BELORUSSIAN SSR MEETS 1950 PRODUCTION PLAN

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• Publication Date: March 28, 1951
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CLASSIFICATION SECBET SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic -Plea i'alYillment
HOW
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WHERE
PUBLISHED Minsk
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BEroRUSSZax ssa MEETS 195o PRODUCTIOa PLAN
The. Statistics Administration Belorussian SSR reports that Belorussian
industry fulfilled the 1950 gross-production plan 101 percent, including
100.9 Percent by Union industry and 102 percent by Union-republic, republic,
local, and cooperative industry. In 1950, production output increased 30
percent over 1949? Fulfilment of the gross-production plan by oblasts of
the Belorussian SSR was as follows:
P
ercen'
Baranovichi Oblast
101
Bobruysk Oblast
102
Brest Oblast
100
Vitebsk Oblast
100.2
Gomel' Oblast
102
Grodno Oblast
101
Minsk Oblast (ezcluding city of Minsk)
104
City of Minsk
102
Mogilev Oblast
100.1
Molodechao Oblast
100.8
Pinsk Oblast
102
Poles'ye Oblast
97
Polotsk Oblast
97
Industrial enterprises is the following oblasts, while meeting the gross-
productioa plan as a whole, failed to meet ;the plan Por the items indicated:
Baranovichi Oblast -- brick; tile, leat}ier?goods, footwear, knit underwear,
knit outerwear, raw alcohol, meat, butter;?Bobruysk Oblast -- peat mining,
brick, tile, lumber, plywood, furniture, butter, raw alcohol; Brent Oblast --
brick, cotton fabric, meat, raw alcohol, haulage of timber; Vitebsk Oblast --
electric power, brick, tile, knit outerwear, Plea Piber, footwear, butter,
meat, timber haulage, sad peat mining; Gomel Oblast -- metal-cutting machines,
agricultural machines, brick, lumber, matches, hosiery, knit outerwear, and
footwear; Grodno Oblast -- footwear, lime, tile, lumber, meat, butter, and raw
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alcohol; Minsk Oblast (excluding city of Minsk) -- brick, tile, hard leather
goods, butter, macaroni products, and timber haulage; Mogilev Oblast -- roll.:d
metal, cast-iron pipe, tile, cement, flax Yiber, and paper; Molodechno Oblast --
brick, cardboard, meat, butter, raw alcohol, and timber haulage; Pinsk Oblast --
brick, plywood, lumber, butter; and city of Minsk -- bicycles, furniture, and
footwear.
Union-republic and republic ministries snd organizations fulfilled the
1950 gross-production plan as follows:
1950 Plan
in
1950 in 96
bf 1949
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian SSR
106
120
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR
102
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Ministry of Light Industry Belorussian 3SR
100.7
136
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry Belorussian SSR
95
130
Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian SSR
102
128
Including:
Republic enterprises
102
127
Rayon enterprises
102
137
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR
103
117
Including:
Republic enterprises
110
136
Oblast and rayon enterprises
100.3
101
Ministry of Local Fuel Industry Belorussian SSR
96
128
Main Administration of Fish Industry, Council of
Ministers Belorussian 38R
74
117
Ministry of Automobile Transport Belorussian SSR
97
123
Ministry of Housing and Civilian Construction
Belorussian SSR
112
110
Main Power Administration, Council of Ministers
Belorussian SSR
102
123
Main Administration of Industrial Construction,
Council oP Ministers Belorussian SSR
100
103
Main Administration for Reconstruction of City
of Minsk, Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR
108
114
Council of Industrial Cooperatives Belorussian SSR
99.9
117
Belorussian Union of Invalid~.~ Cooperatives
107
116
The following ministries, while meeting the gross-production plea, failed
to meet the plan for the items and services indicated: Ministry of Construction
Materiels Industry -- tile; Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry -- paper,
matches, plywood, and haulage of timber; Ministry of Light Industry -- flax
fiber, footwear, hosiery, knit outerwear; Ministry of Food Industry -- raw
alcohol, syrup, canned goods; Ministry of Local Industry -- rolled metal,
electric motors, cast-iron pipe, construction nails, sewing machines; house-
hold pots and pans, brick, tile, lime end footwear.
The following ministries failed to meet the 1950 plan for gross production
and for quantitative production of chief industrial goods: Ministry of Meat
and Dairy Industry, Ministry oY Local,Fue1 Industry, Main Administration of
Fish Industry, and Council of Industrial Cooperatives.
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Fulfillment of the 1950 plan for production oP the chief types of indus-
Ro11ed metal (Ministry oP Local Industry
Belorussian 3sR)
1
20
Electric power
102 1
25
Including:
Belorussian Electric Power system
100.2 1
30
Main Power Administration, Council oP M~,aisters
Belorussian 3SR
105 1
27
Gang save (Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian
~)
104 1
40
Cast-iron pipe (Ministry of Local Industry
Belorussian SsR)
86 1
04
Nails
99.1 1
07
Cement (Union enterprises, Ministry oP
Construction Materials Industry)
97 1
52
FTindow glass (Union enterprises, Ministry
oP Construction Materials Industry)
100.5 1
05
Brick
86 1
31
Including:
Miniat~Cy oP Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian SSR
100.4 1
24
Ministry oP Local Industry Belorussian SSR
68 ~ 1
44
Council oP Industrial Cooperatives Belorussian
SSR
71
152
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Lime
93
133
Including:
Ministry oP Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian 3SR
100.7
127
Ministry oP Local Industry Belorussian SSR
77
148
Council of Industrial Cooperatives Belorussian
SSR
74
196
Peat extraction
103
112
Including:
99
116
Ministry of Local Fuel Industry Belorussian asR
Council of Industrial Cooperatives Belorussian
ssR
100.4
99.9
Haulaf~e of commercial timber and Firewood
97
93
Including Ministry oP Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR
99
94
Lumber
94
103
Including:
Ministry of Timber sad Paper Industry Belorussian
Sag
103
114
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR
83
92
Matches (Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR)
98
138
Plywood
98
120
Including Ministry oP Timber and Paper
Industry Belorussian SSR
99
120
Paper
90
130
Including M'In{stryo~;Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR
73
119
Linen fabric
100.2
1+8
Including Union enterprises, Ministry oP Light
Industry
100.9
148
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iioolea fabric
Including Ministry of Light Industry
Belorussian SSR
Hosiery
Including Ministry of Light Industry
Belorussian SSR
Knit underwear
Inclnd.ing Ministry of Light Indiratry
Belorussian SSR
Knit outerwear
Including Ministry of Light Industry
Belorussian SSR
Footwear
Including:
Ministry of Light Industry Belorussian SSR
Council of Industrial Cooperatives Belorussian
ssR
Fish catch (Main Administration of Fish Industry,
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR)
Meat (Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
Belorussian SSR
Butter (Ministry oY Meat and Dairy Industry
Belorussian 3SR
Raw alcohol
Including Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian
ssR
Confectionery
Including Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian
SsR
Macaroni products (Ministry of Food Industry
Belorussian SSR)
Vegetable oil
Including Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian
SSR
Canned meat (Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
Belorussian SSR)
soap
Including Union enterprises, Ministry of Food
Industry
1950 Plan
in
1950 in '~
. of 1 9
104
152
112
158
~
189
66
193
103
171
105
276
79
149
196
89
150
90
161
91
110
77
102
~
141
~
lUl
92
98
92
97
105
132
108
134
9$
207
96
x.38
102
146
122
179
99.7
177
104
181
The volume of centralized capital construction for 1950 in republic and'
Union-republic ministries and organizations of the Belorussian SSR wsa 107
percent of 1949.
The following ministries and administrations exceeded the 1950 capital
construction plan: Ministry of Timber and Paper Induatry,Beloruasian SSR,
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR, Ministry of Local Fuel Industry
Belorussian SSR, MinietryoYl'Commuaal BCOnomy Belorussian SSR (for horsing an3
communal construction), Ministry of Automobile Transport Belorussian SSR,
Main Road Administration of Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR, Ministry of
Housing and Civilian Construction Belorussian SSR (for its own capital cones'
struction), and Administration oP Art Affairs of Council of Ministers Belo-
rusaiea 3SR.
The following ministries, while increasing the volume of capital con-
struction over 1949, failed to meet the 1950 capital construction p]an:
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry Belorussian SSR, Ministry of Forestry
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Belorussian SSR, Ministry of Agriculture Belorussian SSR, Ministry of State
Farms Belorussian SSR, Ministry oY Land Develop?ent Belorussian SSR, Ministr;,~
of Health Belorussian SSR, and Ministry of Education Belorussian SSR.
Fulfillment of the 1950 plan for contracted construction and assembly
work and the increase in the volume oP this work over 1949 was as Follows:
1950 Plan 1950 in ~,
in of 1949
Ministry of Housing and Civilian Construction 103 121
Main Administration for Reconstruction of City
oP Minsk, Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR 106 111
Main Administration oP Industrial Construction,
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR 98 107
Collectivization of peasant holdings is being successfully completed in
the western oblasts of the republic. The consolidation of kblkhozea, carried
out in 1950, has created conditions favorable to more intensive and more prod-
uctive utilization of machine-tractor stations, and to a more uniform distri-
bution of labor resources in the kolkhozes.
In 1950, kolkhozea reaped a greater harvest and kolkhoz workers obtained
more grain per workday than in previous years. Belorussian kolkhozes and
sovkhozes completed the state plan for grain procurement from the 1950 harvest.
They have exceeded the state plan Yor sowing winter crops for the next harvest.
In 1950, sowing of winter crops on kolkhozes increased more than 100 percent
over 1949. Machine-tractor stations completed 35 perce~ more plowing than in
1949. The republic's kolkhozes have exceeded the prewar level in all types
oP productive cattle.
The Ministry of Automobile Transport Belorussian SSR fulfilled the 1950
freight haulage plan 97 percent in tons and 93 percent in ton-kilometers. In
1950, the ministry increased its haulage 34 percent over 1949 (in tons) and 33 .
percent (in ton-kilometers).
The 1950 plan for passenger transport on city streetcar lines was fulfilled
113 percent and the plan for passenger-car runs, 117 percent. Passenger trans-
port in 1950 increased 25 percent over 1949, and passenger-car runs increased 34
percent.
The Administration for ,Utilization oP Small Rivers for Transport, Council of
Ministers Belorussian SSR, fulfilled the 1950 freight haulage plan 84 percent in
tons and 110 percent in ton-kilometers. In 1950, the administration increased
freight haulage 15 percent in tons and 23 percent in ton-kilometers.
In 1950, sales of food and industrial goods to the population increased tre-
mendously over 1949. The volume of retail trade turnover in 1950 considerably
exceeded the 1949 volume. Trade organizations of the republic fulfilled 98 per-.
cent of the 1940 plan for retail trade turnover. Consumers' cooperatives exceeded
this plan.
In 1950, sale of agricultural products on kblkhoz markets continued to rise.
Considerably more meat, milk, butter, eggs, potatoes, and other products were
sold than in 1949. Prices on many products in kolkhoz markets decreased below
1949 prices.
In 1950, the network of 7-year and secondary schools increased 11 percent.
The number of students in the fifth to seventh grades of 7-year and secondary
schools increased 25 percent in cities and 31 percent in rural areas. The enroll,
~ment in the eighth to teat}t Srades in 1950 'vas 128 percent of 1949 in cities and
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148 percent in rural areas. In 1950, 18 percent more students completed secon-
dary schools for working youth than in 1949, 8nd 25 percent more students coa-
pleted 7-year school for working and rural youth.
At the beginning of the 195a-51'school year;, enrollment in higher educa-
tional institutions and technical schools is the republic (including corres-
pondence schools) was 6 percent above the 191+9 enrollment. All higher educs-
tional institutions (including correspondence schools) prepared sad graduated
29 percent more highly skilled specialists,than in 1949. Teachers and peda-
gogical institutes prepared 32 percent more teachers of senior grades of 7-year
aad secondary, schools than is 1949?
The network of medical iitsdtitutions and their capacity increased in 1950.
The number of sanatoriums increased 12 percent aad the number of beds in sana-
toriums increased 6 percent. The number of beds in rest homes increased 11 per-
cent. The number of beds in medical inetit~tt~.onaWE'the Ministry of Health Belo-
russian~SSR was 104 percent of 1949?