AIRFRAME PLANT NO 31, TBILISI, USSR(Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1967
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AIRFRAME PLANT NO 31, TBILISI, USSR
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the southeast section of Tbilisi, USSR, on the
north bank of the Kura River (Figure 1). The
plant is served by both road and rail. A com-
bination road/taxiway connects the plant with
Tbilisi/Soganlug Airfield
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44?45'
the test and flyaway field for the plant, approx-
imately 2 nautical miles to the southwest. The
plant area is surrounded by 10,200 linear feet
of fence or wall, probably masonry. There are
7,500 linear feet of rail spurs and 12,300 linear
feet of hard-surface road with an average width
of 35 feet within the plant area. These figures
are considered to be approximate. Figures 2, 3,
and 4 illustrate the plant area in
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The table
associated with Figure 4 gives descriptions and
dimensions of major buildings; item numbers are
keyed to this table.
Airframe Plant No 31, originally located in
Taganrog, was dismantled and moved to Tbilisi
where it was combined with an aircraft repair
plant (Plant No 448) which had been located
there since Q The combined plants received
the designation Plant No 31, which has been re-
tained to the present time. It was estimated in
that Airframe Plant No 31 contained a roof
area of 1.2 million square feet. 1/ Since C
the greatest amount of expansion has taken place
between Total floorspace of the
plant was estimated from pho-
tography to be and total
volume to be 70,892,090 cubic feet (Figure 4).
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FIGURE 4. AIRFRAME PLANT NO 31,
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1 Admin/engineering bldg Irregular x 18,980 417,120
2 Admin/engineering bldg Irregular
3 Workshop Irregular' 20`
4 Machine shop/workshop Irregular'' 45"
12,760 191,400
5 Admin/engineering bldg Irregular x 15'
21,600 475,200
6 Workshop/warehouse
59,675 1,670,900
7 Forge/foundry 8 1Varehouse(shipping/
receiving) 74,400 1,636,800
9 Workshop 165' x 40 x 20? 6,600 132,000
10 Machine shop/workshop Irregular'' x 150
11 Workshop/warehouse
12 Machine shop/workshop Irregular x 35-55"
13 Machine shop/workshop
14 Subassembly/ final
544,100 14,943,150
assembly bldg Irregular
15 Final assembly bldg Irregular
668,000 32,649,475
16 Admin/engineering bldg,
3-story 28,980 456,120
17 Prob machine shop
workshop
3 bays 42,065 1,472,275
2 bays u/c
18 Prob warehouse
19 Workshop/warehouse 13,135 262,700
20 Steamplant Irregular x 30, J 9,620 307,080
21 Prob workshop 9,880 247,000
22 Prob workshop Irregular x
23 Storage bldgs (2)
24 Storage bldg
25 Workshop
26 Support bldgs (4)
sawmill, crating
Total floorspace & cubic feet of numbered bldgs
Total Iloorspace & cubic feet of other bldgs
28,625 728,500
NOTE--With the exception of those measurements marked with an asterisk ('), all
measurements were calculated by NPIC/TID; horizontal measurements are accurate
to within whichever is greater, and vertical measurements are ac-
curate to within whichever is greater. Measurements are derived
'Measurement calculated by CIA/IAS project analyst.
"Approximate.
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Plant expansion during the period of
included the con-
struction of the steamplant (item 20), an admin-
istration/engineering building (item 5), one of
the storage buildings (item 23), a second ad-
ministration/engineering building (item 2), and
3 of the support buildings (item 26). The forge/
foundry (item 7) appeared to be under construc-
tion in 1942 and was complete when observed on
photography of
The poor quality of the photography obtained
between noes not
permit an accurate determination of construction
progress during that time period. I
an administration/engineering building (item 1),
a machine shop/workshop (item 10), and a work-
shop/warehouse (item 11) appeared to be com-
plete. completion of the fol-
lowing structures had been observed: a prob-
able workshop (item 21), a warehouse (item 8),
a probable warehouse (item 18), a storage build-
ing (item 24), and a final assembly building
(item 15). Ground scarring for the final as-
sembly building had been apparent in
Betweeni
a large portion of the workshop/warehouse
(item 6) was completed, with the remainder being
completed shortly thereafter; this structure re-
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placed 3 smaller warehouses. B
the workshop (item 9) and the remaining support
building (item 26) had been completed, as well
as portions of the probable workshop (item 22);
this building was finished b The
addition to the machine shop/workshop (item 12)
was completed after heprob-
able machine shop/workshop (item 17) appears
to be still under construction; footings for this
building were evident in he roof
area of 3 bays appears to be complete, with con-
struction continuing on the 2 remaining bays.
The single concrete runway of Tbilisi/
Soganlug Airfield has been extended to the north-
west and now measures 8,090 by 260 feet. Con-
struction of this extension- was in progress in
nd appeared to be complete by[
The combination road/taxiway from the
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airframe plant, which was interrupted by the con-
struction of the runway extension, is now con-
nected to the airfield by aprepared natural-sur-
face area (Figure 4). From the plant area to the
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airfield the road/taxiway measures 25
feet with an average width of I I and within
the airfield are approximately 777,000 square
feet of concrete taxiways and parking aprons.
Aircraft observed on
included 1 CAB, 1C KATE, ,
and 1 FAGOT/FRESCO.
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1. CIA. RR RA-38, Estimated Floorspace of Tbilisi Airframe Plant No 31, Aug 58 (SECRET)
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