DESCRIPTION OF MAKARYEVKA (DUE)

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited,
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SECURITY INFORMATION
USSR (Sakhalin Oblast)
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 8 March 1954
NO. OF PAGES 7
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
SUBJECT Description of Makaryevka (Due)
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Makarrevka City Plan (see Sketch No 1 on page 4)l
1. Makaryevka (N 50-50, E 142-06) consisted primarily of a main street with a few
outlying buildings. The houses on the left side of the main street, facing away
from the beach2 looked approximately ten years old. They were shabby and covered
with coal dust. Approximately half of them were single-story, half two-story
buildings, the latter appearing to be apartment houses. The lower exteriors
of the two-story buildings were made of out logs placed horizontally. All
the houses on the left side of the street were marked with white numbers against
a blue background. The last house, number 66, was a dingy building which
served both as a restaurant and a brothel.(See Sketch No.2 on page 5)-
2. The houses on the right side of the streA were all new buildings constructed
of regular boards. They were not numbered. Two one-story buildings being
built of stucco were in a semi-finished condition.
3. There were approximately the same number of houses on either side of the street.
The only sidewalk, which consisted of a 1.5 meter-wide boardwalk built over
mud, ran up the left side of the street. A wooden fence marked the boundary
between the sidewalk and the road.
4. On the right side of the street was a bulletin board which showed the percentage
fulfillment of Five -Year Plan production schedules (see Sketch No. 5 on page 6).
Near the restaurant wawa bulletin board showing the daily coal output with the
slogan "Aim at 4,000-ton Coal Output". An old picture of Stalin was hanging on
the wall of a house midway up the street. The following other slogans were
posted throughout the town:
a. "'The Banner of the Communist Party, Wreathed with Successful Victories, with
Victory in World War ri, Will Lead Us from Socialism to Communism' - Malenkov'.'
b. "A 43 Percent Raise in Coal Production Called For in the Five-Year Plan
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Will Aid in the Development of Socialism into Communism".
c. "For Peace Throughout the World"o
d. "Peace Will Win Over War".
e. "The Number of Students in the Nation Has Reached 57 Million".
5.. Railroad tracks, one meter or more wide, run along the left side of the street.
A small locomotive was seen pulling ten gondolas on the track.
The gondolas appeared capable of handling up to ten tons each.
6. Scattered on the hillside on the right side of Makaryevka's main street were
some 16 x 20 yard huts made of rusty zinc (sic). Potato patches, 4-C to 80
yards square, and cabbage patches were also seen on the hillsides.
7. The distance from the beach to the wooden conveyor was approximately 1,600
meters. Ordinarily it would take about 15 minutes to cover this distance
by foot.
8. Near the pier there was a primary school which had an iron-barred window.
Over the door leading to that room was a sign which read"Profsoyuz IS:omsomola"
(Trade Union of Komsomol ). Office workers occupied the first floor of the
building and informant believed that there were class rooms on the second floor.
The office workers were at their desks at 1135 hours but were absent at 1235
hours.
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Economic and Sociological Conditions
the aopulat ion of Makaryevka was 1400,
including children. In general, the people were friendly to strangers.
Women were observed working in the fields around re
seen pressing stones or rocks through screen nets m w
. five or
six male workers hurrying in the direction of the mine at 1300 hours. At
1500 hour several groups of them idle or eating in a restaurant
near the pier.
10. Many of the children from 14 to 18 years old in Makaryevka went barefooted;
others had on rubber shoes so badly worn through that their heels were
almost showing through. Over one-half of the children who were about six
or seven years old wore leather shoes. Some of the men wore navy blue suits,
the jackets of which buttoned all the way down the front, and which had high
turtle-neck collars. The suits looked worn out and appeared to have been
worn constantly for more than two years. Some men wore black broad-brimmed
hats. One was observed wearing a pale-blue tunic, similar to a French
officer's outfit, and khaki trousers that were out like riding pants. The
best dressed person observed in the tDwn was a girl of about 20 who was
wearing a yellow-dotted velveteen blouse iLblack knee-length skirt, and
black high heels. (Al
11. The clothing and food stores in Makaryevka opened at 1500 hours. Women
gathered in front of Department Store No. 2 an hour before it opened. In
the grocery store Port wines, champagne, canned goods,
cigarettes, and candy.
12. Workers in Makaryevka received 150 rubles per day, barge workers 102 rubles.
13. Following is a list of prices) observed in Makaryevka:
Workmen's gloves (soft black leather hand,
imitation leather sleeve) 6 rubles
Men's shoes (comparable to those worth five
dollars in the U,S.) 21 rubles
Men's suits 310 rubles
Small ox of candy 27 rubles
Two-go?bottle of sake 3 rubles, 20 kopeks
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Champagne, 50 grams
Champagne, 1 glass
Pirozhki, 1 serving
Iazbek cigarettes (Daniosa), 25
Severnaya Palmira cigarettes (panirosa), 25
Pushki cigarettes (tiapirosa), 25
Dot tobacco, 100 grams
Iskra matches, 1 box
A meal for three consisting of the following:
Champagne, 1 bottle
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70 kopeks
6 rubles, 50 kopeks
2 rubles, 10 kopeks
3 rubles
5 rubles 50 isopeks
1 ruble, 50 kopeks
3 rubles, 80 kopeks
10 kopeks
Cabbage soup, 3 po
Mutton stew, 3 portions (rice and 10 mommas
of mutton)
Salmon and pickles, 3 portions (6 small chunks
cf salted salmon and 2 cuts of sour pickles)
98-proof alchohol, 5 grams (1/5 of a 1-go glass)) rubles
Plate of brown bread 85 14. The following brands of cigarettes were also on sale in a restaurant in
Makaryevka' K z , Belomork , SAyer, p 4 , Astra, and"'aromatic"
cigarettes.
15.
Makaryevka was just a small mining settlement
was said to have been showing in Aleksandrovsk
but Aleksandrovsk (1-5-o--54, E 42-09) was a fine city with "movies, a large
store, champagne, and everything else". The French film "We Go Dancing Too"
Pereonalitiea
16. Morkevich; (fnu) representative of INFLOT in ~taks.ryevka.
17. Belkovich (fnu representative of PROMSPORT in Makaryevka.
gauge unknown, connects the Makaryevka mines with Due.
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aryevka. Also the "Port of Makaryevka 25X1
(Due)". It is very probable that the settlement ascribed in this report is
actually Da% which serves ~~s a port for the mining area of Makaryevka. A railroad,
Comment. Available maps show Makaryevka to be approximately three
meters inl n8 and the port of Due to be on the shore due west of Mak-
kil
2. mmet. In all cases Whare left and right are used to indicate
direction n this report, they are given from the vantage of an observer
facing away from the beach.
C mme One go is equivalent to 0.318 pints.
_4M "n. One momme is equivalent to 3.75 grams.
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Layout of Makaryevka
1. Coal storage building.
2. Possibly a machine shop.
3, Water storage.
4. Bulletin board showing Five-Year Plan goals.
5. Food counter (kiosk).
6. Department Store No. 2.
7. Fire station.
8. Barber shop.
9. New large apartment house.
10. Wooden conveyor.
11. Hill; a house stands approximately
100 yards up the hill.
12. To the coal mines.
13. House No. 66, also referred to as Dining
Room No. 1. It is both a restaurant and
a brothel.
14. Two-story primary school.
15. Mezhtorg (International Trade) Office.
16. Library
17. Sewing-machine repair shop.
18. Shoe-repair shop.
19. Bulletin board showing daily coal output.
20. Restaurant.
21. Primary school.; formerly Japanese office
building.
22. Border Guard hut.
23. Conveyor and chute.
24. Pier.
25. Beach.
26. Ship.
27. Railroad tracks.
28. School yard.
In the spaces left blank on the right
side of the street there are one-story
apartment houses. .
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Sketch No. 2
House No. 66
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1. Dining room
2. Back door (used almost exclusively)
3. Front door
4. Sign board giving business hours.
5. Well
6. Board counter
7. Plates with markings "USN".
8. Kitchen
9. Stairway
10. Rooms
11. Wooden fence
12. Rail
Sketch No. 3
Floor Plan of Restaurant near Pier
Beach
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1. Kitchen 5. Glass cabinet for cigarettes
2. Curtained entrance 6. Entrance
3 Counter 7. Small dining room
4. Glass cabinet for candles
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Sketch No. 4
Floor Plan of Border Guar. Hut on Pier
1. Bookcase 5. Entrance
2. Table 6. Telephone
3. Chair
4. Wooden bench
Sketch No. 5
Five-Year Plan Bulletin Board
Pig
Iron
Steel
lgheat
Clothing Shoe
1950
1955
1950 1955
1950
1955
1950 1955
100
176
loo 160
100
140
100 180 (1
Coal
Petroleum
tter
Sugar
1950
1955
1950 1955
1950
1955
1950 1955
100
143
100 190
100
150 (
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Sketch No. 6.
Freight Carriers Observed in Yakanrevka
i_ Tinx section for freight.
3. Glass
* Two of these freight carriers were observed in Makaryevka
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