DESCRIPTION OF OSTASHKOV AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2005
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• Publication Date: October 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR (Kalinin Oblast)
SUBJECT Description of 05tash;pv
Area
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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9 October 1953
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This is a small, conifercusly wooded,,, oval shaped island, about one km wide
from north to south and three lone from southwest to northeast, on Lake Seliger
about four kms northwest of the town of 0stashkov (Point 13), Branch No. 1
of NII SS was located on this island.' (See Point 20
Po t 2 Air ri
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A strip of cleared ground about 500 m long and 100 m wide extended from north
to south. This strip was being prepared slowly 0-0 and lighto types of
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plane, , however, did not land because of the roughness of the airstrip,
Pow Wane ouee
A barn-like wooden building about 15 x S x 5 m was a storage place for various
materials such as nails, pipes, sheet metal, and electric,; wire. There were
four or five male Soviets employed here. In addition to being 'a warehouse, this
building also served as the island's motor pool. The vehicles, -+Lix 21 or
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3-ton trucks and two very old, quarter-ton pick-up trucks. These vehicles were
serviced and maintained by about 30 Soviets, of whom 25 were women. This building
was surrounded by a barbed wire fence, 21 m high, and was guarded at night by a
German shepherd dog.
Point ~ Rock
A T-shaped wooden dock extended about 40 in into the lake and was about six m wide.
It could accommodate three or four small barges or yachts. This dock was used
primarily for freight, while personnel used the special passenger dock (Point 10).
When it was stormy on the lake, the freight dock was closed and all freight was
unloaded at the passenger dock.
Point Storage Area
The island's saw mill, petroleum and gas dump, and coal storage facilities occupied
an area 80 x 30 in, which was serviced by about 15 civilian Soviets of whom at least
50% were women. The entire area was surrounded by a board fence 2j m high and was
guarded by a civilian plant policeman armed with a carbine and a pistol.
Point 6 Inland Lake
A small, 250 x 300 m, swampy lake, infested with poisonous snakes of the viper
species,was often used by the German employees for boating.
Point 7 Barbed Wire Fence
A 21 m-high barbed wire fence encircled the entire island of Gorodomlya. It was
patrolled 24 hours a day by uniformed plant policemen armed with carbines. Two of
them would march along the fence in opposite directions. Swimming in the lake was
prohibited, but many of the German employees cut the wire in order to get through
to the small beach. This procedure was very simple; the guards sometimes merely
turned their heads for a slight "consideration".
Point 8 Inland-Lake
A 700 x 100 m lake, about 21 m deep and extending from the southwest to the northeast,
was very weedy and marshy. A breeding place for cranes, Anopheles mosquitoeA,and
vipers, it was used by both German and Soviet personnel for boating.
Point 9 Village
A small island village called Pervomayka was inhabited by about 400 Soviet island
workers. There were about 15 small, wooden buildings and one small church in this
settlement.
Point 10 Dock
A T-shaped. wooden dock about 7 m+wide extended about 75 in into the lake. The top
of the "T" was about 30 m long. This dock was used primarily for passenger traffic
on and off the island. There was a small wooden house behind the dock which served
as the pass control office. All personnel entering and leaving the island had to
pass through this building. There was an armed, uniformed plant policeman standing
at the entrance and a Soviet female clerk inside who chocked the passes. This dock
was large enough to,accommodate a standard river steamer. In the winter time, when
the lake was frozen, the pass office was moved to another building of the same size
(Point 11). All personnel had to use this exit in the winter time.
Point 11 Winter Exit and Entrance
A large wooden gate, about 3 m high and 5 m wide, guarded the entrance to the island
in the winter time. The pass office was also located here in the winter months and
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were two two-story wooden buildings, the northernmost of which was the home of
the plant director. Generally speaking, the living conditions were extremely
crowded and cramped.
Point 20 Plant
Branch No. 1 of NII 88 was located here.;
Point 21 Plant Police Building
A one-story wooden building, about 20 x 8 m, with a gable roof, housed the entire
detachment of the uniformed plant police. The policemen with families were allowed
to live anywhere they wished, but the bachelors were required to make this building
their home. There were a total of approximately 30 plant policemen in the force.
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controlled all vehicular and passenger traffic to and from the island. The ice
on the lake was thick enough to allow large trucks to traverse the lake to and from
the town of Ostashkov (Point 13).
Point 12 Island
The island., roughly 1 km by 3/4 km, was covered with conifers and was un-Lnhabited.
There was a small wooden house on the island which was used by plant personnel for
overnight stays in the summertime.
Point Town
Ostashkov, with a population of about 30,000, appears larger than it is because the
houses, of stone and masonry, are widely scattered. The main occupation was leather
manufacturing. Most of the Soviet personnel. employed at the Gorodomlya plant lived
in this town and commuted by boat to and from their place of work.
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Point 14 Warehouse Area
A one-story stone building, about 20 x 10 in, with a shingled gable roof, served as a
canteen and recreation building for the vehicle drivers from the Gorodomlya plant. This
building was encircled by a board fence, 2J m high, and had "Shaykina 15" painted on the
facade. There was another one-story wooden building with a shingled gable roof in this
area. It was about 20 x 10 m and was actually the main building in the warehouse area,
being used for the storage of all materials needed by the plant on Gorodomlya Island.
people 0 employed there about
60 Soviets, There was also a T-shaped dock on the aMesa,,e of this-area 1'a Could
accommodate a small steamer. It extended about 30 m into the water, with the top of the
"T" being about 10 m long. There was no evidence of any guard system or other
security measures in this area.
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A small port, which had only one small dock and a wooden administration building,
serviced the city of Ostashkov and could accommodate steamers up to 150 tons.
There was much traffic during the summer months and there was always at least one
steamer anchored at the dock, There were approximately 30 Soviet stevedores and
dock hands employed at the port,
Towun Square
"Lenin Square", 200 x 300 m, contained a large white stone statue of Lenin which faced
northeast, At the northern end of this square stood a group of food and clothing
warehouses, The number and type of construction are unknown,
Polat 12, Leather Fa2t9
The Ostathkov leather factory, in which about 750 persons were employed, was about
400 x 300 m. Most'of the buildings were 2- to 3-story houses built of whitewashed stone.
Point KM Headauaft=
A two-story bright-red brick building, about 20 x 18 m, housed the entire MVD
detachment for the town of Ostashkov. The building was located about 80 m north-
northwest of the town square (Point 16).
Poin 1 Housing Project
A group of 22 buildings constituted the living quarters of both the Soviet and German
employees at the Gorodomlya Island plant. Most of the houses were two-story wooden
gable-roofed buildings about 25 x 8 m,,and housed approximately 40 persons. There were
two U-shaped buildings in the area which served as the recreation building and as the
school for both Soviet and German children. At the southern and of this project
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