1. TOWN ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL IN THE USSR 2. MILITIA STATIONS IN TASHKENT 3. MILITARY CONSCRIPTION

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT 1. Town Administration and Control
in the USSR
2. Militia Stations in Tashkent
lit rv .nnnnription
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
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tlonal Defense of the United States within the mean-
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and 70{, the transmission or revelation of which In
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I. TOWN ADNI ISTRATION AIM CONTROL
18 February 1955
R~__on ministration
1. In the USSR, towns are divided into two to ten rayony depending on the area and
density of population of the town. Frequently a rayon is given the f
revolutionary event, such as Oktyabrskiy, or the name of a Soviet or international
Commmmist leader, with the result that rayony in different towns often bear the
same names.
2. The rayon is governed by the rayispo].kom (rayon executive committee) but the over-
all power is in the hands of the raykom. partii (rayon committee of the Communist
Party), which supervises every aspect of rayon life.
3. The following institutions are attached to each rayon:
a!. Vtyenkomat (Military Commissariat--Soviet equivalent of draft board) (see para-
graph 10 for sections and functions).
b. Otdelenive Ma 1.its_ ii NV]) (Department of Militia of the MVD) (see paragraphs 8
and 9 for militia stations, their personnel and functions).
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c. Zhilishchnoye Uiwayleniye (Housing Directorate)ksee paragraph 5 for two of
its functions).
d. ZAGS (Zapis Aktov Grazhdanskogo Sostoyaniya-Registration of Vital Statistics)-
ZAGS sometimes is independent, sometimes functions as part of the rayispolkom.
e. Post office branch-There are one to three branches in each rayon.
f. State Bank branch.
g. Court and State Prosecutor.
Rayon Divisions
4. A town rayon is divided into two to six divisions, each of which includes two to
four blocks (kvartaly) on adjoining streets. Each division (uchastok) has one
People's Court and one rav,eniye (house management) headed by a dompu-
pravlyayushchiv (house manager). Two to four neighboring domoupravleniya are
united in one trust (group) and have a common office and bookkeeping section. The
office is open two or three hours in the morning and two hours in the evening,
and is usually located in one room, in which each domoupravleniye has its separate
desk.
5. One of the managers is appointed president of the kust by the rayon's Zhilishcloye
Uprav e ve (Housing Directorate),whieh also appoints an assistant for every
manager with the approval of the Kommunalnvv, Otdel Rayispolkom (Communal Section
of the Ra.
6. The manager has a monthly salary of 30C to 400 rubles, depending on the size of his
division. He could handle two domoupravleniva in neighboring divisions, in which
case he would earn both salaries. The manager's duties consist of:
a. Checking whether all regulations concerning the pro ka (registration) or
ska (discharge) procedure are properly obeyed by the d m (house com-
mittee) located in his division.
b. Carrying out all orders from the voyenkomat and from the rayon militia on
registration.
The m is a committee elected by the residents of one house. Its head is
responsible for the proper handling of the domovava kr iza (house register) .1 rho
salary is attached to the post.
Iljtia Stations
There is at least one militia station in every town and country rayon in the USSR.
Two or more stations can exist in one rayon, depending on the area, population,
or concentration of important institutions, plants, or markets. The station in
a country rayon usually has the name of the rayon. In towns, the stations are
.mown as Gorodskoyo Otdeleniye Mi l i tsii No. , and are in numerical order.
'T'ashkent has eight rayony and at least 14 militia stations. Tsentralnyy Rayon
has two stations, one of which is No. 14.
9. The militia station is composed of the following elements:
a. Chief of station-usually a senior lieutenant of the militia. His deputy for
political matters frequently is a militia major.
b. Ka-binet 1achalnika (cabinet of the chief)-The main office of the militia
station makes up most of the cabinet and consists of one or two rooms for a
secretary, a bookkeeper, and clerks.
c. Pasportnvy Stol (Passport Office)-consists of a junior or senior lieutenant
(male or female) of the militia as chief, and several clerks (frequently
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female), who handle the issuance and exchange of pasporty and handle the
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f. Voyennyy Stol (Military Office)-consists of a Militia senior lieutenant
(male or female) and one to three civilians. This office is actually sub-
ordinate to, and works closely with, the voyenkomat. Mot of its acti
n ists of fulfillment of orders from the voyenkomat.
the vovennvv stol maintains a record of all men of military age (see
also paragraph llb). All visitors to the town had to register only at this
office. Posters or announcements in the office stated that all men of
military age who arrived in Tashkent fora temporary or permanent stay had
to register at the office within three days. One announcement showed how
to apply for reclassification of one's military category. The office fre-
cuently summons all house managers in its rayon by phone /or conference7.
g. Ucolovnvy RSzysk (criminal investigation).
h. Fingerprint and special registration2 section this section
is directly subordinate to the chief of station. The section is closely
connected with the criminal investigation division. No civilian clerks are
employed. 25X1
i. Official orderly room-for preliminary interrogation, document checks, and
personal searches for newly-detained people.
j. Communications-telephone and motorcycle. As of 1951 there was no radio
communication. 25X1
Vpyenkomaty
10. The following types of voyenkoraaty e:xLst in the USSR:
as Rya-located in each town and country rayon. This draft board is in-
dependent of the rwispolkom since it receives orders only from its superior
military organs (see paragraph 10c). The ravonnvv voyenkomat is responsible
for summoning men for military service, and cooperates with locad schools in
appointing military instructors, in providing public lectures, and in helping
to organize parades and other officially ordered demonstrations. The r&yonnyy
voyenkomat is in close touch with the rayon militia. In fact, the voyennyy
st of the rayon militia is actually an executive branch of the ravonnyy
vyenkomat.
b. Goroclslov--located in towns that are not rayon centers and are too small to
be divided into rayons. A rayonnvy voyenkomat is on an equal plane with a
go:rodskoy voyenkomat.
c. Oblastnoy located in oblast centers. The main duties of the oblastnoy
v iro mat consist of (1) supervising raronnyve voyenkoma Y in the oblast;
2 organizing oblast medical com lesions for peresvidetelstva (reregistration),
chiefly of officers; (3) assigning draftees to military units; and (4) register-
ing newly-arrived officers. Every officer arriving in Tashkent on a new assign-
ment had to register at the oblastnoy voyenkomat, which gave him pertinent
information and, if necessary, a three-day leave. Major General Dremlin (sic)
was chief of the oblastnoy voyenkomat in Tashkent in 1951.3
d. Respublikanskiy located in the capital of each republic in the USSR. This
yovenkoxnat is subordinate to the respective military district (voyennyy okrug).
Source believes that this voyenkomat's duties are (1) to organize and supervise
the network of voyenkomaty in the republic; (2) to attend to their budget and
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personnel needs; (3) to distribute to them all draft or mobilization
regulations; and (4) to handle human relations within its supervision.
e. SvodnYY (composite)--located in large areas with widely distributed settle-
ments, for example, in the kishlaki (desert villages) of Soviet Central
Asia. These kishlaki are organized into rayony, but the low density of pop-
ulation rules out the location of a voyenkomat in each rayon. The yo-
komat is usually located at the most convenient location for communication
and transportation between adjoining rayony. There was a svodnvy vovenkomat
in Guzar (N 38-36, E 66-15) in mid-1951.
Tsentralnyy Rayon Voyenkomat, Tashkent
11. Since 1950, a full colonel has been chief of the voyenkomat in the Tsentralnyy
Rayon of Tashkent. The previous chief was a major. The colonel's assistant
for political affairs is a lieutenant colonel. This vovenkomat consists of the
following units:
a. Pervaya Chast (First Unit)-composed of a captain as chief, a lieutenant
(sic) as deputy chief, and two civilians. This unit is concerned with Soviet
Army reserves who have fulfilled their active military service. The duties
of the unit are to handle (1) their military records (uchety), (2) their
reclassification based on periodic medical examinations, and (3) their
assignments in case of recall to temporary active duty or in case of war.
b. Vtora a Chast (Second Unit)-composed of a captain (or can be a senior
lieutenant) as chief, and two civilians. Source does not know whether the
post of deputy chief exists but saw a senior lieutenant working in the
section. This unit is concerned with men of draft age (voyennoobyazannyye).
The duties of the unit are to handle (1) their records (uchety), (2) their
classification by the medical commission, (3) their call to military service
(prizyv), (4) applications to military schools, and (5) compulsory military
training (vseobuch) for civilians in schools, sports associations, clubs, etc.
c. Tretya Chat (Third Unit)-composed of a captain as chief, a senior lieutenant
as deputy chief and a typist.
awards, issuance of
sprav (certificates of military service), and certified copies of military
documents are handled here.
d. Finansovaya Chast (Finance Unit)--composed of a captain as chief, and two or
three civilians.
e. B ro - shinistok (Typing Pool)--directly subordinate to the voyeraw-v ko s
(military commissar). This was the most restricted unit of the Tsentralnyy
Rayon Voyenkomat. The unit was in an isolated room. The door had an iron
gate and peephole and was kept shut during working hours. Only chiefs of
voyenkomat sections were permitted to enter or to take papers or documents
from the room.
Mobilization on Local Level
12. Local registration and mobilization are controlled in the following ways:
a. The voyennw stol of the rayon militia is subordinate to the rayon voyenkomat;
b. The domoupravlyavushc iy is subordi?te'to, and closely connected with, the
voyennyy stol of the rayon militia;
c. A summons from the voyenkomat and voyennvv stol is delivered to the man of
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d. The domovaya kniga contains two columns in which are shown the year of
birth and eligibility for military service of all residents of the house; and
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e. If a resident has a release from military service, a cachet to that effect
is affixed to the proper column of the domovaya_.5
Medical Commissions
13. There are two medical commissions in Tashkent: oblast and garrison. The latter
is in the courtyard of the TsentralnF Rayon Voyenkomat at ul. Lva Tolstogo
(before 1951, called Pochtovaya ul.)
register.
Comment: The do-moupravlvayushchiv is responsible for the house
mment: The Russian is possibly Daktiloskopicheskiv i specs
^omaent: The death of I.lajor General Dmitriy Feoktistovich
remin on December 1953 after a long illness was announced by the republic
and oblast vavenkomaty of the Uzbek SSR. He lay in state at the Tsentralnyy
Rayon Voyenkomat, ulitsa Alekseya Tolstogo No. 6, Tashkent.
4. omment: The domou avl hchiy is subordinate to the housing
directorate zhilishchnoye upravleniye).
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5. Comment: The domoupravienive was established not only as an arm of
the militia to control the population, but also as an organ of the Soviet
mobilization plan. As such it results in:
a. A fast and exact delivery of summonses with no chance of lost mail;
b. An easy and immediate check on how conscripted men respect their
summonses; and
c. Greater secrecy in carrying out a mobilization plan, since official
announcements or posters are unnecessary.
6.I Comment: As indicated in footnote No. 3, Tsentralnyy Rayon
Voyenkomat is located at ulitsa 1e e Tolstogo No. 6.
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