HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN USSR, 1953-1954

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• Publication Date: June 10, 1954
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CLASSIFICATION CCNFIDENTIA'
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
LANGUAGE
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - Construction, housing
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR If
DATE
PUBLISHED 3 Mar 195?I-24 Mar 1954
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INFORMATION 1953-1954
CD NO.
DATE OF-
DATE DIST. /D Jun 1954
NO. OF PAGES 4
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALU,TED INFORMATION
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN USSR, 1953-1954
(This report contains information from the Soviet press comparing
housing construction in 1.953 and 1951+. Included are figures on in-
dividual housing construction, housing construction performed by vari-
ous ministries, and total housing construction reported by individual
cities.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources.)
Individual Housing Construction in USSR
In 1953, workers in the Soviet Union received 700 million rubles in loans
for building their own homes. Of the 203,000 homes under construction it was
estimated that more than 100,000 of them were in use by February 1954. The
total living space of these homes is in excess of 3,500,000 square meters. In
1954, loans totaling one billion rubles will be extended to individuals for
housing construction. As a result of this construction, there will be an ex-
pected increase of 3,865,000 square deters in living space. (1)
Ministry of Railways USSR
In 1954, the volume of capital investments in housing construction per-
formed by the Ministry of Railways is to increase 23 percent over 1953? In
Moscow 16 multistoried buildings with a total of 30,000 square meters of liv-
ing space are to be built. About 40 million r~"bles have been allotted for
housing construction for workers of the Kirov Railroad System,a considerably
larger amount than was allotted in 1953. (2), In 1953, workers of the Tashkent
Railroad System received twice as much living space as in 1952. In 1954, the
volume of construction for housing and for cultural and public services'for work-
ers of the Tashkent Railroad System will be twice that of 1953? (3)
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The Council of Ministers USSR allotted 100 million rubles for financing indi-
vidual Zousing construction by railway workers during 1954. Individual builders
in the Ministry of Railways are to put 300,000 square meters of living space into
use in 1954. (2)
Minisf ^onstruction Materials Industry USSR
of the Duroing of living residential built
buildings workers
with a
total living space of 400,000 square meters are to be put into use. (4)
Ministry of Coal Industry USSR
"Stalinoshakhtostroy" Combine, Stalinskaya Oblast, Ukraintap;SSR,.yyt t g -~
put into use 155,000 square meters of living space in 1952 and 190,000 in 1953?
In 1954, 21 percent more living space and 10 percent more space for cultural and
public services must be put into use than in 1953. (5)
Ministry of State Farms RSFSR
Workers in the Ministry of State Farms RSFSR received about 165,000 square
meters of additional living space during 1953. In 1954, twice as much is to be
built. (6)
Ministry of Civil and Rousing Construction Latvian SSR
In 1954, the Ministry of Civil and Housing Construction Latvian SSR is to
double the volume of construction completed in 1953. (7)
Primorskiy gr
In 1954, more than twice the amount allotted in 1953 has been earmarked for
building new homes for workers in Primorskiy Kray. (8)
Alma-Ata
In 1953, about 40,000 square meters of living space were put into use in
Alma-Ata. In 1954, this ficure is to increase to more than 60,000 square
meters. (9)
In 1953, 100,000 square meters of living space were to be put into use In
Ashkhabad. (10) During the first 11 months 'of 1953, 85 buildings with a total
living space of 1.2,300 square meters were completed in Ashkhabad. (11) In 1954,
51,000 square meters of living space are to be built and occupied in Ashkhabad. (12)
In 1953, construction organizations of Baku put 77,000 square meters of liv-
ing space into use. (13) According to the plan, about 110,000 square meters were
to have been built. (14) In 1954, housing construction will increase 30 percent
over 1953. (13)
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During 1953, 60,000 square meters of living space were built in Kharkov.
More than 100,000 square meters are to be built in 1954. (15)
In 1953, construction organizations in Minsk were to put into use 110
residential buildings with a total living space of 110,000 square meters. (16)
During 11 months of 1953, the workers of Minsk received about 70,000 square
meters of living space. (17)
In 1954, 326 residential buildings with a total living space of 268,000
square meters are to be built in Minsk. (18)
In 1953, 90 large residential buildings were built and put into use in Rostov.
In 1954, more than 100 are to be put into use. (19)
sumKait
1953 In Sumgait, twice as much living space is to be completed in 1954 as in
(20)
Ust'-Kameno_orsk
Residents of Ust'-Kamenogorsk received more than 25,000 square meters of
living space in 1953. (21) In 1954, workers in the metallurgical industry,
the power industry, and construction industry in Ust'-Kamenogorsk will receive
more than 40,000 square meters of living space. (22)
SOURCES
1. Moscow, Trud, 2 Feb 54
2. Moscow, Gudok, 24 Mar 54
3. Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 8 Jan 54
4. Moscow, Promyshlennost' Stroitel'nykh
Materialov, 3 Mar 54
5. Moscow, Pravda, 7 Jan 54
6. Moscow, Komsomol'sknya Pravda, 29 Jan 54
7. Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 24 Jan 54
8. Ashkabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 17 Dec 53
9. Sovetskaya Latviya, 13 Jan 54
10. Pravda, 3 Mar 53
11. Turkmenskaya Iskra, 3 Dec 53
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12. Alma-Ata, Sotsialistik Kazakhstan, 5 Feb 54
13. Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 9 Jan 54
14. Baku, Baki[skiy Rabochiy, 29 Jul 53
15. Pravda, 8 Jan 54
16. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiye, 13 Dec 53
17. Vi1'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 31 Dec 53
18. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 13 Dec 53
19. Bakinsk:y Raboch,1Y, 5 Jan 54
20. Trud, 29 Jan 54
21. Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 3 Jan 54
22. Sovetskaya Litva, 8 Jan 54