STALIN MACHINE FACTORY IN KRAMATORAK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600330010-1
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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O U 111TRY USSR Ukrainian SSR )
25X1 C' SUBJECT Stanl3:a Machine Facto, in Krairatorsk
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
Ia 1FO. April 1947 - July 1948
TICS 1iO :ORRHT COMY',.FN 1ri:'OS[iATtOR AriECTltl6THE FIAYIO11ALDEFE~aas
Ol'TR?_? 13r?ITQS r7A7Z 3 C:1"i'. Fi 7112 G1.k:iiC^w OF r:iG ES72OIWWGii AC. 84
U. Si. C.. $I MID 4$. Al, ABER 3rD: RD TRANlliIMSIOW OA THE REVEi.'.i 101!
OR 173 COFITE:IT3 IV 11%V HAF!OSI>tol;;- reconstructed '.y tlr_xit 19147. ~ao-~.rr.. c cas o.: ?.:ie new i-aciines
c'V( 2^e Df German orizinr, A3hout 200 (:ern n 7':achine;; a most : f them from a
'Ites 1.co.t f machine factot?y,w-rcyf`c) stored zn the rr`z' ,1}'rest' r'n section of
%1 e plant., r t7rar3( those riachii~.es were? 30 to 100 lathws of various sizes,
_,l. ii ,_, boring, and ; riricd41-i::: ;:,aclrine~ :inc_ F'.]n imat_ic htum,:ers,.
2.+ 1"r e. plant roduce(L propellor shafts in various sizes; shafts for )owcr plants
f.9? clu i.n, two lr;r ;e shafts for the Dnepropetrovsk power plant; boilers for
cati :at,- and run barrels 6 to 3 meters Ion,, with a cali'.er of 2.1-cr^
tc. 2 -cri. The dun barrels had several cooling jackets .aperin, to:`-'ard the
:r'e inf arced; nuzz? e. The boilers produced. were 20 meters in leni th and two
01 the-ee boilers were worked on sim iltaaneouclL-,
3, Eacep-,- for the items ship ;ed to the Enepropet::tvsk power plar:t,, the `esti-ina-
Lion n ' the products was not lnown, a. railro..d car loaded w.th .B to 30
of copper and aluminum shavings left the plant every twr; rC.'. cks o
it.tii to 60 txrr iz.k, ma h i nee,
`< rrc large surface grznding machine, small grinding tiachines;,t and abrasive
tones,, This shop was used mainly for the production o snail.,shafts,
r41ch were straaig;b.t or which had four to six bench,-
24,, Steel and masonry structure, used as war?ehoue e fox' co 1. s coke, saaend,
and .c'psun. TId; s buiidinL, had a 1atlrcac ;.ctasarzectxt,i _,
25. Open workshop with two cranes used for loading irfgots to be tiansvorted.
to the prevsing.g shop?
26, k:`cld:i rg shops steel and naas9r1 r? r .trutture, steel. ~4strae Mass raps,
4(. Norge:. This buildingg, 5,ias of tho: sajte cax t.,uuctibn"?.4s' the molding shop
sr.d was e ui.,aped with six furnace to ra t Yrec th''s i t:+perr forge fires
with ;;hrce; or four snail pneamatic hbn. ire and pr! ss'. cet' # in machines
i'c.r s'-.eets.. This i'orge was used in nrcrcc s rif 'srraall shafts and irofl
221. Pressing; drop,, caall ed"pressovic., This was a i old steel pnd masonry build-
ing with a partially glassed &#Sof and was equi;..pcd with , rre very large
An;taric.an hydraulic press for forginf' large shafts, two large furnaces,
sic to eight small furnaces., 'several. hardening., furnaces .,,four small ,...
hydra rlic pr9sses, one large iron saw, and one 5Q.tdri crane.
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2 Gr ind'_r.t~s s cep In April or :i.Vay i94', one Shaft j 80 centimeters in diameter
wrath two b f~' Lroke i.r,to two parts while being ;._round~, the incident,
was clreckr=d. b n roverrrent ins .ectto~rs a 1 ry A r T` !f1a 25X1
7eJ. iouO s comp. ica ionJ aappeaed In
the pro uc i.on, 0T shafts. These shafts were previously shipped fro., Prrerica.:-,
3O? Lathe shop with ,one lathe for material 25 meters lore,, six or eight lathes
for r.iacterial. 10 meters long, two turret lathes wbtich were 6 to 8 meters in
di,amei,er, and. crane it ta. lations.,
31. ?Di z ?ersary, a three-story- building,
.32, rate 7: with guard house..
33s. Faa1er tower, 10 to 12 meters in diameter with a stone foundation and a
wooden superstructure,
31. l h-.ee large workshops ' ro under construct, ion., l r.sonry work zaa.s ,>el _g
done cn the steel skeletons, roofs were being covered with ;lass,. a~.nd the
pa-titions were i:rnstalled,; &lachinety had not been installed"
35, Central chemical. laboratory where material saarrrples were tested with acids
rrni the carbon content was determined.,
36, Hardening shop,, This was the h gbest plant building and was equipped with
one large gas--burning; hardening. furnace, hardening", baths, and two ltd-ton
CMncs
37. Shop producing E:uns for ship,; and tra lns., This was a large brie c- bui l(i.n g
with a gl a s roof and was equipped with numerous m:achines, including travel.:.-
iin,~ cr?anes,,
3 Gun barrel heels., iris was a r. old recon: trucisri stone buiidin- vri.t3i classed
roof and had a railroad connection. The machines were close to~eether i'o
details were knowrp,..
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B,, St,.-el plant ani rolling: mill equipped with three blast P rnace .
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.ks:,+=mbly shop for tuns> This shpp was about 3 kil6meters from the
chine factory.
steel bridge for pedestrians.
,teem railroad bride which had no piers in the water,
='laxnt area, Japanese workers were previously observed there..
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