1. TRACTOR PLANT IN CHIMKENT 2. CITY OF ALMA-ATA

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COUNTRY USSR (South Kazakhstan Oblast,
Alva-Ata Oblast)
SUBJECT 1. Tractor Plant in Chimkent
2e city of Alma-Ata
DATE OF INFO.
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19 December 1955
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Tractor Plant in Chimkent
4. A tractor plant was located at Chimkent, South.Kazakhstan, and was connected
to the lead plant by a wide gravel road which crossed the town from east to
vest.3 A special railroad spur connected the tractor plant with Chimkent,
The western section of the plant was of reinforced concrete, built before
World War II. It was a restricted area and was guarded by pare-military guards,
were equipped with
large, new, reinforced conr.`rete buildings
power drills of various sizes. Sixty paver
drills were installed in the two-story "T"-shaped building located in the east
yard, and 80 similar drills were installed in the square building
5. An underground reinforced concrete structure was built in the northern part
of the plant yard, about midway between the eastern and western buildings.
The structure was over 30 meters long from east to west and ten meters wide.
A corridor, over one meter wide with six rooms on each side, passed. through
the center of the building. Each room was approximately four by five meters,
separated by a brick partition, three bricks wide, The concrete roof was
60 centimeters thick, supported by wire and a close network of steel beams.
The roof was covered with 20 centimeters of gravel and 15 to 20 centimeters
of red clay. The roof of the building was level with the ground. The only
entrance to the building was through a round opening about one meter in
diameter, located at the western end of the roof,, above the corridor. An
iron cover with bolts could be opened from either^ side. A portable step-
ladder served as steps to the c orridoro there was
no water line to the building, There were four or five underground pipes
providing air for the building. The underground building was not a store-
room or warehouse, since it was always kept closed and never used. A barbed
wire fence was built to isolate these three production )utldings from the
remaining part of the plant area. After the job of installing the power
drills was completed in late 1949, forced laborers were not permitted to
enter the fenced-off area,
6. Two new, reinforced concrete buildings were ready for production at the
end of August 1949, Only free workers were permitted to work there
7. Materials shippedintothe plant consisted of sheet metal five millimeters thick,
iron ingots, copper pipes about eight millimeters in diameter, small iron
pipe-like beams, and many wooden barrels about 75 centimeters in diameter and
loaded with a heavy material.
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All of the plant production was shipped in strong wooden. boxes of different
sizes. The largest box was x .06 x ,06 meters ;sic , Two
or three loaded, 60-ton, eight;-wheel freight cars left the plant every week,
Ten,60-ton,open cars brought coal to the plant twice a month; ter carloads
of coal were always kept in reserve at the plant, Round, metal containers,
approximately 1.6 meters long and 20 centimeters in diameter, filled with some
type of condensed gas, were frequently delivered to the plant.
9. There were five dormitories, each with 25 rooms wir,h six. beds each, in the
vicinity of the plant at the end of 1949, Addittot.al housing for workers
of the plant was provided in,, late 1949 and early 1950, .This consisted of
three large, two-story brick houses, located slightly south of the plant,
the plant would expand,because of t:w iccreas.ing number of
dormitories, tiie empty space In the eastern part of the play t: area, and the
continual arrival of building materials at the plant,
Alma-Ata
10, A work section of Ushosdor ('wpravletiye shosseryk:h. dorog-.H.ighvays Directorate)
was located at Alma-Ata. One group was -h.tthe Veselaya zhizu Kolkhoz, located
some 12 k.-Uome ers Past of the Alma-Ata - `btna border highway,k 'thirty-five
employed in. the section:, lived in another dormitory located Ir-
a distillery some 26 kilometers nort.heast of Alma-Ata, The section employed.
about 1,000 free workers
Most of t+-r-, Poles were women,
mandant who was attached to each kolkhoz, They had to regisrer with the
representative, all of whom were W- 1i lieutenar..ts, once a week,
Most of the migrants, who lived or kolkhozy, were forbidder,:- to leave th.eir
immediate areas without the permission. of a. representative of the .MVD com-
The Alma-Ata - China border highway, built arouLd 1.948, was 322 or 332 kilo-
meters long. The job of the work section. was to keep the road ir. good
condition for the frequent transport. convoys going to The highway
was eight meters wide, stx meters covered with asphalt. and one meter or
each side covered with. gravel, 't`elegraph and telep:hote poles were located
along the highway. A reinforced concrete bridge ten meters wide, crossing
the Malaya Almatinka River., was located about; one kilometer east of Alma-
Ata. The highway at the bridge was ten meters wide, but, at the Kazachka
River bridge, loca ed about; two kilometers from the city, the highway was
eight meters wide. The highway began at the eastern, edge of the city, went
almost straight to the north, and turned to the northeast. In 1951 - 1953,
source had frequently seen military convoys of from 20 to 25 trucks passing
over the road. The trucks were heavily loaded and covered with canvas, and
each had an armed soldier seated beside the driver in the cab. An .MVD major
was in charge of most of the convoys,
The Third Militia Station was located on Pasteur Street mean the Green Market
in Frunzenskiy Rayon The Second Militia Station was
located on Gogol Street Lear Stalin prospek.t f.r,, St,al1r..skly Rayon, and the
Fifth Miltia Station was located in the rayon center of Tastak "N' 43-16,
E 76-55).0 Part of this rayon was recently transfered to the city of Alma-
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13. The Tashkent Mechanical Plant (sic) was located near the cemetery. A large
plant making street and rail freight and passenger cars was located at the
end of Tashkent Street at the western edge of town at the Frunze h highway in-
tersection.7 A mechanigal pant (sic) located at Pasteur Street made beds,
kitchen, and iron furniture. A military plant was located in southwest Alma-
Ata on Uygur Street, one block from the Barakholka Market. The entrance
to the plant was on the side off Uygur Street and parallel to Shevchenko
Street. The entire plant area was surrounded by a two-meter brick wall,
and the plant was guarded by para-military guards. Ordinary workers at the
plant were Communist Party members (sic). A winery was located at the end
of Alma-Atinka Street near the brewery, Another winery was located at the corner
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f Kaww _- Streets ; Two or three hydroelectric over stations,
Wne~-pplied'~t~oxn -with electricity were located 30 to X35 kilometers south
f the a ll y in the mountain area.
14. The Udarnik Theater was located on Zhitnikov Street., the Alma-Ata Theater
was located in Federatsiya Park, the Ala-Tau was on Karl Marx Street, the
Rodina was at the end of Gogol Street, and the TYuZ Theater was located on
Kalinin Street,9
15. The railroad station was located in Leninskiy Rayon, All official military
and civilian parades passed along Stalin prospek.tilocated in the center of
the city. Panfilov Street ran parallel to Stalin prospekt; both streets were
separated by a large square. The. First City Hotel was located one block from
the Kalinin intersection on Panfilov Street. The hotel's large restaurant
was patronized frequently by city dignitaries. The Dom Kolkhoznikov Hotel was
located at the corner of Furmanov and Maksim Gorkiy Streets; it had. only a
cafeteria.
16. The Red Cross hospital and its main office were located in a large building
at the corner of Maksim Gorkiy Street and Stalin prosp(kt0 The Second Poly-
clinic was located on the street which joined Federatslya Park and. the Green
Market. The main post office was located on Kirov Street; a town garden was
just in front of this building, Komsomol Street passed along the edge of the
garden ae~--d ran parallel to Kirov Street, The main State :ink was on Furmanov
Street.l~
17. The prison was located at the corner of Uzbek and Tashkent Streets. A seven-
story reinforced concrete military construction building, built in early 1950,
was on Komsomol Street. Tashkent Street ran along the northern edge of the
city; the Belinskiy Highway began at Tashkent Street, somewhat east of the
railroad station, and ran to Alma-Ata First, some eight kilometers to the
north. The main railroad station was located in the old town of Alma-Ata,
First.
18. A tobacco sovkhoz was located near the edge of town along an asphalt road
which joined the China border and the Belinskiy Highway. A large oil storage
area, with uz'derground storage facilities, five or six railroad tank cars,
and several metal tanks was located at the eastern edge of :Belinskiy High-
way, three kilometers north of Alma-Ata Second. This base, surrounded by a
brick wall,was the main fuel supply for the airfield located nearby and for
the city and its industries.
The Burarday Sugar Plant was located about 33 to 35 kilometers west of Alma-
Ata First J.
Transportation
Alma-Ata streetcars were painted red and white, and yellow and white. Line
No. 2 circled in front of the railroad station and made its return trip.
Line No. 6 joined Alma-Ata First with Alma-Ata Second, along the Belinskiy
Highway. Line Nos. 2 and 3 passed near the Barakholka Market. Line No.
went from Alma-Ata Second over a very steep route for some eight kilometers
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to Tagt&k,. 1, are was -no., between t#e city and Tastak. Streetcars ran
from.Q6Q0.to 0100 hours,. and. the cost o` tickets inside the city was 30
kopeks
06o6? to 210?
Alma-Ate-b"1308 were painted green and yeller,. They ran from
hours but then operated only once every hour until 0100 hours. -Busses
usually ren a eeg the main streets of the., city,,,. Bus ja,ineNo. 2 joined Alma-
Ata First with q, ?j* .Ata $ectond, The busses were well maintained.
the Soviets. planned to build a railroad
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connecting Alme,?,Ata with: the China bowie in the near future,
a line was surveyed close to the China border highway in fall 1954.
23. The commandant of Camp No. 224+ in Chitnkent was MVD Lieutenant Zalevitskiy
(fnu).
24+. mvD Major ?Sep bin (f'nu) was director of $ectipn 535 (uchastok) of the Alma-
Ata Highway Directorate; he always wore a military uniform. His deputy
chief engineer, (nu) ?_was a civilian. The Q 'face of this section was at the
Luch:x.o*%dm. olkho , located near the Wte ;.4utekirts Qf Alma Ata. A'
personal file was kept on each worker- a ->th .s .dffi.ce. The main office of
the Highways Directorate was located on-Uzbek Street; it was ti'ansferred
in the.sprieg,.Qf 1954 to.a building located on Dzerzhinski.y Street at Gogol
StreaMt .
25. MVD Lieutenant Colonel Gonckaargv (fnu), who ware % military uniform, was
director of the Highways Directorate in Alma-Ata.l His deputy chief engirmer
(nu) was an MVD captain. A Russian named Sacha 'Aleksandr, m u) i vt ed
there, All others employed in the Alma-Ata Highways Directorate office were
civilians.
26. An Mfg senior-3.i:eutemant (aid) was charge of the ,Special Commandant' e
Office (spets komendatura).at the Yeselaya zhizn Kolkhoz in Alma-Ata. This
office handled; Cases of deported persons,, An ' W lieutenants (nu) , who al-
ways, were a. military- ux3.torm, was comgan.da,nt of the Veselaya zhiati Kolkhoz
tOrritory~
27. The maia office- of QV3R (Foreigners' Visas and Registrations Section - Otdel
viz? :i registr*tw&:L_Uoatr u ev i,ti~e )- bras located on Kirov Street
at the corner of Abs.ya Street, and `branc office was located on Chaykov-
skiy Street. The bran off ce was 'trapsrerred to a new building at the
corner .;*f Gogool-? reet, and $ta] i n proape t' in early 1955. An MV'D major (nu)
was chief of O IR -inn A1t&-Ata Wi D Lieutenant Akimdzhanov, or Khakimdzh nov
(friu), a Kazakh, and a female clerk 4) , ,were always present at the main
OVIR off ice.
28. A largeMTD%building was i,ocated at the corner of Dzerzhinskiy grid'Kalinin
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30. A large military airfield used by jet aircraft was located along s,eight
meter-wide gravel road, one and..ane y,lf,to two kilometers north of the
intersection of the highway which passed the sugar refinery, about 25
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kilometers from Alma-Ata First. The barracks of an air force unit was located
the trees of a large den located stove
~ ~' 50 asters ~s~utii :of"tat+arse ?_an.
The areas around the barracks and the airfield were restricted, and sentries
at a sentry box located at the intersection checked all persons who turned off
the highway and went toward the airfield or toward the barracks.
31. A military radio station, surrounded by a two-meter, barbed-wire fence and
guarded continually by armed soldiers, was located one and one-half tj two
kilometers north of Alma-Ata First. The station could be reached by be, northern
extension of Belinskiy Highway. The town of i (N )43-53s E 77-1Q, ?,is located
some 60 kilometers north, along this highway.
32. A gravel road, 800 to 1,000 meters long, went west from Belinskiy Highway,,
about three kilometers north of Alma Ata First, and led to another military
airfield. The field was seldom used,but jet aircraft were known to use the
field.
33. A cavalry regiment was located in barracks on Zhitnikov Street in Alma-Ata,
near the bridge which crossed the Malaga Almatinks River.
34. On two or three occasions, a cavalry regiment, motorized infantry
units, and part of a tank unit participate in parades in the city, The tank
unit was represented by three or four medium tanks whose gun barrels were about
one and one-half meters long.
several tank groups of from three to four
a few kilometers northeast of Alma-Ata.
tanks participating in maneuvers,
35. An airfield was located slightly north of the railroad, two kilometers from
Leninakan, in the direction of Yerevan.
36. Consumers, goods appeared in unusually large quantity in the shops in Alma-Ata
during the second half of 1953 and almost all of 1954. Shoes aid luxury items
camp from Czechoslovakia; china and cloth goods from Poland; hats and furniture
from Austria; plastic goods, electrical appliances, and kitchenware from
Qermany; and silk and matches from China. These and many other items were sold
without rationing or restrictions in all of the State stores. They were in
great demand, since the merchandise was cheaper than home-made items and
much superior in appearance and quality compared with similar Soviet-made
items. Most of these articles disappeared from kolkhoz shops, located in
rayon centers, at the end of 1951; the same situation prevailed in the city
shops in early 1955. As a result, the bazaar and markets, where prices were
women e'liomg boos 8o~es :ln. In Dzhulfa)two scarves and one pair-of
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1. According to available information, a Major General N. S. Molchanov is
professor at the Military-Medical Academy i/n S. M. Kirov in Kirov.
2. Domsk or Tomsk cannot be located in Arlsk Oblast on available maps.
However, Verkhnaya Toyma (N 64-06, E 6-51 is a rayon center, and Verkhne-
Toyemskiy is a selsovet in Arkhangelsk Oblast.
3. According to available information, there is no tractor plant in Chimkent.
The Tank Re it Plant and Motor Vehicle Assembly Plant are located in
C a rhimkent. obably the Chimkent Lead Smelting Plant
i/n Kalinin.
4. I (this group lived, in a dormitory at the
Veselaya zhizn Kolkhoz.
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probably refering to the Piyamukha River, located about two
6. According to available information, the Second Militia Station is on
Panfilov Street in Leninskiy Rayon, and the Fifth Militia Station is
located on 13 Liniya Street in Stalinskiy Rayon in Alma-Ata.
7. According to available information, the Alma-Ata Railroad Car Repair
Plant, which repairs locomotives and freight and passenger cars, is
located west of Alma-Ata No. 2 railroad station.
8. According to available information, a furniture factory is located east
of Bolshaya Almatinka River, on Pasteur Street.
9. According to available information, the tldarnik Theater is ox. Tsentraln ra
Street, the Alma-Ata Theater in i/n 28 Iinfilov Guardsmen Park, and the
Rodina Theater in the Park of Rest and Culture.
10. According to available information, the State Bank for Leninskiy Rayon
is located on Furmanov Street, in Alma-Ata.
11. This is presumably the Alma-Ata Sugar Refinery, located in the Burunday
Workers' Settlement, northeast of Alma-Ata No. 1.
12. According to available information, streetcars in Alma-Ata run until
0200 hours.
13. According to available information, construction of the Alma-Ata - Lanchow
Railroad is progressing satisfactorily. However, construction had not
yet started from the Alma-Ata side in early 1955.
14, According to available information, the Highways Directorate was located
on Dzerzhinskiy Street in 1952.
15. According to available information, the address of L. B. Goncharov was in
the Highways Directorate building on Dzershinskiy Street in Alma-Ata.
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Note: 1. Turkestanslraya Should probably road Tashkent Street.
2. Kazakskaya should probably road taan Street,
Consents
1. According to available information, the City Hospital is' located on
Dungan Street.
2. According to available information, the Alma-Ata Mrueua is located in i/n
28 Panfilov Guardsmen Park.
3. According to available information, the Tricot Factory i/n Dzerzhinskiy
is located on Furmanov Street.
According to available information, Children's Contagious Disease,`
Hospital No. 5 is located on Aba Street.
5. According to available information, Sewn Goods Factory N4. 2 is located
on Furmanov street.
6. According to available information, the XVD Directorate for Alai-Ata
Oblast is located on Karl Marks Street.
7. According to available information, the Koshkombinat Arte.`Tanning Plant
its located on Kaganovich Street.
8. According to available information, the Pinokat (Felt Hoots) Plant is
located on Kazan Street.
9. According to available information, a vine plant is located on Shkola Street.
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