BELORUSSIAN SSR AIMS AT BETTER UTILIZATION OF TREMENDOUS PEAT RESERVES

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• Publication Date: February 12, 1952
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COUNTRY USSR; Belorussian SSR
SUBJECT Econo-iic - Peat
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Minsk
DATE
PUBLISHED 28 Nov 1951
LANGUAGE Russian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
BELORUSSIAN SSR AIMS AT BETTER UTILIZATION
OF TREMENDOUS FEAT RESi.RVES
A Dubou, Director,
Peat ;rst:t?te, A::ademy of Sciences Belorussian SSR
Durl ng the p?=.vtver F_1e-ie'fr P.1L p-r:cd, s :cope, mechanized peat industry
was created in the Beieruescar SSR arri b~cass Sr ind~pender,c branch of the na-
tional economy serving as the, malt. power end f.:el base cf the republic The
volume of induetrre pea, .:xtr:Lot:;;e -.n i1e was -,.+_.,,s the iuie output.
Plants for neat i;nq?.ctt.nk ce:r: tr- te'_ is '.h:: republic, and peat
is being gasi!''ed for hr.c`c,z : r. c,mter glass plants However,
the peat reserves of the re,ib'__, nrv. lei%p -.I,.,,zed unsatisfactorily. Ex-
tracted peat is used mettly t., ftv-_i ?r F'wer :ta'ions and industrial
enterprises Other types if uee for rep ira?iequatc.y developed in the
republic
The Minfatry ?;f Local Fue. -nd.stry Relc-russtan SSR, the Academy of Sciences
Belorussian SSR, and a number :then rt;ar.czaticr= nave as yet taken only a
slight interest :n s,.lrrg pract::-, prco?c-m:; f:_ widespread, all-around utiliza-
tion of peat in the nati,:nai econcm?;
Up to the present. Belorussian peat reserves nave been Invest?gated inade-
quately There 1e no s-e_:a.i cn f_-r a.._:ma-ing poet reserves and, con-
sequently, exploration of dep:stt.s p c-eeds slowly Many deposits In Brest, Pinsk,
Baranovichi, and Grcdnc obasts have not been estimated, and even In Minsk, Gomel',
Vitebsk, and Mogilevsk obiasts not mare than iO percent of the peat reserves have
been explored.
Peat extraction in the Be'_orn.aian SSR ought to double in the next 2-3 years
and completely supply the republics requirements for local fuel. Therefore,
maximum mechanization of the industrial processes of extracting, drying, and
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AES'1'AICrto
gathering peat is necossary? Toe rr?,du.:t::;: of rt.iaei nt, which is c m letel
mechanized, should be increased Milled ??u; F' p y
avill and medium-sized boilers, and e~orcm:cal fir??b,_xes should be design_edifor
this purpose
In the field of mechani:irg extra.tior: rro:esses, the method
cylindrical peat deserves attentic:: T.;i: r ,:re siofuthis
type of peat have been produced be t.,, ?rua said nd ` than ?G atrs t; phis
Rol sheik k peat enterprises.
In 19`.1, a new ma=none f.r m?,-i;nnic -,~ 'i-,e first
peat was tested under Ferations in d-yang lump
'riustr:_. -,t an ezr.srimental Feat station.. A
government crmmissiDr~ hoe aprr- ---1 A
consignment -'.1:? i .1 of th_s ma,, hire, and a small
of ti. itachlri?s coot. i'?; '. C-?,n,?L_ 1
future
be tested
in different types of lep.:,Its a::?1 by '! .. ,r.e to rt methods
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Utilizatlsn of pent f.: -
:ng the peat to thermal rr?,_e3e h gists in subject-
peat tar, iumner.:a, -r.r Fc.i gr,o :r therm ke,
and a_Et1. a-i, c from
ceasing of -. the thermal pro-
8 peat; peat tar .erves , ?
ucts. - - ..'-..- - -- ?r vynable cher..icai prod-
prod-
Flwever, ' he rgariv u:
f
it unc 'r eat for FC,wer and chem-
i
ota purposes is s
t -
this is the gas generator s r. s SSR A mood example of
;, Fart _. r.i
the Ministry or' Ccnstiu t ,? M :a Stolln under
J;S
of peat are gasified in r, "ear, h n; __ _.._ isands of tons
as by-product= :c 1c tar obtained
and the quaiit; of the Tn:ri e, th organized,
tion of the ref! n:r. "r? F;i.. - t -,,.._. of noGr ccndi-
During 1951, th cnceru: :,
planned by the peat Irst:t, e r' s_'" ;.:ant in Kos:;ako?rka 1s
:i?. ty -- r es Pe: n:es:an
Belorussian Industrial Ctur,c:i SSR and the
the ,:o .cr
e
of the dlst:fiat:on Wiii_ br w; i?; r -i :rg peat tar. Fr--ducts
republic .'_F.e '?'T"`t?''y tired agriculture of the
duction of such iugh-: :...-
tion of gasify1r:g pent 0.cc.. .. _ ...
of creating :n the, repub; i.: products of gnsific:.it_o,,
There are 3 --me p-nt -F?, ng r,-
ductlon of b : ,et nr. SSR, but the prc-
constructed in the repuii'__ .,-..... .._.,.m 1ta Ins;,
t`P 'jtpLe Isti-
tute for the Pllnnv:g -. a 1 Fie E 3F K = wed extremely
r,r
uneconomictil For t t as n r . , L , c r t b -n adc'r.ted exten-
sively in the republic Racer " t " : F ,': I; - + A sd.my of Sciences
Belorussian SSR and Hell -rfpy,r.- nr F,`-3 - get ir,_.,c Piasn_og) have
worked out a new, _^fficiomt. t.:111,_
..._ ::r q,?:' ng peat for plants
of average capacity it :o n - n . 1": :?, . t ut c?orietiu?-ting a plant
which v1l1 assure the oh;nin_.:, ,--or^conmunal and domes-
tic needs of the popuiaticn.
The question of v,ing peat at it r,ev 'emeriti for :nsoiation materials for
the construction and refriaerati'n irduo:ries al c deservo,a consideration This
field should be considerably e;T:aided in the System ,f the Man:stry of Local Fuel
Industry Belorussian SSR.
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Peat is particularly important to Belorussian SSR agriculture For the
podzolic solls of the republic it. is a good fertilizer, a valuable substance
for improving the agrobiological properties of the soils. However, ,?rk or-
ganization in extracting peat for fertilizing purposes is still very primitive,
Up to now, in the majority of kolkhozes peat extraction has been carried out by
manual labor, by low-production methods, and mainly in winter. In the mean-
time, proper work organization in extracting peat with the use of agricultural
machinery and mechanisms of the Mrs can assure the Kolkhezes an adequate peat
supply for their fertilizer requirements with a minimum expenditure of labor.
The Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of State Farms Belorussian SSR, and
the institutes of the Academy of Sciences Belorussian SSR should take the nec-
essary measures to introduce into agriculture already developed methods of
mechanizing peat extraction for fertilizing purposes, making use of the ex-
perience of the peat extracting indt,etry rind the equipment of the MPS
The Peat Institute of the Academy of Sciences Belorussian SSR is the only
scientitic research institution for all puases of peat research in the system
of the academies of science of the USSR, a fact which emphasizes the import-
ance of peat in the Belorussian eccn:ay
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