STALIN TRACTOR, PLANT, KHARKOV/WOOL FACTORY,TBILISIZIS FACTORY, MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500440082-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: March 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

25X1
Approved For Release 2005/08/17 CIA-RDP80-00~09A000500440082-0
CONFIDEpT7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT !
25X1
Stalin Tractor Plant, Kharkov/Wool Factory, Tbilisi/
ZiS Factory, Moscow
25X1
TNIA DOCUUINT CONTAINS ICIOIYATION IIIICT INO IN( NOTIONAL 0(I(,6I
01 THE UNIT[D $TAT($, ?I TH IN TN[Y[ANIN6 of Tort( IS, S(CTIONI 711
AND 7I4. OF THE U.I. CO.[. At AY[OOID. III TNSNSYI0$I0I 01 S[.(.
LATION 01 ITS CONT(NTI TO 0. .tC[.IT .r AN UNAUTNOIIt(0 I[ISO. IS
THIS is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Stalin Tractor Plant,
Kharkov
DATE DISTR. 3 D Jr da1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
this plant is the only tractor works
in Kharkov and the second tractor plant to be built in the USBf,
having been built in 1931 during the course of the first five-year
plan. The first tractor works was built in Stalingrad.
the plant was bombed in 1941 and had to
be evacuated to Siberia. The rebuilding was begun in August 1943.
tractors are produced here: (a) a 54'hp tractor with 38 by
additional power potential which II was part of the same
engine and which would not be used for driving the machine, but rather
for any additional equipment attached; (b) a smallertractor with
no additional rear power. The tractors are transferred to the
Ministry of Agriculture, after which the plant is no longer
responsible for them. The Associate Director stated that in 1953
the plant produced 18 thousand tractors (no breakdown between
categories was given) and this represented 108% of their quota.
The plant seemed rather orderly and production seemed to be going
at a rapid rate. The parts of the factory seemed similar
to assembly plants in the US, although not astern, The plant
probably employs about 13 thousand wckers.
25X1
CONFIDENTIAL
This report is for the use within the UI3A of the Intelligence components of the Dcpa::menta or 11
Agencies indicated above. It is not to be transmitted overeeaa without the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Director of the ioffice of Collection and Dioseminatlon, CIA.
 At ppro~ d For Release 2005/08/17 : CIA-RDP80-0080A000500440Q82-0
25X1
(ANTI DEIcTrALj
25X1
2_ ''..e workers live close to the plant in special housing.
Sixty per o.ent of the vorke= s are under 25 years of age l
with none uad er
,the age of 17. L. 1953 40-45' of the workers studied at some kind of
sebo:]. iYL their frca tis durzg the evenings, either at the Middle
25X1 Tetb lcal Sc:lool or a branch of the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute.
Thera were no-tuition charges for the workers. The plant has a
25X1 : tsdium and footb9:1.1. and volleyball teams. Fire thousand workers
25X1
25X1
pat tleipe Wed athietic 9.c ti'ri.ties in 1953. For children of factory
Woc,l Factory, Tb1Lsi
M1 i ^r_cd. is _ 1 20 and plsr*:. .; was e~;ta;_~~...:was said to be t
3. This ..
..he First wool I
factory in tieorgia. the plant's Director, a man about
25X1 541yea_rs of age
The Director hea?_ been at the plant since 1929.
25X1 the plant has three thousand woe rs
of whom 7p-80% era women. The average worker receives 1950 - 1000 rubles
25X1 per mo_thII Ili A bFgirairg engineer receives 1500 - 2000 rubles per month.
The plgmti prodrzosees woci :;loth from raw wool. The cloth appears to be
for . ^ivi 13 r. ], ~t hi .g, mainly for men' a_+d . women! s. suits. The
material as fairly light weight ar..l of varying degrees of quality.
25X1 Some ].n kad. good. a: i some se,,;med. pwett rough., Much of, the. material
is !dwrk?b us, mod. we saw none that Yeas khaki. There:-are at..least .one
hun& ed .ooms anal. thoy all were straight weave looms.. Tkiare is_usua;14
25X1 ~-1?wrso. assia.:.ed to a lo,:m. . All of the machinery was.purahased..im:.
25X1
Thee, worke~ s, fl,:?s a :.. cow :tea with the plant and rents equal
appro:C..ma sly 3-5% of wogea for factory workers. Rent ''is charged
on b?:~ .`mac is of app_ oxiza'.;a ly 90 kf,peks . per square . metes- .of..f or:
25X1 sps .e pei ,mere,. (At ttij. tra.,tor.plant in Kharkov rent :was at
BSI usual rt ~1L_te sn i1: .
25X1 oom ? flats had ttree..occupants
an,: a rn --room one we. -saw had sit i;enaats: Two . of theapartme=8 . .
were. e:etremel v plainly fur ishe.i. quertly mother, father and at: 'least. or a .chill stared t;t:e ? hefiroos. Qsch apartment
25X1 k sd a kin of ? its own, but, ?tha.kitahan Is not, .
a rt.aaL1y In - t'he apartment and .tha ; to get to it -you.. must go. Out .a:
bark - door.F of .tahe .flat: East.apaa~s nt had a bathroom with-plumbing,
25X1 and! therel:was e1entrictty. At bee- of? the flats we.vere.eierved:
vodka and ! at the fourth we were give6d Champagne. The fa,atosy: Diroato ,. .
25X1 Goa.; to .feelJ.-d.,Sftite gay as a result; the Director
sat 't,: a is va ";h': first ti^r hE 1Eitd had a drinlt, on=-the. job..
25X1
the UK, ai i most .P' it is the origiral equipment with vhieh the plant'
stave tea. 1929. They are >_ ently. increasing the size of 'tie. plant',.
ZISI Facto 'r, M's:.ow
Tha' ZIS Fa,.to.*.y (Fauaor y or S?;a3.irn}~:c mploys ten tbousnn~. workers of
whom 30-33%?. are womv.. The p.L v Monks on two shifts .per: . day. and
produces: (a) four, -? or, trunks 0j. bieyyclcs, (a) refrir3eratoxs,
(1).' bus6s (e) ZIS iirr;r a ines3 ini '(f) custom-made oars. such.ao
ambulan:er, the trucks were produoedlat the rate
of one every four minutes; 120C bicycles were produced per day and
100-105 refrigerators w"rt+ turned out per day. Bicycles sell for
5801 rubles and refrigerators (6 1/2 cut-!.c feet) sell for 2000 rubles.
25X1
, ',~ co~Fm.FrrTLAZ.
 Approved For Release 2005/08/17 : CIA-RDP80-00809A00500440082-0
25X1
C0NFIDEUTAL J
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Bicycle 'and refrigerator production began af'tsr Wo 1114 .,
r
bAML, ta Ir. '1 ?.
plant equipment seemed pair1
,Y modern;.soaae of it vas obtafntd:'dll~ sg
.and after the war.. some (F equipment in :the plant . foundry:
(heavy stamping.ma ties to-stamp rzd-hot; metal).. The plant.
manufactures all parts with the exception cf,r?tbber,. glass,. clod
and electrical items. They. are.present],y replacing -some, of -the'
machinery. with machinery made. at the plant, so now, in;addition' to making. products,. they.- are able. to.make ? the ?machinery -with' which
.to make these products MI. bi
l
s assembly. plant ?is quite. a!
email ocyn
6. A technical school is attached to the plant and it concentr
t
a
es on
courses. in-machine+ building and automotive mechanics. The average
salary for workers is 900-1000 rubles per month. A flat at ,the''
factory. osts? 75-80. rubles per month .for :3745. sgquare meters.' of,'.s a'6
At this.factory not all of the workers live. -ne;,r .the- plant. There
are .two square: blocks of workers' housing,, but this is mot: adequate
for all. the employees, so many of them, live in.vnrious'psrrtslof
Moscow. The factory. has a daily newspaper put out. by'?thi . voz'kere.
There : is a palace. of culture:about 6-8 blocks ?fr+om the.plant and- it
is used.by the.ZISworkers ..
1952 ZIS had -the. all-=SR champion p wa po eam. : .
25X1
25X1