USSR WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS, 23 - 29 AUGUST 1951

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 319
• Publication Date: September 22, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-R-E-T SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR11
INFORMATION FROM
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SUBJECT Geographic - Weather
Economic - Crop conditions
HOW
PUBLISHED Thrice-weekly newspaper
DATE
F:!9LISHED 25 - 30 Aug 1951
LANGUAGE Russian
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Kray. In other areas, rain retarded field wor .
Conditions for bringing in the harvest were good in Omsk Oblast and Altay
northern central regions.
Spring wheat has reached
isain progress Leningrad ins the
The harvest of f spring g grains
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able for bringing in the harvest and sowing w n e g
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. 22-Sep 1951
NO. OF PAGES 2
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
On 23 and 24 August, slightly cloudy, warm and dry weather continued in
the European USSR. It was cold only in the Urals, and frost was observed on
the
the North Caucasus randelocally in thenMiddle oVolga Regionillimeters,
fell in ground
The warm, dry weather prevailing in the European USSR is altogether favor-
t sins.
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28 August 1951
On 26 and 27 August, cloudy weather with rain prevailed in the southern and
central areas of the European USSR.
On 27 August, noon temperatures were 18 degrees in Minsk, Orel, and Petro-
zavodsk, 20 in Kursk, 21 in Voronezh and Tambov, 22 in Moscow, Ufa, and Chkalov,
23 in Vologda and Kirov, 24 in Kiev and Stalingrad, 25 in Rostov on the Don and
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Saratov, 26 nepropetrovsk and
KiansOdnodar,a2and8 in Kishinev.
grad, G or kiy,
The rain which fell in the central chernozem zone and in the eastern Ukraine
moistened the soil well and created favorable sprouting conditions for early sow-
ings of winter grains.
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30 August 1951
On 28 August, cloudy weather with considerable rain prevailed in the central
areas of the European USSR and in Belorussia.
During the first 12 hours of 29 August, rain fell in Ryazan', Voronezh, and
Tambov oblasts and in the eastern Ukraine. In the rest of the European USSR,
mostly slightly cloudy and dry weather continued.
On 29 August, noon temperatures were 19 degrees in Syktyvkar, 20 in Moscow,
Minsk, and Voronezh, 21 in Leningrad, Orel, and Riga, 22 in Tambov, Kursk, and
Kiev, 25 in Gor'kiy and Kishinev, 26 in Kirov, Krasnodar, and Dnepropetrovsk,
28 in Saratov and Rostov on the Don, and 29 in Kuybyshev and Simferopol'.
Sowing of winter crops has begun under favorable weather conditions in Mol-
,:avia and the western Ukraine.
Cloudy, comparatively cool weather was observed in most of West Siberia.
Light rain fell locally.
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