
(Avto-U rav-
leniye)
Soviet
Arty Regt
Soviet
Arty Regt
in the TJSSR,, Austria,
Location Remarks
Baden CO: Gen Col fnu
(N' L18-C1 ZHADOV
-E r6-14~
Baden
Austria
7 km from
Bruck.
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Located in same caserre 25X1
as 735th Sep Radio
Communication Bn
Approximately 60 Soviet
civilians employed
here.
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Soviet
rmy Signal
Regt 1
Soviet
Army Radar
Regt
Subordi-
nation
Soviet Command,
Army Komenda- ant of
tura Baden
Location Remarks
Baden
Blumau
(N 47-55
E 16-1$1
EM. They wore infant"
shoulder boards. 25X1
735th Sep COP
Radio Commun-
ications Bn
(Otdelnyy
Rad io-Liney-
nyy Divizion)
Soviet CGF Hq
Army tad Bn
(Batalon
Lichniy Okhrani-
Personal tad Bn)
Soviet COP Hq
-11 Army fed Bn
(BAtalon
Okhrani)
Baden CO: Lt Col(fnu)
CHEZHOV.
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Baden Unit guarded COP Hq in 25X1
estimated the
strength as About 35
Baden, as well as the
homes of high ranking 25X1
Soviet Army off
Baden Unit guarded the
Soviet Vehicle Rdgi.s-
tration H
This unit had
other guard
functions as well,
~Ml Soviet COP
Motor
Transport
Oo(A.vto-Rota)
Paden Had approximately 50
civilian- type passen-
ger cars which were
daily dispatched to
COP Hq in Baden. This
unit was located in the
same caserne as the
735th.
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Subordi-
Unit nation
Soviet Moscow
Army Signal
Communica-
tiond Co.
(Rota-Svyazi )
Pontoon
Unit
Soviet
o or rans-
port Co
(?vssibly
serving with
Soviet AF units)
b. Units An Hungary
Subord,-
Unit nation
Soviet
Tank Bn
Location Remarks
Austria
Austria
the unit
maintained communica-
tions with Moscow"
several men
in Eisenstadt (N 47-
51 E 16-31), Austria.
called them "Pont
onshehiki - Pontoon
Men". They wore
Soviet Army uniforms
with black shoulder
boards with a metallic
anchor emblem. 2
the-
unit was trans erred
to a Soviet airfield
in Austria and that
their tour of duty was
extended one year
on their
parade uniform they
wore AF shoulder 'i.
boards with a propel-
ler metallic insignia,
while on the duty
uniform they wore red
B iou de boards' with
black piping.
Location Remarks
Kecskemet in August 1954eb,ap-
(N 47-4o proximatel 1 tel -
E 17-47) gra hers
wen to Kecskemet
to participate in a
maneuver and visited
this unit'
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Subordi-
Unit nation
Location Remarks
Soviet
Hungary
Arm ?
Counter-
There were
intelligence
Unit '
only four officers in
the unit. EM wore
Army uniforms. No
further information.
Hungary
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Arty Unit
c. Units in. the USSR
Unit
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nation
Location Remarks
Vicinity
of Biysk
(N
-)
RSFSR
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Soviet
Army ?
Penal Bn's(_?)
(Shtrafn'
Bataloni
Vicinity
of Biysk,
RSFSR
there
were about 20,000
men in
in the
Biysk.
such battalions
vicinity of
these men were sent to
tie battalions for
Violation of military
regulativnaa
they were
Soviet Army uniforms
but were not armed.
Their duty was to
provide labor for con-
struction projects.
2d Military)
I "I
c5s ( veyn ire
ct orbdok)
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RSFSR
(N 53-20
E 83-48
cabaerved many
troops in this caserne
wearing infantry
shoulder boardsF
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Subordi-
Unit nation
Soviet
Inf Bn
1st Mili-
tary Post
(Voyenn rye
Gorodok
Soviet
Army Summer
Training Area
d. Army Schools in the USSR
Subordi-
Unit nation
Soviet
Army
AOCS Signal
Soviet
Army Signal
NCO Sehool
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Location Remarks
2d Mili-
tary Post
Barnaul
RSFSR
Barnaul
RSFSR
About 12
km from
Barnaul
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troops wearing signal,
artillery; and engineer
shoulder boards, 25X1
saw
an number of
T-34 tanks and US
Studebaker trucks on
wooden blocks that
appeared to be recent-
ly overhauled and re-
painted and had new
tires. All the quar-
ters in the area were
tents.
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Location Remarks
Ulyanovsk Man of the officers
(N 54-2?
E 48-24) ' corn_
pleted three years' 25X1
training here.
Murom, NCOs that were assigned
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E 42-02) pleted one year of
specialized training
on equipment similar
to that used in the
735th Sep Radio Com-
munication Bn.
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e. Army Military Schools in Austria,
Soviet
NCO School
Eisenstein
=(R 47-
57, E 15-
26
mately 700 NCOs at
this school
Location
saw men of
various army service
branches and also AF
NCOs. They arrived
at the school in Feb-
ruary 1954 and were
scheduled to return to
their units on 28
December 1954. (See
Point 3, page 8.)
f. MVD Units in the USSR
Convo
rop
(Konv'oyniki)
Unit
Vehicles
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Subordi-
nation Location Remarks
there were approxi-
Remarks
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Aleksand-
rovsk
(N 50-54,
E 142-10)
Sakhalin
Island
Ashkhabad
least two separate
Ashkhabad
were stationed in the
city.
Border Guard units
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3e Almost all of the approximately 50 vehicles in the battalion were new,
new trucks of a cargo type arrived at the unit Wthe
spring of 1954 and replaced, old American-make trucks that had blan
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utilized previousl
trucks assigned to ass
Isaw
ignal regiment, quarterdd in -t
same caserne
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?inpeint Location of the 735th Separate Radio Communication Bn,
BADEN (4801N-1614 z), Austria
BADPN
(4901N-1614i)
Wiener Neugt it_ a?et,.a.
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Pinpoint location of thee735th SeparateRadio Communication
LEGEND (See sketch, page 8.)
Soviet Vehicle Registration Hq (Avto-Upravleniye). - Two-story
brick building, approximately 100 x.20Cm.
Guard Quarters - One-story brick building. Quartered the guard detail
for the Vehicle Registration HQ. Approximately 50 x 20 rn.
Quarters - Two-story brick building, 100 x 20 m. Housed a~
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Soviet Army Signal Communications Co on the first floor and approx-
imately 700 NCOs of a~ training school who were scheduled to
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return .to their respective units in December 1954 on the second floor.
Club - One-story brick building, approximately 50 x 20 mo for the 735th
Sep Radio Communications Bn.
5. Officers' Quarters - Billeted officers of the
Sig Regt in the same caserne. Officers with and without their depen-
dents were billeted here. Dependent families were given two to three
rooms while officers without dependents were required to share a
room. Many officers had children there ,.whb were of school age.
two daughters of a Lt Coll were approx-
imately 17 and 19
ears old
y
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6. A two-story brick building, approximately 100 x 20 m
Called
.
"Training Center". This building was primarily used for official
meetings of officers and EM but often it was used for transient billets.
When civilian teachers from the Soviet Union arrived in August and
September 1954 for the.Soviet dependent school in Baden, they were
billeted here temporarily and then moved to permanent quarters in
Baden.
7. Quarters for the 735th Sep Radio Communications Bn - One-story brick
building, approximately 50 x 20 m, All of the battalion EM were
billeted here with the exception of the Tug Plat.
8. A two-story brick building, approximately 70 x 20 m. On 'the first
floor were the battalion Tng Plat, and the battalionespply room. The
offices of the Bn Hq, as well as classrooms for the SM and officers,
were on the second floor.
9. Hq Building for a= Sig Regt - Two-story brick building.
0. Two-story brick building, approximately 75 x 20 m. Housed a club, a
guardhouse, and quarters for officers of the Sig Regt. The club which was
for the Sig Regt, and a small guardhouse which was for the whole
caserne and could accommodate approximately eight prisoners were
located on the first floor. Also on the first floor were quarters
for the signal regiment's guard detail. Quarters for some of"the
Sig Regt's officers. and their dependents were locatedon the second floor.
1. Mess Hall for Transients and Officers and Dependents - One-story brick
building, approximately 75 x 20 m. .This mess hall was used for all
transients, including both Soviet military personnel and civilians.
Officers and their dependents also used this mess hall but paid for
their food. It was operated by Soviet civilians, both men and women.
PX: A one-story brick building, approximately 15 x 20 m. All types of
food stuffs were bought here by the Soviet dependent families, Soviet
civilians, and soldiers in the caserne.
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13. 735th Sep Radio Communications Bn EM Mess Hall - One-story brick
building, approximately 50 x 20 m. Accommodated all of the Bea EM
at one time.
14. OSig Regt Mess Hall - One-story brick building, approximately 80 25X1
x 20 m. Accommodated approximately 800 men.
15. Sig Regt Library - One-story brick building, approximately 20 x 20 m. 25X1
16. Sig Regt EM Quarters - One-story brick building which quartered
approximately 800 men.
17. Motor Transport Co Hq and EM Quarters - This building housed. the 25X1
RR 4.-- -nnewMw-rrL TT-. _ _.__ _.
.men int. the company.
18. Quarters for officers and dependents of the Sig Regt -- One-story
brick building, approximately 70 x 20 m,
19. Two-story brick building, approximately 30 x 20 m, This building had
an officers' mess and officers' billets. The mess was on the first
floor and was utilized by all of the officers in the caserne. On the
d
secon
floor were the quarters for Col (fnu) Verderevskiy,1%Deptz y"CO
for Line Matters of the Sig Regt stationed in this caserne. 25X1
'Oo Motor Pool and Repair Garage for Soviet Motor Transport Co - 25X1
One-story brick building, approximately 30 x 15 m, Repairs of company
vehicles were carri
d
t h
e
ou
ere. There were about 50 civilian passenger
cars held by the Motor Co
' - Pob eda~ ZJ
n.,...,_ _
s
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~..~.Y -T A ~ Yc, -e.cu Lu vur~.aub colors ana many of them 25X1
had white wall tires.
0-1. Repair Shop utilized by the Motor Transport Co - One-story brick
building, approximately 15 x 25 m. Large repair.jbbs were done in
this repair shop which had several grease pits.
1-12. Bathe One-story wooden building, approximately 10 x 20 m. This
building used by all personnel in the caserne, including civilian
employees and dependents.
3. Small Arms Range - Could accommodate ten men on the firing range.
The distance from most remote firing position to targets was 150 in.
-4. One-story brick building - Wing (a) of building approximately 30 x 10 m,
Wing (b) approximately 25 x 20 m. This building housed the garage for
the 735th Sep Radio Communications Bn. 'All the trucks that were in
the battalion, with the exception of the POL truck, were kept in the
garage at ai:4 t7.7rmes, exc^pt for training purposes when they were
moved into the court yara, A room set aside for the storage of
spare radio equipment parts was also in this building.
5. POL Storage Point for the 735th Se
p Radio Communications Bn - In this
barbed wire enclosure was the unit POL truck (ZIS-5 chassis) and
gasoline stored in barrels.
There were also two underground trenches where 25X1
an amount of fuel was stored. On the surface of the ground
there were usuall b t
a
2
D.
y
ou
5 barrels of fuel.. The capacity of each
barrel was estimated at 300 liters.
= Sig Regt Garage - One-story brick building, approximately 200 x 20 m.
All the vehicles assigned to this regiment were kept here.
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rmy Signal Communications Co Garage - One-story brick
building, approximately 30 x 10 m, This unit's vehicles seemed to
consist of about 15 radio vans of an unknown type. They were all
kept in this one garage. In front of the garage was a
type ant
t
enna
hat stood about 10 m-:high. this
was the only permanently inst
l
a
led amen visible in a whole caserne.
The caserne
ouse numerous
h
signal uniS
28.
.
735th Sep Radio Communications Bn Gymnasium - One-story brick building,
approximately 20 x 10 m,
29. ~ Soviet Sig Regt Gymnasium - Building of same type as Item No. 28.
30. Caserne Athletic Field.
31. Scale model of the caserne, for the purpose of orienting the guards
in the caserne.
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Sketch of 2d Military Post (Yo 'e a Gorodok) at BARNAUI,, (532ON $34 )
Mr p Ref'
Scale; 190100,000
sketch, not to scale
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Sketch of 2d Military Post (Voyennyve Gorodok
LEGEND (See sketch, page 12)
1.
Empty Stable- One-story wooden building, approximately 10 x 5 M.
2.
EM Quarters of 0 Soviet Infantry Bn - A one-story brick building,
approximately 70 x 15 M.
One wing of building used to quarter trainees
The other wing quartered soldiers permanently
assigned to the unit.
estimated the capacity of the building
as being 400 men.
3.
Large Civilian Hospital - Two-story brick building, approximately
200 x 30 m. Capacity unknown. Located just outside caserne fence.
4. Store and PX: Approximately 10 x 5 m. Wood construction, one story.
Civilians made purchases of small commodities on the street side of the
building and there was a window through which soldiers in the caserne
made purchases.
5. Two-story brick building, approximately 70 x 20 m. On the first floor
was the Bn I3q and EM mess hall. EM billets were on the second floor.
6. Repair Shop for Small Arms - A room in the building listed in Item No. 5.
7. Garage housing two ZIS-5 trucks.
Vehicle Repair Shop - Wheeled vehicles of all types were brought here
for repair.
9. Underground storage for potatoes and cabbage.
0. Same as Item No. 9.
1. Stable - A wooden structure, approximately 10 x 5 m. Two horses were
kept here.
EM Quarters - One-story brick building, approximately 70 x 15 M.
Capacity unknown.
3. Latrine - Wooden building, approximately 8 x 8 m.
5. Garage and Repair Shop - One-story wooden building, approximately
100 x 15 M. in the garage (Item 14), which was one wing of the
building, were kept a number, of motorcycles. in the other
wing of the building (Item 15) was a repair d vehicles;
Wooden fence - Two meters high enclosed entire caserne.
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