DATA ON USSR CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRIES, AS REPORTED BY MAY-JULY 1954 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

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CLASSIFICATION C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR'
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
USSR DATE OF
Economic - Industry, consumer goods, food INFORMATION
1954
products, fish, meat and dairy,
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local, cooperative DATE DIST.
Daily and thrice-weekly newspapers;
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DATA ON USSR CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRIES,
AS REPORTED BY MAY-JULY 1954 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
[Summary: This report presents information from May-July 1954
Soviet newspapers and periodicals on production and development in
the following USSR consumer goods industries; textiles, clothing,
leather and footwear, fish, meat and dairy, food products, local,
and industrial cooperatives. On the whole, information included
is on the national or republic level, the principal exception be-
ing data concerning construction and reconstruction of individual
enterprises. Some criticism of industry operation as well as 'a
few items on capital construction and investments are also included
in this report.
During the first quarter 1954, textile enterprises of Riga, Latvian
SSR, increased production of sateen by 189,000 meters and of flannel and baize
by 200,000 meters as compared with the fourth quarter 1953.(1)
In 1953, the Ukrainian cotton industry produced three times as much
cotton fabric as in 1940.(2)
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 In the next few years, a powerful textile industry is to be built
up in the Ukrainian SSR with Kherson the center for cotton fabrics produc-
tion. Starting in 1956, the Kherson Cotton Combine, which was under con-
struction in May 1954, is to produce annually more than 100 million meters
of fabrics. This amount is 2.5 times the total amount produced by all re-
public enterprises in 1953. The first section of the combine was to go into
operation in 1954.(3) The Kherson Cotton Combine is tr. occupy an area of 70
hectares. By 29 June 1954, 4,000 square meters of workspace had been com-
pleted and were being prepared for machine installation.(4)
RSFSR production of cotton fabrics increased by 27 percent in 1953
as compared with 1940.(5)
In 1954, 4,000 loome and spinning frames for 80,000 spindles
to be installed in th
were
e Barnaul Textile Combine in Altayskiy Kray. By
the combine is to be in full production.(6)
1956,
During the first half 1954, enterprises of Glavlenkhlopprom (Main
Administration of Leningradskaya Oblast Cotton Industry) produced 25 million
more meters of cotton and staple-fiber fabrics than during the first half
1953.(7) Mills of Glavlenkhlopprom produced nearly 360 metric tons of yarn
and more than 3 million meters of fabrics above the plan for the first 6
months of 1954.(8) In 1954, enterprises of Glavlenkhlopprom were to increase
production by 26 percent as compared with 1953, including 18 percent more
sewing threads, 22 percent more staple-fiber fabrics, and 35 percent more
cotton fabrics. This required a daily increase of 667,000 spools of sewing
threads, almost 25,000 meters of staple-fiber fabrics, and 200,000 meters of
cotton fabrics.
More than 1,800 units of spinning,. eaving, twisting, and finishing
equipment were to be installed in Glavlenkhlopprom enterprises in 1954.
"Mychkouloviteli" [combings catchers? ]:vLre to be installed on 500 spinning
frames which were to increase labgt,*~Yoductivity by 5-7 percent, "pukhoobdu-
vateli" [lint blowers?] were to be.ifistalled on more than 300 spinning frames,
and 43,000 self-lubricating rings.; expected to increase equipment productivity
by 7-8 percent, were to be ing'dl1ed on twisting frames.(9)
During the firsttimonths of 1954, enterprises of Glavmoskhlopprom
(Main Administration of skovskaya Oblast Cotton industry) produced 3 million
meters of cotton ands O,aple-fiber fabrics above plan.(10)
The Tadzhk rrcotton-ginning industry was to process nearly 170,000
metric tons of raw cotton in 1954.(11) By 24 June 1954, cotton ginneries of
the Tadzhik SSR had fulfilled the plan for the first half 1954 and had de-
livered more than 2,000 metric tons of cotton fiber above plan to textile
enterprises of the USSR.(12)
In 1953, the Latvian textile industry produced 200,000 meters of wool
fabrics above plan. In.1954, the industry was to produce 600,000 more meters
of wool fabrics than in 1953.(13)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Belorussian
SSR pledged to produce 80,000 meters of wool fabrics above the 1954 plan.(14)
In 1954, 30,000 spindles were to be put into operation in the spinning mill
of the new Minsk Worsted Combine in the Belorussian SSR..(15)
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In 1955,?consumer goods enterprises of the Ukrainian e8R ire to-:
produce more than 10 million meters of wool fabriic..(16).. In the next few
years, a. powerful textile industry is to be built. up;1{y,tiheUkrainian 88W'
with Chernigov the center for wool fabrics prodticitton. Tf3e Cbe gov Worsted
Combine, which was under con_3trtiction in May 1954,,1s. to prodnc annually
more than 10 million meters of 4abrics.(3) .
Textile enterprises of the Ministry. of Consumer Goods Industry
Georgian SSR increased wool fabrics production by 80 percent in 1953 over
1940. In 1954, republic enterprises were to increase production by 13 per-
cent over 1953 to a total of 3.8 million meters of wool fabrics.
In June 1954, it was planned that a nev.worsted mill soon Vold` be
constructed in the vicinity of the. Tbilisi Worsted and Fine Woolens-Combine
in the Georgian SBR. The new.enterprige is to produce 1.8 million meters,-of
worsted fabrics annuslly.(17)
During the first 4 months of 1954, textile enterprises. of the
Armenian SSR fell short of plan-quotas by 119,000 meters ofwool'fabrics.(18)
RSFSR production- of wool fabrics in 1953 was nose. thin. 73 percent.
over l940 production. - -
In June 1954, construction was progressing on theIvanOio Wool
Combine. Weaving, spinning, and finishing production will be.earri.d.on.
in one building,-which together with administretipi{ rad?ahop buildings will
occupy. an area of 13 hectares. The combine is to produce annually nearly 14
million meters of suiting fabrics, 1.1 million wool blankets, and approximately
as many shawls.(19)
During the first 5 months of 1954, enterprises of Moscow light,
local, and. cooperative industries produced,mops.then 400,000 meters of. wool
fabrics above plan.(20) . "'
During the first quarter 19540?te6itile enterprises of the Kirgiz
8GB produced 19,000 meters of wool, fabrL, above plan.(21)
3. Bilk
-.]. 1954, the Latvian textile industry was to produce $50,E more
meters of silk fabrics tham:Sn 1953?(13)
The Ukrainian consumer goods industry is to produce 15 >11111~a
meters-of silk fabrics in 1955. .
Construction of the Darnitsa and Kiev silk combines is to be com-
pleted in 1955 and 1956.(16) In the next few years, a powerful textile
industry Is. to be built up in the Ukrainian BBR with Kiev the center for silk
fabrics,. production. During this period, silk fabrics production in'the
republio:ds to almost triple that of 1953 and, reach 22 million?mateFa in
1956.(3).
By the end of 1953, coistrpction of the Beadery Bilk Combine-in
the Moldavian 88R had -started. The- iVe is to produce annually-aa
estimated 7.5 million meters of X$brtcs.(22)
1n.1953,?prOduction of. silk fabrics by-enterprises of the Ministry
of Consumer' Goods Industry Georgian 88R increased 2.5 times over 1940. In
1954, silk.fabrics production wa, to increase by 28 percent over 1953 and
reach a total of 16,730,000 meters. (17)
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RSFSR silk fabrics production in 1953 was more. than five times that
of 1940.(5)
During the first quarter 1954, enterprises of Glavl'no (Main
Administration of Linen Industry) fell short of plan quotas by 350,000 meters
for production of suit and dress fabrics, wide white linen, and fine gray-goods
linen.(23) -
Textile enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer goods Industry Belo-
russian SSR.pledged to produce above the 1954 plan 70,000 square meters of
carpeting and plush materials, 20 metric tons of heavy felt, 25 metric tons
of cotton string, and 30 metric tons of wadding.(24)
By 20 May 1954, construction of a flax plant in Nesvizh in Minskaya
Oblast, Belorussian SSR, had been completed. The plant was to be put into
operation by the beginning of the 1954 flax-processing season. The new
enterprise is to process annually up to 6,000 metric tons of retted straw.
In May, the same type of plant was under construction in Dyatlov, Grodnen-
skaya Oblast, New enterprises for processing retted straw are to be con-
structed in Krupka, Minskaya Oblast, and in Micry, Molodechnenskaya Oblast.
(25)
During the first 5 months of 1954, consumer goods industries of the
Ukrainian SSR produced 600,000 meters of fabrics above plan.(16)
In 1954, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry
Georgian SSR were to produce-l50,000 square meters of caipeting.(17)
By 23 June 1954, construction of a large finishing mill bad-been
completed in TAninakan in the Armenian SSE and installation.of equipment
had begun. The new will is to produce nearly 50 million meters of bleached,
plain-dyed, and printed fabrics of 17 types.(26)
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The Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry RSFSR was to put intol954
operation 48 000
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, umer goods enterprises of the Ukrainian SSR pro-
duced nearly one million pieces of knitwear.(16)
pieces of knitwear and more than 110 million v - ueariy?(V'm1111on.-.
first 5 months of 1954 cons pairs of hosiery-(3) During the ,
, sp
nning and twisting spindles and 500 looms.(27)
During the first 5 months of 1954, enterprises of Moscow light,
local, and cooperative industries produced more than 2.3 million meters of
silk, staple-fiber, and cotton fabrics above plan.(20)
B. Clothing
1. Knitwear and Stockings
In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry.
Estonian SSR fell short of plan quotas by 177,000 pairs of hosiery,(28)
In 1954, the Latvian knitwear industry was to produce 1.4 million
more pairs of hosiery than in 1953.(13)
Knitwear enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry
Belorussian SSR pledged to produce 120,000 pairs of hosiery, 15.,000 pieces.
of-underwear, and 32,000 pieces of outee'wear above the 1954 plan.(24),
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In the next few years, a powerful textile industry is to be built
up in the Ukrainian SSR with Poltava the center for knitted linen and yarn
production.(3) By 18 June 1954, 62 conveyers had been put into operation
in knitwear factories of the Ukrainian SSR.(16)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, 4,7 times as
much knitted underwear was produced in the Moldavian SSE as in 1950.(29)
In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Moldavian
83R produced 240,000 pieces of knitted underwear above plan. In 1954,
ministry enterprises are to increase production of hosiery to 10 million
pairs annually and knitted underwear to 3 million pieces.(30)
In June 1954, it was planned that a factory to produce women's
stockings soon would be put into operation in Tbilisi in the Georgian SSR.
The new enterprise is to produce 3.7 million pairs of stockings annually.(17)
During the first 4 months of 1954, the Armenian knitwear industry
fell Short of plan quotas by 174,000 pieces of underwear and 64,000 pieces
of outerwear.(18)
In 1954, the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry RSFSR as to achieve
production canRritinc for 10 million pairs of hosiery and 9 million sets-of
knitted underwear.(27)
During the first quarter 1954, enterprises of the Kirgiz SSR pro
duced 3,860 pieces of rayon knitted underwear above plan.(21) -
During the first quarter 1954, enterprises of the Ministry of
Consumer Goods Industry Ukrainian SSR fell.short-of plan quotas by 22,500
children's coats and 7,500 wool suits.(31). During the first .5 months of
1954, clothing enterprises of the same ministrY'tell short of plan quotas
by 38,000 coats, 15,000 suits, and 33,000 sets of men's and children's
underwear.(15)'
By 18 June 1954, 59 conveyers had been put into operation in sew-
ing factories of the Ukrainian SSR. The machine park of republic sewing
factories was estimated at more tan 15,000 universal sewing machines and`
2,000 high-production button-killing, button.aeving, and other machines. By
June 1954, construction had started oe seven large sewing factories in-
Pereyaslav-Khmel'nitskiy, Voroshilov6rad, Kirovograd, Sumy, Nikoa.ayev,
Artemovak, and Drogobych.(16)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Georgian
SSE increased production of clothing by 125 percent in 1953 as compared with
1940. In 1954, republic enterprises were to increase production-by-24
percent.(17)
Construction of 12 large sewing. factories of the Ministry of Con-
sumer Goods.Industry RSFSR was to begin in 1954.(27)
During the first 4 months of 1954, more than 18,000..sevii art, cles
produced by enterprises of the Ministry o;.Consumer Goods Industry Kazakh.
SSR, or.10.8 percent of the amount checked, were reduced to lower grades or
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C. Leather and Footwear
As of 12 May 1954, enterprises of Glavobuv' (Main Administration of the
Footwear Industry) Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry USSR had produced
440,000 pairs of footwear above plan since the beginning of 1954. More than
170,000 pairs of this above-plan production were produced in April.(33)
In 1954, the USSR footwear industry was to increase production by 10
percent and, in 1955, by 32 percent as compared. with 1953. In 1954, foot-
wear enterprises were to receive 2,600 footwear machines and 3,500 sewing
machines, including many two-needle machines.(34)
Leather and footwear enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods In-
dustry Estonian SSR fell short of 1953 plan quotas by 7.8 metric tons of hard
leather goods and 112,000 pairs of rubber footvear.(28)
In 1954, the Latvian footwear industry was to produce 770,000 more pairs
of footwear than in 1953.(13)
Leather enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Belo-
russian SSR pledged to produce one million square decimeters of chrome
leather above the 1954 plan.(24)
In 1953, the Ukrainian SSR footwear industry produced more than 35 million
pairs of footwear.(3) During the first 5 months of 1954, consumer goods in-
dustries of the Ukrainian SSR produced 94,000 pairs of footwear above plan.(16)
During this period, however, republic footwear enterprises fell short of plan
quotas for boots by 123,000 pairs and for other leather footwear by 320,000
pairs.(15) During the first 4 months of 1954, Zagotzhivsyr'ye (All-Union
Combine for Procurement of Animal-Product Raw Materials and Furs) and the
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Products Industry fell short of plan quotas to
Ukrainian SSR tanneries by nearly one million pieces of hides. In 1955,
footwear enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Ukrainian
SSR are to produce 38 million pairs of footwear.(16)
In May 1954, more than 60 leather and footwear enterprises were under
construction or reconstruction in the Ukrainian SSR. This expansion was to
assure an increase in footwear production.in the republic of up to 61 million
pairs in 1956.(3) As of June 1954, 63 conveyers had been put into operation
in footwear factories in the republic. It was then planned to start recon-
struction of nine existing tanneries and 18 footwear factories and construc-
tion of new leather and footwear enterprises in Stalino and Voroshilovgrad
each with an annual capacity_of 4.5 million pairs of footwear.(16)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, almost twice as
much footwear was produced in the Moldavian SSR as in 1950.(29) Footwear
enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Moldavian SSR pro-
duced 82,700 pairs of footwear above plan in 1953 and were to increase pro-
duction by 200,000 pairs in 1954.(30)
In 1954, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Georgian
SSR were to increase production of sole leather by 35 percent to a total of
2,300 metric tons. Ministry enterprises were, to produce 2.1 million pairs
of leather footwear and 61 million square decimeters of chrome leather in
1954.(17)
During the first 4 months of 1954, the Armenian footwear industry fell
short of plan quotas by 126,000 pairs of footwear.(18)
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RSFSR footwear production increased by 24 percent in 1953 as compared
with 1940.(5) In 1954, the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry RSFSR was
to achieve production capacity for 6 million pairs.of footvear.(27)
During the first 4 months of 1954, footwear enterprises of the Ministry
of Consumer Goods Industry Kazakh SSR returned for repairs more than 37,000
pairs of leather footwear.(32)
During the first quarter 1954, enterprises of the Kirgiz SSR produced
25,000 pairs of chrome leather footwear above plan.(21)
In 1953, the Karelo-Finnish fish catch increased 54 percent as com-
pared with 1952.(35) Although republic fishing kolkhozes caught 27,900 more
metric quintals of fish than in 1952; the 1953 plan was fulfilled only 88.6
percent. In 1954, the kolkhoz catch was to increase by 23.5 percent as com-
pared with the 1953 catch. The republic fish industry was to increase the,
fish catch by 56,000 metric quintals in 1954 as compared with 1953. In April
1954, republic fishermen caught 9,595 metric quintals of fish, 2,159 metric
quintals of which were caught by fishing kolkhozes.(36) During the first 4
months o: 19514, Kerelo -Finnish fishermen caught 136,000 more pud of fish than
during the corresponding period of 1953.(37) By 10 June, republic fishermen
had caught 34,494 more metric quintals of fish than during the corresponding
period of 1953.(38)
By 10 June 1954, Karelo-Finnish fishermen in the Barentsovo Sea had
naught.13,000 more metric quintals of fish than during the corresponding period
of 1953?(39) The White Sea State Fishing Base in the Karelo-Finnish SSR
wa:. to catch 132,700 metric quintals of fish in 1954, almost 37,000 more
metric quintals than in 1953.(40) During the first 4 months of 1954, fish-
ermen of the herring fishing expedition of the White Sea State Fishing Base,
opergting in the North Atlantic, caught and delivered to the state more than
31,000 metric quintals of fish, 1,600 metric quintals above the plan for the
first 5 months..(41)
Du ing the first 5 months of 1954, the Estonian fish industry caught
25,000 more metric quintals of fish than during the corresponding period of
1953.(42) By 16 June 1954, fishing kolkhozes of the Estonian SSR had caught
30,000 more metric quintals offish than by the same date in 1953.(43)
By 31 May 1954, fishing enterprises o" the Ministry of Fish Industry
Latvian SSE had fulfilled plans in percent-as follows: (1)
Goslov (State Fishing
Trust)
112.8
71.6
31.9
Inland Waters Trust
;154?7
58.4
38.3
C^smorlov (State Sea
Fishing Enterprises)
106.8
73.1
30.3
Total for Ministry
135.8
76.7
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By 20 June 1954, fishing kolkhozes of the Latvian SSR and enterprises
of Goslov Ministry of Fish Industry Latvian SSR had fulfilled the plap for the
first half 1954 and had caught 600,000 more pud of fish than during the first
half of 1953. (12)
By5 My, Azerbsydzhan fishermen of the herring region had fulfilled the
1954 fisniu6 pi:n and fishermen of the Khudat, Khachmas, Kyzyl-Burun, Apsheron,
and Nasosnyy fish plants had caught nearly 30,000 metric quintals of herring
above the 1954 plan.(44) By 10 May 1954, Azerbaydzhan fishermen in the north-
ern herring regions of the Caspian Sea had caught 44,000 metric quintals of
fish above the 1954 plan.(45) By 20 May, fish plants of the herring group in
the Azerbaydzhan SSR had fulfilled the 1954 fishing plan by 196 percent.(46)
By 23 June , Azerbaydzhan industrial and fishing kolkhozes had fulfilled the
1954 fishing plan and had caught 131,000 more metric quintals of fish than by
the same time in 1953. During the second half of 1954, republic fishing enter-
prises were to Catch 91,700 metric quintals of fish.(47)
By 30 April 1954, the Kamchatka Trawler Fleet had delivered nearly
40,000 pud of plaice above the April 1954 plan.(48) In May 1954, fishing kol
khozes in L.eningradskaya Oblast caught 8,000 more metric quintals of fish than
uuriug May 1953.(49) By 28 May 1954, fishermen of the Murmansk Basn had
caught 3n--1L0 metric quintals of fish above plan.(50) By 25 April 1954,
enterprises of ;laysckhrybprom (Main Administration of Fish Industry in
Saktalinskaya-Oblast) had fulfilled the plan for the first 4 months of 1954
by 34.6 percent.(51) By 26 May, fishing kolkhozes of the Dagestan ASSR had
fulfilled the plan for the first half 1954 and had caught 25,000 more metric
quintals of fish than during the 1953 spring season.(52)
2. Processing
Fish products production in the Karelo-Finnish SSR increased by 47
percent and canned fish production increased by 28 percent in 1953 as com-
pared with 1952.(35)
During the first 5 months of 1954, the Ministry of Fish Industry.
Ukrainian SSR fell short of plan quotas by 10,700 metric tons of fresh-
By 23 June 1954, fish-processing enterprises of the Azerbaydzhan SSE
had produced 40,200 metric quintals of fish products and 176,000 cans of fish
above the 1954 plan.(47)
3. Breeding and Conservation
In May 1954, more than 16 million whitefish larva obtained at the
Keyla Fish-Breeding Plan, in the Estonian SSR were being liberated in gulfs
of the Baltic Sea. The Pidula Fish-Breeding Plant in the same republic was
maintaining reserves of whitefish in waters washing the shores of Saarema
Island. This plant was also in process of liberating 14 million whitefish
larva in the gulfs. Subsequent to May,7 million Chudskoye Lake whitefish
roe from the Yaksi Fish-Breeding Plant were placed in the Chudskoye Lake and
10 millioi were shipped for stocking the Moskovskoye More Reservoir. In 1954,
workers of Estrybvod (Estonian Administration of Fish Breeding and Conservation)
were to liberate more than 50 million whitefish roe and larva.(53)
There are many lakes in the Lithuanian SSR which offer rich resources
for the fish industry. However, in June 1954, these lakes were being poorly
utilized. During the period 1951-1953, the fish catch in republic lakes amounted
to less than 7,000 metric quintals annually. Average productivity of the lakes
was estimated at not more than 9.2 kilograms per hectare. These low indexes
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can be explained by the lack of interest shown by the Small-Scale Fishing
Trust which should have set up fish-breeding and conservation measures in
inland waters. Instead of increasing from year to year, the number of fish-
ing brigades and fishing equipment has decreased. In 1950, 1,085 fishermen
were at work, using 143 seines ant 1,278 nets. In 1953, only 618 men fished
republic lakes and the number of nets and seines diminished to 400.(54)
Four fish-breeding plants on the Don and Volga rivers were to be
put into operation in 1954.(55) During summer 1954, 20,000 Amur carp fry
were to be transported to Buryat-Mongol' ASSR.(8)
B. Meat and Dairy
?
1. Dairy Products
The dairy industry of the USSR was faced with the task of pro-
curing 14.3 million metric tons of milk and producing 476,000 metric tons
of butter and 97,000 metric tons of cheese in 1954; it was also to process
220 million tins of condensed milk, produce 2.3 million tons of whole-milk
-products, and raise both the quality and variety of its dairy products.(56)
In 1954-1956, trusts of the Main Administration of Butter and
Cheese Industry are to construct 263 butter and cheese plants, 30 city
dairies, 36 bases with refrigerators, and a considerable number of separating
establishments and milk-receiving points.
In 1953, only 229 of a planned 269 USSR plants and only 111 of a
planned 237 separating establishments were mechanized. In the same year,
funds for capital investments in the USSR dairy industry were not utilized
satisfactorily; 37.5 million rubles were unspent.
In the next 3 years, the USSR dairy industry is tc increase annual
procurement of milk by 3 million metric tons, butter production by almost
100,000 metric tons, and cheese production by 20,000 to 40,000 metric tons.
In 1953, 85 initial milk-processing plants in the USSR.were mechanized
and nearly 1,300 new machines and devices were put into operation.(57)
The 1953 output of dairy products in the Karelo-Finnish SSR increased
by 12.7 percent over 1952; cheese production increased by 21.4 percent.(35)
The Estonian Mi_% Bitter Trust now includes 178 small butter
plants.(25)
Milk procurement in the Latvian SSR increased by 470,0011 metric
quintals during the period 1 October 1953-1 June 1954 as compared with the
corresponding period beginning 1 October 1952.
In the first 5 months of 1954, the output of butter in the Latvian
SSR exceeded by 23.2 percent the amount produced in the same period of 1953.;
twice as much cheese was also produced.
The 1954 semiannual plan for the obligatory delivery and sale of
milk to the state was 45.5 percent fulfilled for the same republic.(58)
The Riga Milk Combine in the Latvian SSR has put a new shop into
operation which will bake wafers and ice-cream cones. Its 16 ovens will
produce 500 kilograms of such baked goods, enough to contain 10 metric tons.
of ice cream.
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The Liyepaya Milk Combine in the Latvian SSR is equipped with a new
shop for producing condensed milk; it is also expanding its ice-cream shop.(59)
During the period 1954-1956, the Ministry of Food Products Industry
Ukrainian SSR is to construct or reconstruct 252 butter and milk plants.(60)
Plans for 1954 required the Armenian Cheese Trust to put into opera-
tion large-scale Swiss cheese plants in Privol'ye, Stepanavanskiy Rayon, and
Karmrashen, Talinskiy Rayon. A dairy plant and refrigeration plant were to
begin operation in Leninakan.
Construction of a mechanized Swiss cheese plant is under way in the
village of Yanykh, Martuninskiy Rayon, in the Armenian SSR.
The Yerevan Butter Refrigeration Plant in the same republic is being
mechanized and equipped; the second floor of the production building will be
constructed and cheese-processing machinery will be installed which will in-
crease production to 2 metric tons daily of p ro.essed cheese packed in 100
gram packages.
In the second quarter 1954, construction of mechanized dairies with
ice cream shops will be started in Dilizhan, Kafan, and Kadzharan in the
Armenian SSR.
The construction of centers for the production of sheep's milk cheese
will be completed in 1954 in Basargecharskiy, Stepanavanskiy, Gorisskiy,
Azizbekovskiy, Alevardskiy, and Nor Bayazetskiy rayons of the Armenian SSR. A
number of existing cheese plants were to be electrified and mechanized in various
rayons of the republic in 1954; construction of a cheese storehouse contain-
ing a compressor and an ice cream shop was to be started in the village of
Berd, Shamshadinskiy Rayon.(61)
A total of 15 meat and cheese-processing plants are scheduled for
construction in Altayskiy Kray, RSFSR; 30 operating plants of the dairy
industry will be reconstructed.(62)
Nine new milk and butter plants are scheduled for operation in
Kirshi, Fergana, Shakhrisyabz, Nukus, Urgench, Kagan, Turtkul', and in
Samarkandskaya and Tashkentskaya oblasts, Uzbek SSR. A new milk combine will
begin operation in Tashkent in 1955.
Construction of five new milk and butter plants will be under way in
1955 and 1956 in Chirchik, Khiva, Chust, Termez. and Chimbay, and two cheese
plants in Gizhduvan and Kungrad in the Uzbek SSR.(63)
2. Meat Products
By 1 October 1954, new shops were to be constructed and the meat com-
bines in Karaganda, Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa, Poltava, Dnepropetrovskand other
cities of the USSR to be expanded. Scores of operating enterprises were to
be reconstructed and equipped with new machinery. Meat production in the USSR
was to reach 780 metric tons pEr day and the production of poultry-meat products
increased by 270 metric tons per day. The processing of rabbit meat was to
add an additional 24 shops, producing 60 metric tons of rabbit meat daily, to
the poultry combines.(64)
The 1953 production of sausage products in the Karelo-Finnish SSE
increased 23 percent over 1952.(35)
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Meat procurement in the Latvian SSR increased by 11,000 metric
quintals in the period 1 October 1953-1 June. 1954, as compared with the
corresponding period beginning 1 October 1952.
In the first 5 months of 1954, the output of bacon in the Latvian
SSR exceeded by 77.5 percent the amount produced in the same 1953 pert-d;
51.2 percent more animal fats and 41 percent more semi-processed meats were
produced in the same period as compared with 1953. The 1954 semi-annual
plan for the obligatory delivery of meat was fulfilled by 65.9 percent.(58)
Producte turned out by enterprises of the Lithuanian meat and dairy
industries in 1953 exceeded by 51 million rubles the value of the 1952 out-
put. Results for the first quarter of 1954 revealed an increase over the
same period in 1952 of 7 million rubles worth of meat products and 7.4
million rubles worth of dairy products.(65)
Construction of new meat combines is underway in Brest, Pinsk,
Bobrusk, and Molodechno in the Belorussian SSR.(66)
Ten enterprises of the meat industry and scores of meat-products
plants were to be constructed in the Ukrainian SSR in 1954.(3)
The Kharkov Meat Combine has opened one of the largest sausage
plants in the Ukrainian SSR. The new enterprise is able to produce 25
metric tons of meat products per day and will make 96 varieties of sausage,
the production of which will be increased 2.5-fold in Khar'kov.(67)
During the period 1954-1956, the Ministry of Food Products Industry
Ukrainian SSR is to construct or reconstruct 37 meat and poultry-processing
combines.
In 1954, a total of 16 enterprises of the Ukrainian meat and poultry-
processing industry were to receive automatic machines for measuring out and
shaping meat cutlets. Republic poultry combines were to receive 24 mechanized
lines for processing poultry, two conveyers for processing geese and duck,
and 25 machines for removing feathers from poultry.(60)
A new meat combine which has begun operation in Kirovakan, Armenian
SSR, will produce 20 metric tons of meat and 2 metric tons of sausage per
shift. Construction has begun on a meat combine in the southern outskirts
of Yerevan; it will produce 50 metric tuns of meat and 8 metric tons of
sausage per shift. The first section of the enterprise was to be completed
in 1954.(46)
Over 120 semiautomatic conveyor lines, recently installed in the
Tomlinskaya, Brattsevskaya, and Glebovskaya poultry-processing enterprises,
Moskovskaya Oblast, have tripled labor productivity.(68)
In Uzbek SSR, plans are being made for extensive expansion of exist-
ing meat-processing enterprises and the construction of new ones. Main pro-
duction shops in slaughterhouses in Khodzheyli, Bukhara-, and Termez, and in
meat combines in Urgench, Nukus, and Almalyk were to be completed in 19 4.
Construction of new meat combines was to be started in 1P54 in Tashkent and
Angren, and in 1955 in Karshi, Samarkand, and Begovat.(63
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In 1954, up to 2 million metric tons of all-mash were to be pro-
duced in the USSR, and in 1956, up to 5 million metric tons. In 1956, USSR
all-mash production is to more than triple that of 1953.
In the period 1954-1956, 87 all-mash shops with a total annual pro-
ductivity of 2.5 million metric tons are to be constructed in USSR flour-
milling and groats enterprises. Nine new all-mash plants with a productivity
of 756,000 metric tons are also to be constructed, as well as one poultry
mineral feeds plant. Five all-mash plants under construction in May 1954 are
to be completed.(69) ,
In 1953, macaroni production in the Karelo-Finnish SSR increased
by 24.1 percent as compared with 1952.(35)
During the period 1951-1953, Latvian production of bread and bakery
products increased by 24.8 percent, macaroni products by 77.7 percent, and
yeast by 57.9 percent. In 1954, the Latvian food industry was to produce
14.7 times as much macaroni and 6.3 times as much yeast as in 1938.(70)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry Lithuanian
SSR produced 15.5 metric tons of flour in 1953 above plan.(71)
By 4 June 1954, construction of a bread-baking plant which is to
produce 45 metric tons of bread and bakery products and 5 metric tons of
confectionery products daily had started in Vil'nyus, Lithuanian SSR. This
will be the fourth mechanized bread-baking plant in the capital of the re-
public. Bread-baking plants in Shyaulya and Klaypeda were to be put into
operation in 1954.(72)
In 1954, enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry Belo-
russian SSR pledged to produce 6,500 metric tons of bread and bakery products
and 200 metric tons of yeast above plan. The Belorussian SSR Trust of Glav-
muka (Main Administration of Flour-Milling, Groats, and All-Mash Industries)
Ministry of Food Products Industry USSR pledged to fulfill the 1954 plan by
15 December and to produce 30,000 metric tons of flour above plan by the end
of the year.(24)
In 1954, 45 rolling mills and 53 bread-baking plants and large mecha-
nized bakeries are to be constructed in the Ukrainian SSR.(3) During the
period 1954-1956, the Ministry of Food Products Industry Ukrainian SSR is to
construct or reconstruct 113 bread-baking enterprises and 8 macaroni facto-
ries.(60)
The Yerevan All-Mash Plant in the Armenian SSR, which is to have an
annual production capacity of 35,000 metric tons of all-mash, was to be put
into operation in 1954. Construction began in 1950.(73)
By 23 June 1954, construction of enterprises for production of com-
bined feeds for livestock had started in Omsk, Rubtsovsk, Aleysk, Pospelikha,
Kemerovo, Prokop'yevsk, Cherepanovo, and Tomsk in the RSFSR. The largest all-
mash plant with a daily production capacity of 300 metric tons is to be con-
structed in Novosibirsk.(74)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, Latvian
production of canned fruits and vegetables tripled as compared with 1950..
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In 1954, the republic canning industry was to produce more than 16 million
jars of canned vegetables and fruits and berries. Production of canned
cucumbers was to increase by 46 percent, vegetable dinner dishes by 100
percent, and stewed fruits by 20 percent.(70)
Canning enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry
Lithuanian SSR estimated a production of 14 million jars of canned goods
in 1954, instead of the planned 8 million jars, and 35-40 million jars in
1956.(71)
Canning enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry Belo-
russian SSR pledged to produce 500,000 standard jars of canned vegetables,
635 metric tons of pickled and sour vegetables, 222 metric tons of pickled
apples, and 100 metric tons of dried fruits above the 1954 plan.(24)
In May 1954, one of the largest canneries in the USSR was under
construction on the outskirts of Izmail osrthe_shores RT.khe Danube in
the Ukrainian SSR. Fish, meat, vegetable ,`and tomato shops are to be
located in the main building. The plant, to be put into operation in 1954,
was to produce more than 6 million jars of canned goods before the end of
the year. When operating at full capacity, the plant is to produce 40
million jars of canned goods annually.(75)
In 1954-1956, the Ministry of Food Products Industry Ukrainian
SSR is to construct or reconstruct 32 canning and vegetable-drying plants.
During the period 1954-57, a total of 19 plants and shops equipped with
special mechanizms for cleaning vegetables and constant flow drying appara-
tus.s.are to be put in operation.(60)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the Moldavian
SSR increased production of canned goods by 84.4 percent as compared with
1950.(29) In 1953, canning enterprises of Tiraspol' in the Moldavian SSR
produced 8.6 million jars of canned goods above plan, tripling the 1940
production.(30) In June 1954, enterprises of the Moldavian Canning Trust
were to produce more than 5 million jars of canned early vegetables and
fruit.(76)
In May 1954, old canning enterprises in the Moldavian SSR were
being reconstructed and expanded. The Kamenka and Grigoriopol' canneries,
new installations with annual production capacities of 25 million jars each,
were under construction.
Glass jars are important to the canning industry. During the first
quarter 1954, the Tiraspol' Glass Jar Plant in the Moldavian SSR was put
into operation. The enterprise is to produce annually 45 million jars.
In May 1954, another glass jar plant with double the production Capacity
of the Tiraspol' plant was under construction near Kishinev.(22)
In 1954, the Armenian canning industry was to produce 53 million
jars of canned goods, 11 million more than in 1953. Canned goods of more
than 60 varieties were to be produced.(77)
In 1946, canneries of the Dagestan ASSR produced 1,172,000 jars
of canned goods. By 1950, this had risen to 5,105,000 jars, and by 1953
to 7,027,000 jars. In 1954, these canneries were to produce 8 million jars
of canned goods.(78)
Canning enterprises of the Uzbek SSR were to produce more than
twice as much preserves and three times as much canned stewed fruit in
1954 as in 1953 (79) By 11 June 1954, the Yangi-Yul', Tashkent, Fergana,
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Andizhan, Nimangan, Samarkand fruit canneries in the Uzbek SSR were pro-
duc4ng strawberry jam and preserves and had produced 180,000 standard
400-gram. jars, considerably more than planned. During the 1954 season,
enterprises of Uzglavkonserv (Main Administration of Canning Industry
Uzbek SSR) were to produce up to 200,000 jars of strawberry preserves
and jam.(80)
In 1953, Karelo-Finnish production of confectionery increased
by 33.6 percent as compared with 1952.(35)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, Latvian
production of confectionery increased by 32.2 percent as compared with
1950. In 1954, the industry was to produce five times as such confec-
tionery as in 1938.(70)
The Ukrainian food industry produced 300,000 metric tons of con-
fectionery in 1953.(3) In the period 1954-1956, the Ministry of Food Prod-
ucts Industry Ukrainian SSR is to construct or reconstruct 13 confection-
ery t'actories.(60)
In 1953, the USSR sugar industry exceeded the 1940 plan by 70
percent. In 1954, the industry was to produce 4.3 million metric tons.
(81)
In 1953, the Ukrainian sugar industry produced 60 million more
pud [about 982,800 metric tons) of sugar than in 1940.(2) The 1953
total was 2.6 million metric tons.(3)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the
Moldavian food industry produced 2.8 times a: much sugar as in 1950.(29)
In May 1954, the Gindeshty Sugar Plant in the MolOavian SSR was under
construction. This plant is to be the largest in the republic and is
to process 25,000 metric quintals daily. The first secL~on of the plant
was to process beets of the 1954 harvest. At the same time, the Drokiya
and Dondyushanskiy sugar plants were under construction and erection of
another new sugar plant, the Skumpiyevskiy, was planned, also for 1954.
When the new sugar plants are all in operation, the republic will be able
to produce up to 12 million pud [about 196,600 metric tons) of sugar from
local raw materials.(22)
In 1953, RSFSR sugar production increased by 57 percent as com-
pared with 1940.(5)
In 1953, gross production of the USSR fats and oils industry in-
creased by 39.4 percent as compared with 1950 including 41.5 percent for
vegetable oils and 76 percent for margarine. During the first half 1954,
vegetable oils production was 17 percent more than in the first half 1953,
margarine 16 percent more, and soap 22 percent more. For all of 1954, USSR
production of fats and oils products was to increase by 17.4 percent as
compared with 1953, including wrapped margarine by 26.1 percent, wrapped
toilet soap by 54.2 percent, mayonnaise by 23.5 percent, and bottled vege-
table oils 5.7 times.(82)
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The USSR perfume and cosmetics industry is to produce five
times as much valuable acacia oil in 1954 as in 1953.(83)
During the 1954 season, oil mills of the Moldavian SSE were to
process 900 more metric quintals of reeds per day than in 1953?(84)
In 1953, the Ukrainian food industry produced 250,000 metric tons
of vegetable oils.(3)
In May 1954, workers of the Tadzhik vegetable oils industry. were
seeking an increase in production of 5,000 metric tons during 1954 as com-
pared with 1953.(86) Warehouse space for storage of up to 5,500 metric
tons of industrial cottonseed and up to 2,000 metric tons of oil was to
be constructed in 1954 at Tadzhik oil mills.(85)
6. Beverages
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, Latvian
beer production increased by 30 percent and nonalcoholic beverage pro-
duction by 32.4 percent as compared with 1950. In 1954, the industry.
was to produce 2.5 times as much beer and twice as much nonalcoholic
beverages as in 1936.(70)
The Belorussian food industry was to produce 10,000 decaliters
of fruit and berry wine and 30,000 deciliters of nonalcoholic beverages
above plan in 1954.(24)
In 1954, two grape wineries and 11 breweries were to be con-
structed in the Ukrainian SSR.(3) In the period 1954-1956, the Ministry
of Food Products Industry Ukrainian SSR is to construct or reconstruct
26 breveries.(60)
During the first 3 years of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the
Moldavian wine industry produced 3.2 times as much wine as in 1950.
(29) During the 1954 season, enterprises of Moldglavvino (Moldavian
Main Administration of Wine Industry) and the Moldavian Champagne Com-
bine were to procure and process nearly 200,000 metric tons of grapes.
In 1953, Moldglavvino put into operation three new mechanized
plants for preliminary wine-making. In 1954, six more plants of this
type were to be put into operation and construction was to be started on
three more. In June 1954, two large wine and cognac plants in Tiraspol'
and Bel'tsy were being completed anda large winery in Kishinev was under
construction.
More than 48 million rubles were allotted to the Moldavian wine
industry in 1954.(86)
In 1950, wine production of Samtrest [a Georgian wine-making
trust] amounted to 2,219,000 decaliters and in 1954 was to exceed 3
million decaliters.(87) In 1954, republic production of grape vine.
was to be increased to 3 million decaliters, 1.5 times 1950 produc-
tion.
By June 1954, a large well-equipped champagne combine with
an annual production capacity of 4 million bottles had been constructed
in Avchala, a suburb of Tbilisi in the Georgian SSR.(88)
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In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry
Lithuanian SSR produced 500,000 cigarettes above plan.(71)
Tobacco enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry
Belorussian SSR were to produce 166 million cigarettes and 6,000 boxes
of makhorka above the 1954 plan.(24)
In 1950, the Georgian tea industry produced 2,807 metric tons
of tea of highest grades and in 1954 was to produce up to 6,000 metric
tons of tea of these grades.(87) In 1954, the Georgian tea industry
was to produce 27,700 metric tons of finished baykhovyy and brick tea,
including nearly 13,000 metric tons of top and first grade teas.(89)
During the period 1950-1953, a total of 19 tea factories were
c,)nstructed and put into operation in the Georgian SSR, and the majority
of existing enterprises were reconstructed so as to increase produ-tion
capacity. During the 1954 season, the Okumskaya and Dzhvarskaya factories
were to be put into operation, and before the end of the year, construc-
tion of three more factories was to be finished.(90)
By 30 April 1954, construction of the Ryazan' Tea-Weighing
Factory in Ryazanskaya Oblast with an estimated annual capacity of
4,000 metric tons of tea had been completed.(91)
A. Manufactured Consumer Goods
In 1954, enterprises of Sortavala in the Karelo-Finnish SSR were
to produce 20,000 more meters of wool cloth and cheviot, 25 percent
more felt footwear, and 4 million more rubles' worth of sewn articles
than in 1953.(41)
Industrial cooperatives of Vil'nyus in the Lithuanian SSR pledged
to fulfill the 1954 plan by 10 December and to produce 400 metal. beds,
30 metric tons of galvanized ware, and 1,000 suitcases above plan.(92)
Industrial cooperatives of the Belorussian SSR pledged to produce
25,000 metal beds, 100 metric tons of tin plate dishware, 300 metric
tons of galvanized dishware, 100,000 pieces of knitted underwear,
80,000 pieces of knitted outerwear, 300,000 meters of household carpet
runners, 5,000 irons, and 6,000 lampshades above the 1954 plan.(24)
In 1954, construction of 24 new enterprises for production of
furniture, construction materials, and consumer goods is to begin in
the Georgian SSR,(17)
RSFSR -local industry produced 5 times as much furniture, 2.2 times
as much metal ware, 4 times as much felt footwear, 2.4 times as many
fabrics, and twice as many upright and grand pianos in 1953 as in 1940.
One third of the enterprises of RSFSR local industry did not fulfill
the 1953 plan.(93)
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In 1954, spinning and weaving mills of Moscow local industry were
to produce 500,000 more meters of cotton and wool fabrics than in 1953.
(94) By 1 July 1954, enterprises of the Baumanskiy Rayon Local Indus-
try Trust were to produce 35,000 meters of "granitoll" [a leather sub-
stitute], more than 11,000 pieces of knitwear, and 1.2 million rubles
worth of sewn articles, fur goods, and toys above the plan for the
first half 1954.(95)
In Sverdlovskaya Oblast, 12 enterprises of local and cooperative
industries produce beds. In Sverdlovsk alone, four enterprises are
engaged in the production of metal beds and produce nearly 60,000 beds
annually. In Sverdlovsk, there. are 10 industrial combines and 45 artels;
5 combines produce furniture, 3 produce hardware, 4 produce matresses,
and 2 produce felt boots.(96)
During the first 5 months of 1954, enterprises of Kazakh local
and cooperative industries failed to supply 210,000 pairs of felt boots
to trade organizations.(32)
Industrial cooperatives of the Turkmen SSR fulfilled the 1953
plan by only 92.6 percent including 38.8 percent for naru icuLiier auuus,
52.7 percent for footwear, 68.2 percent for furniture, 88 percent for
dishware, and 89 percent for silk and half silk fabrics.(97)
During the first quarter 1954, Kirgiz local industry produced
4,250 pairs of footwear and 1,900 kilograms of' aluminumware above plan.
(21) During the first half 1954, artels of Kirgiz industrial cooper-
atives produced 20,000 metal beds and 1.80 metric tons of aluminumware.
(98)
B. Construction Materials
Enterprises of the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Belorussian
SSR pledged to produce 25 million bricks above the 1954 plan..(24)
The Georgian local industry fell short of 1953 plan quotas by
9,499,000 bricks and 220,500 pieces of tile. In 1956, republic brick
plants were to produce 75 million bricks and tile plants were to produce
11 million pieces of tile.(17)
By 1 July 1954, enterprises of the Baumanskiy Rayon Local Industry
Trust in the Moskovskaya.Oblast were to produce eight tower cranes for
housing construction, above the plan for the first half 1954.(95)
In 1954, the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Uzbek SSR and
Uzpromsovet (Uzbek Council of Industrial Cooperatives) were to con-
struct and put intc operation 41 brick plants with a total annual
capacity of 90.7 million bricks. In 1955, they were to construct and
put into operation 21 plants with a total annual capacity of 62 million
bricks.(95)
In 1954, the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Kirgiz SSR was to
construct four and reconstruct 11 existing brick and tile plants,.each
with an average annual production capacity of 2 million bricks and
500,000 pieces of tile.(100) Local industry enterprises of Issyk-Kull-
skaya Oblast in the same republic were to produce for kolkhoz and MIS
construction 11 million bricks, 3.5 million pieces of tile, and 3,000
metric tons of lime.(101)
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In 1954, Kirgiz industrial cooperatives were to produce 15 million
bricks and 10 million pieces of tile for kolihoz construction. To ful-
fill this plan, six new mechanized enterprises were to be constructed.
One of these, a brick And tile plant in Kochkorka wiLl have an annual
production capacity of 1.5 million bricks and 1.5 million pieces of tile.(100)
C. Food Products
In 1954, industrial cooperatives of Vil'nyus in the Lithuanian SSR
pledged to produce 40-'metric tons of confectionery above plan.(92)
In 1954, industrial cooperatives of the Belorussian SSR pledged to
produce 80 metric tons of confectionery and 1,500 metric tons of macaroni
above plan.(24)
In 1953, the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Lithuanian SSR was
to produce 200 hay stackers, 200 scrapers, and 100 rail harrows for re-
public agricultural needs. The order was sent to the Plugas and Pasaga
plants and to the Shyaulyayskiy Rayon Industrial Combine. A year passed
while negotiations took place between the Ministry of Local and Fuel In-
dustry and the Ministry of Agriculture concerning the supply of materials
and while production technology was being developed. By 18 May 1954,
Glavsnabsbyt (Main Administration for Supply and Sales, chief: Degtyarev)
had made no provisions for supplying the enterprises with materials
necessary for machine production. Nothing had been done at the Plugas
and Pasaga plants, and it was clear that republic kolkhozes would not
receive scrapers, hay stackers, or harrows in 1954.(102)
In 1954, industrial cooperative enterprises of Vil'nyus in the
Lithuanian SSR pledged to produce for kolkhozes and MTSs 3,000 iron
barrels, 6,000 cans, and 110 fans for seed dryers.(92)
Only one of 11 oblast local and fuel industries in the Belorussian
SSE fulfilled the 1953 plan for cart production. The ministry as a whole
fulfilled the 1953 plan for sledge production by 60.1 percent, for harness
production by 31.7 percent, and for shaft-bow production by only 20.8
percent.(103)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Belorussian
SSR pledged to produce 150,000 metric tons of peat, 5,000 metric tons
of peatblock, 1,500 carts, 2,000 "stany" (?] of commerc'fdt-wheels, and
1,500 sledges above the 1954 plan.(24) In 1954, industrial cooperatives
of the Belorussian SSR pledged to produce 1,000 horse-drawn harrows, 1,000
cubic meters of tanks, and 6,000 iron kegs above plan.(24)
Nearly 20 industrial artels of the Belorussian SSR, in addition to
the enterprises of the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry, produce harness
and saddlery goods. During the first quarter 1954, Belpromsovet (Belo-
russian Council of Industrial Cooperatives) fulfilled the plan for this
type of product by only 56.8 percent.(103) During the first 4 months of
1954, the Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Belorussian SSE fell short
of plan quotas to agriculture by 385 steaming machines, 45 brush cutters,
200 hand-operated vegetable planters, 640 hand-operated cultivators, 425
hand-operated tile presses, and 660,000 tile press forms.(104)
In 1953, RSFSR local industry produced 6.7 times as much foundry Iron
as in 1940.(93)
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The Ministry of Local and Fuel Industry Ukrainian SSR and Ukrpromsovet
failed to utilize :ore than 12 million rubles allotted in 1953 for expan-
sion of personal services enterprises. In 1954, oblast councils of in-
dustrial cooperatives were to put 1,212 personal services shops into opera-
tion, However, during the first quarter 1954, the number of shops, rather
than increasing, diminished by 93 units.(15) By the end of 1954, nearly
30 personal services combines were to be constructed in Stalinskaya Oblast
of the Ukrainian SSR.(105)
In 1954, 32 personal services shops in the Georgian SSR were to be
equipped and 31 to be expanded.(17)
Industri.1 cooperatives of the Turkmen SSR fulfilled the personal
services plan for 1953 by 55.4 percent, including clothing repair by 62.9
percent, furniture repair by 16.5 percent, metal goods repair by 47.4 per-
cent, and footwear repair by 8C percent.'97)
In 1954, six combines and 14 typical personal services pavilions
were to be constructed and put in operation in the Kirgiz SSR.(100)
A. Capital Investments, Works and Construction
Eleven million rubles were appropriated for capital construction in
the Ministry of Food P oducts Industry Lithuanian SSR in 1953, and 24
million rubles were to be appropriated in 1954.(71)
The volume of capital construction for the Ministry of Consumer Goods
Industry Belorussian SSR increased from 38 million rubles in 1953 to 100
million rubles in 1954.(104) Belpromsovet fell short of the 1953 capital
investments plan by 16 million rubles.(103)
In 1954, a total of 147 million rubles, or 45 percent more than in
1953, were to be allotted for construction of food products industry and
consumer goods industry enterprises in the Moldavian SSR. The Ministry
of Food Products Industry Moldavian SSR was to be allotted 112 million
rubles for capital construction. New equipment worth 40 million rubles
was to be installed in enterprises of the ministry.(106)
By June, the 1954 capital construction plan for the Ministry of
Consumer Goods Industry Georgian SSR had been established at 42 million
rubles as compared with 29 million rubles in 1953.(17)
In 1954, the volume of capital investments for the Ministry of Food
Products Industry Kazakh SSR was to be 1.5 times that of the actiial.capital
investments of 1953. For the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry, capital
investment was to be almost three times that of 1953, and for the Ministry
of Local and Fuel industry, more than twice.(107)
The Ministry of Food Products Industry Uzbek SSR fulfilled the 1953
capital construction plan by only 75 percent.(108)
The 1954 plan calls for capital investments of 10 million rubles in
enterprises of the Kirgiz local and fuel industry. 'Phis means an increase
of 6,440,000 rubles over the amount actually fn-Vested iri'republic local
and fuel industry enterprises in 1953?(100)
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1. R13a, Sovetskaya Latviya, 4 Jun 54
2. Moscow, Izvestiya, 29 May 54
3. Baku, Bakinskiy Rabochy, 22 MAY 54
4. .Berlin, National Zeitung, 30 Jun 54
5. Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 30 May 54
6. Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 22 Jun 54
7. Moscow, Pravda, 29 Jun 54
8. Petrozavodek, Leninskoye Znamya, 29 Jun 54
9. Leningrad, Leningradskaya Pravda, 3 Jun 54
10. Ibid., 14 May 54
11. Stalinabad, Kommunist Tadzhikistan, 20 Jun 54
12. ?Izvestiya, 25 Jun 54
13. Sovetskaya Latviya, 29 May 54
14. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 25 May 54
15. Pravda Ukrainy, 23 Jun 54
16. Ibid., 19 Jun 54
17. Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 3 Jun 54
18. Yerevan, Kommunist, 6 Jun 54
19. Ibid., 16 Jun 54
20. Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda, 24 Jun 54
21. Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 23 Jun 54
22. Izvestiya, 6 May 54
23. Moscow, Tekstil'naya Promyshlennost', No 6, Jun 54
24. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 23 May 54
25. Pravda, 21 May 54
26. Ibid., 24 Jun 54
27. Izvestiya, 3 Jun 54
28. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 6 Jun. 54
29. Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 16 May 54
30. Ibid., 14 May 54
-31. Pravda Ukrainy, 22 Jun 54
32. Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 17 Jun 54
33. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 13. May 54
34. Moscow, Legkaya Promyshlennost', No 5, May 54
35. Leninskoye Znamya, 11 May 54
36. Ibid., 15 May 54
37. Ibid., 1 May 54
38. Ibid., 16 Jun 54
39. Ibid., 17 Jun 54
40. -Ibid., 20 May 54
41. Ibid., 6 May 54
42. Sovetskaya.Estoniya, 22 Jun 54
43. Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 20 Jun 54
44. Bakinskiy Rabochiy, 5 May 54
45. Ibid., 11 May 54
46. Izvestiya,, 21 May 54
47. Bakinskiy Rabochiy, 26 Jun 54
48.. Leningradskaya Pravda, 1 May 54
49. Ibid., 25 May 54
50. Pravda, 29'May 54
51. ibid., 4 May 54
52. Turkmenskap Iskra, 28 May 54
53. Sovetskaya Estoniya, 7 May 54
54. Vil'.nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 12. Jun 54.
55. Moscow, Literaturnaya Gazeta, 17 Jun 54
56. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 29 May 54
57. Moscow, Molochnaya Promyshlennost', No 4, May-Jun 54
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58. Sovetskaya Latviya, 17 Jun 54
59. Ibid., 11 May 54
60. Moscow, Nauka i Zhizn', No 5, May 54
61. Kommunist, 19 May 54
62. Pravda, 19 Jun 54
63. Moscow, Planovoye Khozyaystvo, No 3, May-Jun 54
64. Sovetskaya Latviya, 30 Jun 54
65. Sovetskaya Litva, 4 Jun 54
66. Pravda Ukrainy, 20 Jun 54
67. Pravda, 11 May 54
68. Moskovekava Pravda, 16 Jun 54
69. Moscow, Mukomol'no-Elevatornaya Promyshlennost', No 5, May 54
70. Sovetskaya Latviya, 30 May 54
71. Sovetskaya Litva, 2 Jun 54
72. Izvestiya, 5 Jun 54
73. Kommunist, 13 May 54
74. Sovetskaya Estoniya, 25 Jun 54
75. Pravda, 13 May 54
76. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 11 Jun 54
77. Pravda, 9 Jun 54
78. Izvestiya, 19 Jun 54
79. Pravda, 25 May 54
80. Pravda Vostoka, 12 J?n 54
81. Moscow, Sakharnaya Promyshlennost', No 5, Jun-Jul 54
82. Moscow, Maeloboyno-Zhirovaya Promyshlennost', No 5, Jun-Jul 54
83. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 19 Jun 54
84. Ibid., 5 Jun 54
85. Kommunist Tadzhikistan, 6 May 54
86. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 17 Jun 54
87. Zarya Vostoka, 5 Jun 54
88. Leninskoye Znamya, 6 Jun 54
89. Trud, 14 May 54
90. Zarya Vostoka, 8 May 54
91. Izvestiya, 1 May 54
92. Sovetskaya Litva, 15 May 54
93. Moscow, Sovetskiy Profsoyuzy, No 5, May 54
94. Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva, 25 May 54
95. Moskovskaya Pravda, 29 Jun 54
96. Moscow, Voprosi Ekonomiki, No 5, 1954
97. Turkmenskaya Iskra, 13 May 54
98. Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 26 Jun 54
99. Pravda Vostoka, 19 May 54
100. Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 29 May 54
101. Ibid., 13 May 54
102. Sovetskaya Litva, 19 May 54
103. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 28 May 54
104. Ibid.,'6 Jun 54
105. Leninskoye.Znamya, 26 Jun 54
106. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 15 May 54
107. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 26 Jun 54
108. Pravda Vostoka, 30 May 54
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