THE AIR RAID SHELTER PROGRAM IN THE SOVIET BLOC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000200130056-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: August 20, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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'I'mo A AiD SHELTER FR
increa4m
a US5R has an extensive civil defense system which has steadily
ce 10,48. At present the eye
gear it to atomic *Sap n defense.
The Soviet civil dote
Air Defense, a br anch o
organized by the pare
down to. districts within cities. The nucleus of urban civil defeea
medical
ce.. firefighting, utUity and service argaanizations. R
-.1vil defense
Coo
cotaapli
an
direction.
coast
n includes permanent staff officers o
rho are assigned at all It"
Army,, Air Force, and Navy)
areas. Civilians are obl
also respon~
:ice civil defense
se have developed similar civil defense systems u
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THE SOVIET BL04
ode
Bloc has engaged in a program
n while developing civil defense organization and train.i
construction in the USSR has progressed steadily.
buildings. basement at
clad*
general population. These organizational
observations of the U, S. us
f govern
on of these shelters was recently confirmed by
theaters and other p
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Those basement shelter* are designed to withstand collapse of the building,
arced concrete ceiling six Inches or more
rnetructton. double
ventilating me
trap* and dust
pioeion.
vided
stronger
nd that
heeaay shelters are available to key 'arty and C oveernmeft personnel.
ono that the USSR Is considering some type of *vacua.
tic door* and filter
provide protection from gas attack
are now to be incorporated to counter effects of atomic eex?
n to basement shelters, some detached shelters
Evidence indicates that important factort
:ed, with dispersed shelters. Current civil defense intt
l direct the general population to uti ree locally available
Similar pro
slova ia, for exam
have been prepared un,
In Czecho
,urea 5). Some are refurbished World War II shelters; others
ctton.
carried out in the European
Indicate a shelter-building program has been
underway for several years at factories? railwuaay stations and river ports. N*w
apartment construction Includes basement shelters and shelters are being added
eexisetin 'buildings.
Additional civil defense construction has included static water tanks, reservoirs
and swimming pool for emergency fire-fighting purposes. Underground st,
depots 4
Some undorgr*u
Place outside major
bably for the protection of sse entIM government . offices and personnel.
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qua.. it
OFORN
ure 4) have
ay stations, and
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3.
budget figures. T,
Actual expenditures are hidden
appreciation of cost magnitudes the following
made,
from 1951-55, some 2.5 million tow aparixrei
Evidence indi
additional constructio
l96.60 the number of new apS?
ion,
oximately double that
additional construction costs to about $4. bUi*
sd that this figur,
b*rt b shelters were provided for the occupants. TI
estimated $IZO per person wo
0. 000 urban residents.)
let Bloc wi3
in view building c
d construction
a of the gover
disaster crews.
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coact 9.6 billion for
do shelter3.
evident
a in suburban areas for the protection of
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Figure jK I
SKETCHES OF APARTMENT SHELTERS IN THE USSR
Filter-Ventilating
Chamber
Hermetically
25 25
persons persons
50 persons 50 persons
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SKETCH OF APARTMENT AIR-RAID SHELTER NEAR KIEV
From PW Reports
0
elter
Emergency
Hatch Exit
Steel
Rubber-sealed
Doors
Passageway
(1 m. high)
Steel
Rubber-sealed
r
Rubbe
-sealed
Doors
Doors
I---
I---
r--
I---
F--
I---
I---
I---
u
4.D m.
(7) Toilet
Rooms
I
10.5 M.
3.5 m. 3.5 m.
Shelter Room Shelter Room Shelter Room
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Figure 2
Steel
Doors
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9C/ #1 -e- S
SOVIET GAS FILTERS -Figure -
\\' \ \\\
\ \ \ To Blower
~~\ \N
Mechanical Filter
Chemical Absorbent
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Figure 0, 471
SKETCH OF DETACHED AIR-RAID SHELTER
(Stalino)
O 1 a
Q
FLOOR PLAN
A. Engine Room 9 x3.5 m.
B. Room, 9 x 8 m.
C. Room, 9 x 8 m.
D. Gas Trap, Steel Doors
E. Room, 9 x 16 m.
F. Toilets
G. Some as D.
H. Ventilating System, 150 mm.dia. Sheet Metal Tubes
1. Ventilating Shaft, 300-400 mm. dia
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Entrance to Reported Air Raid Shelf
_ Brno, Czec ro1ovakia
Fide 5
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