USSR REPUBLICS INCREASE ELECTRIC POWER OUTPUT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950 - 1951
SUBJECT Economic - Electric power
HOW DATE DIST. /5 Dec 1951
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers; weekly, monthly periodicals
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At present, the USSR occupies second place among the electric power produc-
ing nations of the world (1), and the electric power producing capacity as well
as the power output in the USSR is increasing at a rate six times the rate of
increase in the US.(2) The electric power made available to USSR industries
during 1950, expressed in quantity per industrial worker, was lj times more
than in 1940.(3) In 1950, the electric power stations of the Ministry of Elec-
tric Power Stations alone produced 4.77 billion kilowatt-hours more than speci-
fied by the plan.(l)
The electric power stations of the Moscow Power System, whi:h supply the
industrial, transportation, and public enterprises of Moscow city as well as
of Moscow, Tula, and other oblasts, produced in 1950 12.5 percent more power
than was specified by the plan. Moreover, 39,400 tons of standard fuel were
saved, and 76 million kilowatt-hours of power were saved by reducing leaks in
the power transmission lines. Also, the costs of electric power and heating
were reduced by a total of 19.5 million rubles. At present, steam-electric
power stations representing 3U percent of the total capacity of the steam-elec-
tric power stations of Mosenergo (Moscow Regional Electric Power System) use
high-temperature and high-pressure steam.(4)
Workers of the Ministry of Electric Power Stations in Moscow and Moscow
Oblast pledged to fulfill the 1951 plan ahead of time and to increase the power-
generating capacity by 11 percent, the transformer capacity by 12 percent, and
the capacity of the synchronous compensators by 14 percent.(5)
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Karelo-Finnish SSR
In the Karelo-Finnish SSR the postwar Five-Year P1 n for electric power
production was exceeded and the outprt in 1950 was 200 ,ercent greater than in
1940. The Kondopoga GES, the Petrozavodsk, Sortavala, and other electric power
stations have been completely restored, and the construction of another large
GES has commenced.(6)
Lithuanian SSR
In 1950, the electric power output in the Lithuanian SSR was 3.5 times greater
than in 1940 and reached 116 percent of the 1950 plan.(7) The electric Hower
industry of Lithubaia,00 per-^nt of which was destroyed during the war (8), has
been restored, and the total capacity of the electric power stations in operation
increased 2.5 times and their output 6.4 times.(9) During the postwar period,
the Vil'nyus, Fetrashyunskaya, and Klaypeda electric power stations were completely
restored, and in June 1951 the construction of a new steam-electric power station
was nearing completion.(9)
Latvian SSR
The Latvian electric power output in 1950 was 178 percent of the planned
output or 2.3 times higher than in 1940. The first aggregate of the Filitsianov-
skiy Hydroelectric Center, which is under construction, has been put into opera-
tion and now supplies power to the city of Ludza. Transmission 'Lines were com-
pleted to supply power from the Vilyanskiy GES to Varoklany and Dundage village.(10)
During the postwar years all the war-damaged electric power stations in the
shale basin of the republic, and those in Tallin, Narva, and other cities were
restored and out into operation again.(11) However, in the 1950 - 1951 winter
the electric power stations of the republic which supply power to industrial
enterprises had to work at maximum loads to keep the enterprises going.(12)
In 1950, the electric power output of the Main Power Administration, Council
of Ministers Belorussian SSR, was 124.5 percent of the planned output, savings
in fuel amounted to 5,800 tons of peat, and the cost of electric power was reduced
5.7 percent.(l3) The total 1950 production of electric power in the Belorussian
.SSR was 44 percent higher than in 1940. During the postwar years the following
power plants were restcred or built anew: Minsk TETs No 2, GRES No 1 imeni
Stalin, and hydroelectric power stations in Grodno, Mozyr', Camel', Molodechno,
Bobruysk, Baranovichi, and Slutsk. The Zavodskaya TETs in Minsk is about ready
co be put into operation. However, the plan was not fulfilled in respect to
the Vasilevicheskaya GOES and other planned hydroelectric stations. The total
capacity of the plants c. ,leted durin;; the postwar years was 2.4 times higher
than the capacities put into operation during the first and second five-year
plans together. Furthermore, about 88 percent of the total power output in 1950
was produced by using local fuel, i.e., peat. Jpor, completion of the Zavodskaya
TETs and the first aggregate of the Smolevicheskaya GiILS, the total capacity of
Minsk electric power plants will increase almost ei h does over the 1?40
capacity. (ii )
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Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian electric power output in 1950 was 5.4 times the 1940 output.
The war-damaged industrial and communal power stations were restored, and the
constructicn of the Dubossary GES on the Dnestr River and of the Kishinev Steam-
Electric Power Station has commenced.(15) In rayon centers alone, 35 electric
power stations were put into operation during this period.(16)
Ukraine SSR
Electric power output in 1950 reached 119 percent of the 1940 production in
the Ukraine. During the postwar years the Dnepropetrovsk GES imeni Stalin (with
a higher capacity than prewar), Zuyevskaya GRES, Krivorozhskaya GRES, and
Severodonetskaya GRES were completely restored, while the Kurakhovskaya GRES
and the electric power stations of Khar'kov, Kiev, Lvov, ana Odessa were restored
and enlarged. The total output of the communal electric power stations in 1950
was higher than in 1940, but did not come up to the output prescribed by the
plan.(17)
In Georgia, the 1950 production of electric power was 190 percent of the
1940 prc,Iuction. The Khrami, Chita}.'?_vi, and Sukhumi GES were completed and put
into operation during the postwar Five-Year Plan.(18) Sukhumi GES was included
in the general system of electric power stations of Georgia in June 1951, when
the transmission line between Sukhumi and Tkvarcheli was completed. This arrange-
ment enables the Sukhumi GES to supply its surplus power to the general trans-
mission network of Gruzenergo (Georgian Regional Electric Power Administration).
The work was carried out by the "Gruzg idroene rgos troy" Trust.(19)
On 15 July 1951, the Tiriponskaya Hydroelectric Station was completed and
is supplying dozens of villages and eventually 150 kolkhozes with electric
power.(20) The Tlriponskaya GES is located near Kveshi village in Katalinia
and has a 3,000-kilowatt capacity. Automatic controls to operate this GES are
being installed now, and the work is expected to be completed by the end of .951.
This GES has also been incorporated in the Gruzenergo network.(21)
At present, several hydroelectric power stations are under construction in
Georgia, including the Ortchal'skaya GES, construction of which began in
October 1950. The latter is located in Tbilisi, on the Kura River near the
Aragvintsy Bridge, and will have three dams when completed. The Ortchala Dam
will raise the water level in the stretch of the Kura River between the 300
Aragvintsy Bridge and the Park imeni Ordzzonikidze, thus improving navigation
on the river.(22) The work is being carried out by the. "Gruzgidroenergostroy"
Trust. The chief of the construction is Georgiy Chogovadze, and the chief con-
struction-engineer, Irakliy Mgebrishvili.(23)
Armenian SSR
Armenia's electric power output in 1950 was 240 percent of 1940 production.(24)
Of the electric power stations now u..der construction, the Oktember GES will be
put into operation shortly. Its first aggregate of 70C-kilowatt capacity has
been completed and the remaining two aggregates are now being assembled. This
power station is the first of the series of regional and rural hydroelectric sta-
tions to be completely automatic; it will supply power to Oktemberyanskiy and
other rayons. After completion of this station, construction of the Aykavan-
ssaya will begin.(25)
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Also almost completed is Artashatskaya GES, which is being erected on the
Azat (Garni) River near Lovashen village. The,hydroturbines for the station
were manufactured by the Yerevan plant and will drive four horizontal gener-
ators with ,. total capacity of 1,800 kilowatts. The GES will be a part of
Armenergo (Armenerpo Regional Electric Power Administration) and will begin
supplying power to kolkhozes of Artashatskiy Rayon in July 1951. Waters of the
Azat River, after passing through the aggregates of the GES, will irrigate
1,500 hectares of land.(26)
The Armenian Division of the All-Union "Gidroenergoproyekt" Institute was
formed to draw up plans for the Gyumushskaya GES now under construction, and
to prepare plans for another series of GES (:rzni GES, Atarbekyan GES, Agamzalu
GES, and others). The division will also plan a series of GES on the Vokhchi,
Kegi, and Vorotan rivers in sor kern Armenia. (27)
Azerbaydzhan SR
In Azerbaydzhan, one of the largest electric power systems in the USSR has
been created. The electric power output in 1950 was 112 percent of the plan
and 159 percent of the 1940 output.(28)
'^-e Kazakh SSR completed its postwar Fire-Year Ilan for the production of elec-
tric power in 3 years (29), and by 1990 the plan was fulfilled 141 percent. Electric
power ou,.,,ut in i950 was over qUO percent of i;4u output.(3u) uurure; ly,y, ~uu
new electric power stations were put into operation.(31) The Ust' Kamenogursk
GES is now being constructed on the Irtysh River by the "Kizgidroenergostroy"
Trust.(32) It was reported in May that the locks of the navigable canal were
completed and the first steamer was expected to pass shortly through the locks
into the upper reaches of the Irtysh River. The work on the GES, which is
carried on day and night (33), is considerably mechanized and additions. equip-
ment is constantly added. The third ESh-l walking excavator arrived at the site
from Sverdlovsk in June 1951 and was assembled on the left bank of the river.
A new concrete pump with a capacity of 15 cubic meters per hour was installed
t,) pump concrete across the river through a 200-meter-long pipe from the con-
crete mixing plant installed on the right bank of the river.(30) Most of the
mechanical devices and equiprient are concentrated on the left bank of the river,
where 100,000 cubic meters of concrete are to be placed during the second half
of 1951. A railroad spur is being extended to the construction site tc
expedite delivery of freight.(34)
Construction of another large hydroelectric center at Kzyl-Orda was in its
preliminary stages in March 1951, and the excavation work for the main struc-
tures of the center was about to begin. It is estimated that 8 million cubic
r.ieters of earth will be excavated and 2 million cubic meters filled there dur-
ing 1951.(35)
Uzbek SSR
In Uzbek SSR, the postwar Five-Year Plan for electric power production was
fulfilled ahead of time in 1949. Electric power outpi.i in :.95G was 5.6 times
higher than in 1940 and exceeded the 1950 plan by 25 percent. The following
electric power plants were completed and put into operation: Farkhad GES,
Ak-Kavakskeya No 1, Ak-Kavakskaya No 2, Nizhne-Bozsuyskaya No 2, Nizhne-
Bozsuyskaya No 3, Shaarikhanskaya No 6, and others. Furthermore, a new trans-
mission network has been installed.(36)
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The Ordzhonikidzevskiy GES, located on the high bank of Chirchik River
near Tashkent, ves built during the war and is automatically controlled .(37)
Turkmen production of electric power in 1950 was 168 percent of 1945 produc-
tion-08)
Tadzhik SSR
In Tadzhik SSA, power production in 1950 was 270 percent of the prewar out-
put. New electric power stations with a total capacity of 19,000 kilowatts were
completed and put into operation during the postwar Five-Year Plan. In addition,
the Nizhne-Varsobskaya GES was completed and is now in operation.(39)
1. Moscow, Elektricheskiye Stantsil, No 6, Jun 51
2. Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 24 Jun 51
3. Alma-Ata, Kazakhatanskaya Pravda, 9 Jun 51
4. Moac?v, Pravda, 12 Jul 51
5. Ibid., 15 Jul 51
6. Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znamya, 15 Jun 51
7. Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 12 Jun 51
8. Ibid., 9 Dec 50
9. Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 14 Jun 51
10. Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 16 May 51
11. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 15 Jun 51
12. Ibid., 13 Mar 51
13. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorusaiya, 7 Aug 51
14. Ibid., 8 Jul 51
15. Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 15 Jun 51
16. Ibid., 13 May 51
17. Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 5 Jul 51
18. Tbilisi, Zaryc Vostoka, 4 Jul 51
19. Ibid., 5 Jul 51
20. Yerevan, Kommunist, 18 Jul 51
21. Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 17 ul 51
22. Ibid., 1,j Apr 51
23. Ibid., 2 Jun 51
24. Yerevan, Kommunist, 30 Jun 51
25. Ibid., 18 May 51
26. Ibid., 7 Jun 51
27. Ibid., 29 lay 51
28. Baku, Bakinskiy Rabochly, 27 Jul 51
29. Moscow, Pravda, 12 Feb 51
30. Alma-Ata. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 16 Jun 51
31. Ibid., 17 Nov 50
32. Ibid., 22 Mar 51
33. Ibid., 1 May 51
34. Ibid., 1 Jul 51
35. Ibid., 28 Mar 51
36. Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 10 Jul 51
37. Moscow, Ogonek, No 29, Jul 51
38. Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 11 Jul 51
39. Stalinabad, Kommunist Tadzhikistana, 15 Jun 51
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