TASHKENT: ADMINISTRATION, INSTALLATIONS, AND LANDMARKS

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• Publication Date: February 18, 1955
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I. PART! AND GOVBRM49NT INSTITUTICNS
1. The following Party and Government institutions are located in Tashkent:
Central Cc,mtaittee of the Co?unist Party of IIsbekistar ul r--"-
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Council of Ministers Uzbek SSR and Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the republic.-
on the square at the corner of ul. Karla Narksa and ul. Abdully Tukayeva.
Ministry of Education -Puahkinskeya ul. at the corner of Pervomayakaya u1.
Ministry of Finaaoe--Zhuioovaka a ul. No. 52
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Ministry of Trade-on the square at the oornir Pushkinak
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Ministry of Ccamr,-Rl Agriculture-at the beginning of ul. Navoi
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry--Leniagradskyra ul.
Ministry of Food Indust Leningradataya ul.
Ministry of State Farms--Usbekistanskaya ul.
Ministry of Stock Breeding--Usbekiatanska a ul..1
Ministry of Water Rewurcee--ul. Leduc
Ministry of Justice--Zhukovskaya ui.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan
Ministry of State Security (MM)-Lsaingradskaya ail,. (see paragraph 2) 25X1
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAD)-Le radskaya ul. (see paragraph 2)
Ministry of Health-ul. Navoi
Headquarters of Turkmen Military District (Tur)rVO)--corner of Zhukovskaya ul. and
Remeslennaya ul. The main e* ance is on Zhukovskaya ul. The sign "Shtab
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TurkVO" in large letters hangs over the entranoo.
Supreme Court of the Uzbek Re public----Pervon&. ,r;_-'toy a ILL.
Republica Public Prosecutor--ui. Lenina
Chinese Consulate--ul. Frunze
Oblast Committee of the Party-ul. Karla Narksa
City Committee (Gorkom) of the Party-Pushkinakaya ul. ITo. 1 4
Oblast Executive Committee and all of its sections (otdely)--ul. Navoi, in a
building which was formerly the "" movie theater
City Executive Committee--ul. Stplina No. 17, corner of ul. Lenina
YAlitary Tribunal of the TurkV0--,Sapernaya ul.
Oblast Voyenkomat--$apernaya ul.
Chief Directorate of Communications- ul. Lva Tolatogo (formerly Pochtovaya ul.)2
Oblast Directorate of the MVD ul. Alekseyeva
Uzbek Directorate of r-onlogical Prospecting -u1. Tarasu Shevchenko
Aerogeodetical Establishment (Aero-geodezunheakoye Predpriyatiye) ul. Uritskogo
Tashkent Central Telegraph-ul. Navoi
Tashkent Polygraphic Directorate-ul. lavoi in he Old City3
Tashtrammay (Tashkent Streetcar Agency)-Prole.arskaya ul.
SANI1Ir (Central Asian Scientific Research Institute of Irrigation)--ul. ITavo14
Acaden r of Sciences Uz k SSR ul. Abdul y Tuicayeva
Printing House (Tipografiya) N. i--Leningradska4ya ul.
Printing House No. 3 ul. Alckseyeva
Uzbek Agricultural Supply-u1. Tarasa Shevchenko
Chief Directorate of Uzbek Storage and Sorting of Grain (Uzbzagotsortzerno)--
ul. Pravdy Voetoka
2. As of summer 1951, the main
stories building of the MM and NYD in Tashkent was several
gh, and was located at the corner of Leningradakaya ul. and ul.
Alekaeyeva opposite the "Klub MB". A sign for each ministry was located at the
main entrance door behind the front wall. A guard was posted just inside the
door. Passes to enter the building could be ^btained at an nffiee around the
corner on ul. Alekseyeva. In 1951, Geneal Baskakov was Uzbek Minister of State
Security, and Major General ~Yu. BJ Babbdzhaaov was the Uzbek rlinister of
Internal Affairs.5
II. TRUSTS AND CObBINFS
3. The following trusts and combines are located in Tashkent:
Uzbek Coal Trust-Pushkinskaya ul.
Trust of the Chief Directorate of Coal Prospecting ul. Tarasa Shevchenko
Uzbek Gold Trust-ul. Navoi.
Uzbek Wine Trust--u1. Kuybysheva~'
Uzbek Wood Products Trust--u1. Nav i
Chirchik sower Administration Construction Trust--u1. Ilavoi
Glavmuka Flour and Milling Trust-K rbyshevakiy Rayon
Vegetable Oil and Fat (Rastzhirmesle) Trust.--Gornyy Chirchik u]..
Uzbek Fur Storage Trust--Puahkinakaya ul.
Chemical Combine--u1. Tarasa Shevchenko
Milling Combine No. 2 Kuybyshevskiy Rayon
Grain Combine-Zhukovskaya ul.
beat Comb a-~in Bash Agach in the old city
dashken/Combine imeni Stalina-on circle of streetcar lines 14o. 11 an.0, 13
III. INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS
4. The following industrial installations are located in Tashkent:
Aircraft Plant 116. 84 1hoSkovskiy Rayon (see paragraphs 5-8)
Auto Repair Factory No. 5-Leninskiy Rayon
Auto Repair Factory ITo. 7--Leninakiy Rayon
Brewery No. 3-u.1. Lva Tolstogo
Brewery No. 6
Cable Factory rSalar1t 867--.Go.rn;yy Chirchi.k 'al.
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Cartobr 3 ~.,r I la; .t io. `--- b< aW- gal .
Cast-Iron Foundry-Pu Lkinekarya ul.
Champagne and Wine Plant--Ulyanovskaya ul.
Couzumication Equipment Plant No. 1-ul. Lva Tolatogo
J.ectric Light Fact y--Prolet: haya ul.
Sxcavator Factory Stalin" 770/-')goroduaya ul. No. 1
Grain Elevator Machinery Fact-rv Kuybyshevskiy Rayon
Gramplastinka Phonograph Record Factory--ornyy Chirchik ul.
Hydroelectric Power Station-at the and of streetcar line No. 2
"Kraanaya Zarya" Sewing Factory-ul. Tarasa Shevchenko
Macaroni Factory-in Bash--Agach
Mortar Factory No. 193--corner of Ulyanovskaya ul, and ul. Abdully Tukaveva
Parachute Factory--+ul. Enguisa
Rice Mill--streetcar line 14o. 14
Saddle and Harness Factory-ul. Karla Marksa
Seed Cleaning Factory--Gornyy Chirchik ul.
Smoked Fish F Cory Chirchik ul.
Steam- i.ne jail Repair Factory imani Kaganovicha-streetcar line No. 5
in Leninskiy Rayon
Tashkent Agricultural Machinery (Tashaelmash) Plant-ul. Karla Marksa
Tobacco Factory--ml. kgelsa
"Urtak" Confectioner's Plant---Kirgizakarya ul.
Uzbek Agricultural Machinery Plant- Sovgorodok (sic), on streetcar lines No. 11
and 13
Wine Plant No. 7--Kuybyshevskaya ul.
Aircraft Plant no, 84
5. Aircraft Plant No. 84 is located in
wall surrounds the large plant gas*
landing strip in the plant area.
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A high brick
there is a
Large wooden
goes were sometime transported freight care to the Tashkent railroad freight
station, usually at night.
6. In 1951 the director of the plant was an Air Force major general, who lived on
Inzhenernaya ul. in a house surrounded by a high fence. Civilian guards were
permanently posted at the entrance gate.
7. Streetcar line No. 10 approaches the plant fro= ul. Navoi (sic). A branch street-
car line extends from line No. 10 and enters the plant area through a large, blue,
iron gate which is usually kept closed. Inside and out, the plant is guarded by
vovenizirovannava okhrana (militarized civilian guards). During the night the
whole plant area is illuminated.
8. In 1951, at least 10,000 workers, in three shifts, were employed by the plant.
All workers had been screened by the WD and were required to show passes every
day on entering the plant. They were sworn to secrecy about their activities.
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IV. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
The following military installations are located in or near Tashkent:
Artillery supply depot and Artillery Directorate of the TurkVO-two-story brick
building in the old Tashkent fortress
Military Cartography Section-ul. Gogolya No. 93
Military Construction Agency (Voyennoye Stroitelstvo)-ul. Tarasa Shevchenko
Quartermaster Directorate (Intendantskoye Upravleniye) of the Border Guard Troops--
Pushkinskaya ul., opposite Stalin High School No. 50
Military Quartermaster (Voyenno-Intendantskaya) School-ul. Stalin
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10. A large group of barracks is located an Sapernaya ul. next to the oblast X MW.
t. The group consists of a row of one-story brick buildings surrounded by a
crampart. In 1946 these barracks were occupied by military units, but at
the and of the year the units left and the barracks were empty through summer
1951. A second group of barracks occupies the area from ul. Zbeleznyaka to ul.
Tames Sh voben oo and consists of a --w of one-story brick buildings. These
barracks were filled through summer 1951. At one time the entire area had been
enclosed by wire, and a sentry guarded the gate on ul. Zheleznyaka.
V. MILITIA STATIONS
11. The following militia offices and stations are located in Tashkent:
Oblast Directorate of H.litia--ul. 8talina.
Chief Directorate of Militia and Directorate of City Militia-Btoesrna1nyy ekvver
(square) at the corner of ul. Lakhuti and ul. Lenin.
Rail Terminal Station-in separate brick building near fourth waiting room and
ticket window. The entrance to the militia building was directly across the
square.
Militia Station No.. -two-story clay building in Frunzenskiy Rayon in the Old
City near the Staragorodakiy Bazars.
Militia Sta No. 7--Old City in ftvnzenskiy Rayon in the midst of a housing
develoi nt
Militia Station No. 8-ul. Engelsa on streetcar line No. 2 in Kirovakiy Rayon.
It was housed in a small, white, one-story building near the Rayon Emcutive
Caemtittee.
Militia Station No. _--sma71, one-story building on Poltoratekaya ul. in
Leninskiy Rayon; now a bathhouse.
Militia Station No. 11 Borodinskaya ul., next to Alayakiy Bazar in Kirovskiy
Rayon.
Militia Station No. 13-two-story brick building at Sovetskaya ul. No. 17 in
Teentralnyy Rayon; not far from the Agricultural, Institute.
Militia Station No. 14--ui. Lenin next to the 'Nwkmenskiy Bazar in a one-story
brick building on the street. The sign "14 Otdeleniye NLlitaii" hung on the
front of the building.
VI. FINANCIAL IIIITITUTTB
12. The following financial institutes are located in Tashkent:
Finance and Zconomdcs Institute-in Bosh-Agach. In 1948, the director was Sergey
Ivanovich (inn). A correspondence (zaocbn y) course is given by the institutes
the students receive their study material by mail but go to the school for their
review.
Savings Bank Branch No. 3628-Push]dnakaya u3.., Kvybyshevskiy Rayon,
Savings Bank Branch No. 7007--rul. Karla MMrksa, Tsentralnyy Rayon,
Stalinskiy Rayon branch of the Gosbank-in Besh-Agach. This bank is located in a
tm1al7., one-story b j.$k building with guards by day and night.
Savings Bank Branch No. _ Poltoratakaya ul., Leninskiy Rayons adjoining "Uzbekistan"
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13. The Tashkent airport for the Civil Air Fleet is situated or, the outskirts of
the city in Leninskiy Rayon.` Streetcar line No. 10 ends its run at the circle
at the airport's main building. The main building is a white, two-story build-
ing with other_s-,x ctures on either side. The sign "Tashkentskiy Aeroport" is
on the front. Buses and taxis leave for the airport from the corner of Pushkin-
skaya ul. and Pervomayskaya ul. next to the Pushkinskaya Hotel.
14. The municipal taxi sarvice in Tashkent consists of six place ZIS-110s and four-
place Pobedy. All the taxis are light blue and each has a checkered stripe around
the middle. The meter is m the right side and the driver is on the left.
Taxis are scarce, especially on summer evenings. Taxi stands are located on the
square in front of the Tashkent Airport, on the square by the railroad station,
at skver Revolyutsii, and at Park imeni Gorkogo. One can phone for a cab frog
any hotel.
15. Trolley-bus lines No. 3, 4, and 5 and diesel buses run along Pushkinskaya ul.
Line No. 5 starts at he streetcar circle near a bathhouse, turns onto Zhukov-
skaya ul. &t the post office,and goes to the station. The other numbers go to
the FZO (Factory Training) School of Communications No. 1, turn onto ul. Engelsa,
and continue to the railroad station. Line No. 4 turns onto ui. Stalin and
goes to the Old City. Trolley buses only use asphalt streets.
16. Truck and cart traffic is forbidden on asphalt streets in the central part of
the city.
17. At the and of 1950 and in 1951, rod streetcars with automatic doors, comfortable
interiors, and nickel-plated trimming inside appeared in Tashkent. Tashkent's
streetcar lines have the following routes:
No. 1 -- from the Old City to the railroad station
No. 2 -- from ul. Pravdy Vostoka to a hydroelectric power station
No. 3 --- from the beginning of Pushkinakaya ul. to ul. Pravdy Vostoka
No. 4 -- from to Bash-,Agach
No. 5 -- from Pol atakaya ul. to
No. 6, 7, 8, 9 -- un1aiown to sourcjT
No. 10 --- from airport to
No. 11, 13 --- from the Old City to the Textile Combine imeni Stalina
No. 12 -- from the Old City to the railroad station
No. 14 - from a rice mill to
VIII. HOTMS Al RESTAURANTS
18. The Uzbekistan is the most decent hotel in Tashkent.. It is located on ul.
Pravdy Vostoka in Tsentralnyy Rayon, not far from the Uzbek State Philharmonic
Society. The hotel is an old, brick, two-story building with its entrance on
the corner. A large'sign hangs over the entrance. Rates for the night range
from six to eight rubles for a bed in a dormitory to 10 to 12 rubles for a pri-
vate room. Its restaurant features jazz. Old, tall poplar trees were planted
in front of the hotel on ul. Pravdy Vostoka.
19. The.Pushkinakaya is located on the cor,%r -f Pushkinskaya ul. and Pervo_Zayskaya
ul. in Teentralnyy Rayon. The stop of No. 3 streetcar line is on Porvomayskaya
ul. The hotel is a small, white-plaster, one-story building. The prices are
the same as at the Uzbekistan. The restaurant has a terrace on the courtyard.
Tall poplar trees line the front of the hotel on Pushkinskaya ul. The airport
bus stops near the hotel.
2 The following restaurants are located in Tashkent. In all except hotel restau-
rants, one must wait at least an hour before getting served.
Uzbekistan Restaurant First Class--ul. Karla Tllarrksa on. a square; jazz music;
prices of the meal:: from three to twelve rubles.
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Verna Restaurant Second Class--ul. Karla 1arksa, next to a perfumery; jazz music.
Restaurant--corner of ul. Pravdy Vostoka and Proletarskaya ul.
Restaurant-Leningradekaya ul., next to }(B.
Restaurant--ul. Engelsa, next to the ODO (Oblast Officers, House)
Lebed Restaurant-in Park imeni Gorkogo on Kuybyshevskaya ul.
Dietic dining room--ul. Kirova,
Coffee shop--ul. Lenin, opposite Iskra movie theater.
Coffee shop--ul. Lenina, next to the state circus.
Summer restaurants-in every park.
IX. THEATERS
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Theater of Opera and Ballet
21. The Great AcadenW Theater of Opera and Ballet imeni Sverdlova is located on an
open square bounded by ul. Pravdy Vostoka, Uzbekistanskaya ul., and ul. Lenina.l0
Asphalt paths, rows of trees, and bushes which blossom in the summer encircle the
theater. Irrigation ditches flow past the square. A wide square with four or
five steps loading to an asphalt street for light vehicle traffic is located
directly in front of the theater, its columned entrance, and gray marble walls.
The theater's main auditorium is laid out in a north-south direction. The theater
is constructed of brownish brick and sections are covered with marble.
22. The cloak room is located just to the left of the main entrance lobby, which has
parquet floors. Outer wraps must be removed. Children under sixteen are not
allowed to attend evening performances. The cloak room is separated from the
."asst floor lobby by large glass doors, where a ticket collector checks the tickets.
The floors of the me-In lobby are painted dark red. The passageway to the parterre
is located directly opposite the entrance to the lobby. Pram the lef and right
of the lobby, stairs lead to the second and third floors. A buffet is located on
the second floor next to the stairs. Men's and women's rest rooms and smoking
rooms are located in the basement and are entered from the lobby. The aisle
from the entrance to the parterre inclines downward.
23. Theater boxes are placed on either aide of the parterre and are equipped with soft
armchairs with good springs. The govermnent boxes are placed on either side of
the parterre, but closer to the well. A large chandelier hangs from the center of
the cupola. The stage is mechanized and has electrical and radio installations.
In addition to a stage and auditorium, the theater has mirrored halls with stone
carvings in a semicircle pointing north. Windows overlook the streets. The halls
are divided into Uzbek, Russian, and Tadshik and have doors to the official areas
of the theater. The hal le on the second and third floor are enclosed by a low
wall in the center and overlook the first floor lobby. Russian and Uzbek opera
are presented at the theater. The north and of the parterre acooi dates the
official areas for adnd mistration, wardrobe, - make-up, and rest rooms for the artists.
There is a wide entrance in the eastern side of the building for transporting sets
and for entrance into the director's office. The theater is guarded at night.
24.
ROM-Theater
The Dramatic Theater imeni Gorkogo is located just off ul. Karla Mnrksa. It is a
6=11, one-story, white-plaster, brick building. The entrance leads from the
street to the lobby. To the right of the entrance is the ticket office and to the
left is the entrance door to the auditorium where tickets are collected. To the
right of this point is the cloak room and further along the hall is a buffet and
another cloak room. The hall then tunas to the right and further on the left is
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a passageway to the auditorium. The floors are all of wood. The stage is small
and technically limited. On the right is an exit, and rest rooms are at the end
of the hall.
Other Legitimate Theaters
25. Other legitimate theaters have been located in Tashkent as follows:
a.
Uzbek Musical Comedy Theater NMukimi" was located in a garden just off ul.
Navoi. It was closed after a fire. The Oblast Executive Committee is now
located there (see paragraph 1).
b.
Theater of Uzbek Drams "Khamsa" is located in the Old City not far from a
bazaar. This white building is situated on an asphalt street and streetcar
line.
c.
Theater of the Young Spectator was located between Pro
Tarasa Shevchenko. It now houses an art museum.
letarskaya u
l. and ul.
d.
Theater "Operetta" was located on ul. Gogolya. It has
a movie theater and home for art workers.
been conver
ted into
e.
Musical Comedy Theater was nearing completion in 1951.
were being carved.
The interi
or walls
f.
Dramatic Theater of the Soviet Armor TurkVO is a small auditorium in the
building of the ODO on ul. Engelsa at the corner of ul. Stalin.
vie Theaters
26. The winter movie theater "Iskra" is located in Tsentralnyy Rayon at the corner
of ul. Lenin, which is asphalt-paved, and Leningradskaya ul., which is partially
asphalt-paved. Trees are planted on both sides of Leningradakaya ul. near the
theater. Streetcar lines go. 2 and 3 make stops on ul. Pravdy Vostoka and con-
tinue along Leningradskaya ul. to the theater. The theater is a wide, one-story,
white building. One wall along ul. Lenin is 100 meters long and has posters
behind glass showing the present film and coming attraction. The ticket windows
(two for the general public and one for officers) are next to the entrance to the
theater, and the lobby is just inside the entrance. Tickets cost two to six
rubles. The theater opens a half hour before program time, and has three sepa-
rate movie halls: pink, blue, and green. All halls have hard, stationary chairs
with turn-down seats. The pink and blue balls are wide. The green hall is very
narrow and poorly furnished. The cheaper rows have wooden benches. The lobby
has two buffets, a reading room with newspapers and magazines, a newstand, and a
full-length mirror. In the evenings, jazz or singing by a soloist is presented
in the lobby. The floor in the lobby is wooden and in front of the jazz band,
parquet. The seating capacity for all three halls is 1200 persons.
27. The winter movie theater "Molodaya Gvardiya" is located in Tsentralnyy Rayon at
the corner of ul. Karla Marksa and ul. Lenina. The entrance to this one-storys
brownish brick building is on the corner, and the ticket window is on ul. Lenina.
In the evening, "Molodaya Gvardiya" is spelled cut in red light bulbs high over
the entrance and posters behind glass are attached to the theater wall on ul.
Karla Marksa. Tickets cost two to six rubles. The lobby opens a half hour
before the film begins. Tickets are checked at the main entrance. Inside the
entrance, a soda stand is on the right and a buffet is on the left. A reading
room is located directly opposite the entrance and has newspapers, magazines, and
pamphlets. Beyond the reading room and to the left, there is a small stage for
jazz bands. Chairs are located on both sides of this secticn of the lobby. The
flooring is parquet. Soloists often sing with an orchestra. The doors into the
auditorium are to the left of the lobby. The public is admitted to the auditorium
five minutes before the film starts, and a bell signals the start of the film.
Children under sixteen are not permitted to attend evening performances. The rest
rooms are located just off the exit passageways leading to the yard and to ul.
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Karla Marksa. The theater building is old and was formerly a concert hall. The
seating capacity is 450 to 500 persons.
28. The movie theater "Pobeda" is located in a one-story, gray, brick building on
the corner of ul. Gogolya and ul. Sverdlova. The ticket window is on the latter
street, and several brick steps lead to the entrance. In the lobby on the left
is a soda stand and further along the sage wall is a buffet. At the end of the
lobby is a reading room and passageway to the jazz hall, which seats 500 persons.
&its lead to the courtyards and then to ul. Gogolya.
29. The winter movie theater "Uzbekistan" is located on Poltoratakaya ul. next to a
savings bank in Leninakiy Rayon. The theater is in a one-story, plastered-brick
building, and seats 500. The ticket window is on the street. The lobby has a
buffet and a corner reading room. The floors are wooden. As in others, the
theater had pictures of Lenin, Stalin, and other Soviet leaders on the walls f"
of 1957. The exit leads to a courtyard,, then to Poltoratskaya ul.
30. Other movie theaters are located in Tashkent as follows:
"Rodina"--a gray, two-story building on ul. Navoi.
Movie theater at the }GB Club-a one-story, plastered-brick building on Leningrad-
skaya ul. The ticket window faces ul. Alekseyeva. There is no lobby. The audi-
torium, which is just inside the entrance, seats 500.
Movie theater at the Communication Club-a small, white-plaster, brick building
on ul. Krylova. The ticket office is on the street. There is a small buffet
in the passageway in front of the auditorium. The seating capacity is 250 to
300 persona. The floors are wooden. The exit leads to a little yard, than to
the street.
Movie theater at the Palace of Railroad Workers-Proletar.skaya ul.
Movie theater at the Palace of Workers of the Sewing Induatry--Zhukovs]caya ul.
Movie theater at the Palace of Textile Workers-at a stop on streetcar lines No,
11 and 13.
A winter movie theater-in Beah-Agach; a white, plastered-brick building with a
large main entrance.
Movie theater at the Militia Club-ui. Lakhuti.
Movie theater at the October Revolution Club-at a stop on streetcar line No. 10.
A movie theater-Sapernaya ul. This small, one-story, green building seats 200.
Streetcar lines No. 1, 10, and 11 atop on Tur]unens]caya ul. nearby.
Winter movie theater of the ODO--seats 300 to 350.
"Ia]ra", "Vesna", and "Vatan" movie theaters-(see paragraph 32)
31. Every park has a summer movie theater which operates during the warm months (about
seven or eight months).
32. Park imeni Gorkogo begins at skver Revolutiii in Tsentralnyy Rayon, and is bounded
by walls on Proletarskaya ul. and Kuybyahevskaya ul. The park has two summer
stages and a nearby dance platform, the smer restaurant "Lobed", and a restau-
rant on Kuybyshevakaya ul. Jazz :music is played quite often from the two summer
stages. Facing the park are the two summer movie theaters "Iskra" and "Vesna",
which are on Proletarskaya ul.
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33. Park CDO (Park of the Oblast Officers' House) is located at ul. augelsa and
ul. Staling, and consists or the summer theater eni Gorkogo, a suer restaurant-
buffet, a dance platform, a reading room, and an orchestra. The ODO itself is
located on ul. Engalsa and has a direct entrance onto the park. Next to the CD0
is a good restau&?ant in a?two-story building.
34. Park imeni Staling is located in Stalinskiy Rayon in Besh-Agach. It is very
popular because it has the "Komsomol Lake" with its bathing beaches and watersports
societies such as "Dinamo" and "Spertak". The park has a children's railroad,
an area for small children, a library, summer platforms, a dancing platform, a
restaurant, and buffets.
35. Other parks in Tashloent are located as follows:
Park imeni Telmana-auybpahevakiy Rayon. The entrance to the park is on ul. Navoi.
The perk has a suer movie theater, a restaurant, a dance platform, and boating.
Park Pobedy-Biz or3ldy Rayon. This park was completed in 1951. The park is laid
out around a lake, offers boating and, like other parks, has a summer movie theater.
Park imeni KCR (sic) by a stop of streetcar line No. 10. The park has a ~r
movie theater.
Park of Railroad Workers-entrance on Proletarskaya ul. The park has a summer
platform, dance platform, movie theater, restaurant, and orchestra.
Park imeni Push~ldna-in the Old City. The park has a summer movie theater, plat-
form, dance platform, and restaurant.
Park imeni Kirova-Sougorodok, on streetcar line No. 13. The park has a summer
movie theater, reading room, restaurant, and dance platform.
XI. TRIPS IN AND AROM TASHKKNT
Ulitsa Karla 1 rksa
36. Ul. Karla Marksa begins near the cemetery in Kuybyshevskiy Rayon, where it is
eight to ten meters wide and paved with cobblestones. From the Tashselmash
Plant, the street is paved asphalt. Beginning at the medical institute, there
is a single streetcar track, two or three meters from the street; brick side-
walks, poplar trees, and one- and two-story homes line both aides of the street.
Toward the center of town, the pavements are asphalt and the street is a little
wider than on the outskirts. A streetcar circle is located 300 maters from the
point where an asphalt-covered bridge crosses the Aryk (Irrigation Ditch) Solar.
A saddle and harness factory was under construction at this point in 1951. In
the center of town, the street passes through ekver Revolutaii and ends at?the
Government House Square. Streetcar line No. 4 ends at the Square and then com-
bines with other lines.
37. Proceeding west on ul. Karla Marksa from the School of medicine o7 Central Asia
State University, the followjg landmarks are an the right (north) aide of the
street: Republic Honor Roll-".. a department store, other large stores, institu-
tions, '%lodaya Gvardiya" movie theater at the corner of ul. Lenina, the Pioneer
Palace. and editorial officers of the newspaper diets. The following
buildings Ire on the left (south) side of the street: the Party school, stores,
institutions, the Gastronom, a savings bank, a puppet theater, and other buildings.
Pnsahki nsgkava Ulitsa
38. Pushkinakaya ul, begins at Kuybyshevskoye shosse (highway) at a small square with
trees and bushes and a circle for streetcar line No. 3. At the beginning, Pushkin-
skaya ul. is very wide and there are asphalt sidewalks on both sides of1~ street.
There are few trees here, but trees become more common on approaohing ~eS/ Square.
It is rather hilly in the vicinity of the Salar, which is spanned by an asphalt-
covered brick bridge. The streetcar line is double-tracked.
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To the east of the bridge, on the north side of Pushkinskaya ul., there is a
delicatessen on the street, and the Dinaum stadium is located 200 meters from
the street. Proceeding west from the bridge, the following buildings are en-
countered: Women's Middle School No. 47, where the street stare going uphill;
the bow of the commander of the TurkVO, General of the Arnim I. led Petrov;
a library; the Union Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Industry of the
Order of Lenin; auybyahevskiy Rayon Executive Committee, which also housed the
ravkom vartii and other s raykam of the Koa somols; the main post office
and the telegraph and long-distance telephone station, all in a one-story build-
ing; the Tashkent Conservatory; a four-story house; a two- or three-story house;
a pastry shop; Women's School No. 44 (located in Taentraln y Rayon); Ministry
of Culture; Directorate of Arts for the Council of Ministers Uzbek S9R; FZ0
School of Con =ications No. and, at the corner of Pushkinskiy skver, orka
partii in a two-story building.
Proceeding west on ul. Pusbkinskaya from the Salar, Cotton Mill No. 1 is located
a little south of the street. The following buildings line the left (south)
side of the street: institutions, the Uzbek Cotton Trust, Auto Column No. 1, the
Oblast Office for Cotton Purchases, homes (mostly one-story), Uzbek SSR Director-
ate of Workers and Correction Camps of the MD, a bathhouse, Venereal Disease
Dispensary, Supply Base of the Uzbek Council of Ministers, a three-story gray
apartment house, a four-story apartment house, the Pushkinakaya Hotel, a barber-
shop, city agency for the Civil Air Fleet, a delicatessen, Quartermaster Director-
ate of the Border Troops (a one-story building), homes, and the Uzbek Ministry
of Trade at the corner of Push1ld nakiy skver.
Tashkent Railroad Station to Uzbekistan. te]
The Uzbekistan can be reached from the station by taking streetcar line No. 1 to
the Kirov stop on ul. Kirova at the corner of Uzbekistanakaya ul. The hotel may
then be approached from two sides: (1) Continue to ul. Pravdy Vostoka, turn
right; or (2) Continue to ul. Kuybysheva (sic), turn left to ul. Pravdy Vostoka.
~comment
1. The Chief Directorate of Stock Breeding of the Ministry of Light and Food
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ustry is probably intended.
2. Ul. Lva Tolstogo is possibly ul. Alekseya Tolstogo.
3. Tashkent is bisected by the Aryk (Irrigation Ditch) Ankhor. To the west of
the Ankhor is old Tashkent (the Old City), including a section ]mown as
Beah.Agach in Stalinakiy Rayon. The "Asiatic" Old City has primitive build-
ings, primarily an Uzbek populations, bazaars, mosques, and narrow, dusty
streets. The "European" New City is located to the east of the Aakhor and
includes most of the industrial and commercial installations of Tashkent.
4. SANIIIr is believed to be located in Kuybyshevakiy Rayon in the New City.
5. Major General W-kh*1l Ivanovich Baskakov was bead of the Uzbek MOB from
1947 to approximately 1950.
6. Ul. Kuybysheva was formerly called Kuylyukskaya ul.
7. From the description, Tashkent Aircraft Assembly Plant B, "Chkalov" 84, is
Probably intended. The Tashkent airfield is adjacent to the plant and is
used as a flyaway field.
part or the Now City;
9. Tashkent Southeast Airfield is probably intended and is probably located
in Frunzenskiy Rayon.
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10. The theater is probably bounded oo the trout (West) by ul. LemAna, north
by ul. Playdly, Voet4ka, east bly mi. Lirma, and south ter Usbeldstanek ya ul.
U. Toney BMW 1101 (doorod ya Doaka Pboheta) is possibly intended,
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