ATOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT SUNGUL

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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
SUBJECT Atomic Research Institute at Sungul
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL=
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO'OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 10 June 1955
NO. OF PAGES
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The statement in paragraph 2 that the Sungul institute was controlled by
the IX Administration at Moscow requires modification. The Ninth Direc-
torate of the NKVD (later MVD) was established during World War II and
took over the functions of the Special Technical Bureau, which was con-
cerned with technical questions, and probably included all laboratories
of the NKVD. After the establishment of the First Chief Directorate,
subordinate to the Council of Ministers, all those laboratories and func-
io'tions concerned with atomic energy were transferred to this directorate
from the Ninth Directorate.
2. The name Wosnitsenski in paragraph 4 (spelled Vosnitsenski in Annex 5
and Annex 6) should probably be Voznesenskiy..
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COUNTRY USSR.
TOPIC Atomic Research Institute at uungul
EVALUATION P1 A(-F TAI N EDJ
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
DATE PREPARED 20 April 1955
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REMARKS
1. The gungul atomic research institute was located on a peninsula which extend-25X1
ed about 3 km into a lake northeast of Kasli. A road, about 7 km long extend-
ed from Aungul to the peninsulas This read was usable only in cold weather.
Communication to the institute was usually maintained by water. Specialists
sent to the institute travelled from Sverdlovsk to Mauk on a single track
railroad line. From Mauk, they went by truck to Kasli from where they reach-
ed the institute by motor boat. The distance between Kasli and the institute
was estimated at 6 km.
2. The institute was housed in a former cloister which consisted of two buildings
which were renovated and partly reconstructed. Numerous new buildings were
built after 1947 and by March 1949, the institute consisted of about 14
buildings spread over the entire peninsula. Radiation experiments were made
at the institute, mostly on various species of annimals-. It was believed that
the institute belonged to the atomic reactor located at Tech in the Chelyabinsk
- Sverdlovsk area. The chief of this reactor was a Soviet general of undeter-
mined name who repeatedly visited the institute at Itungul.
the radioactive materials required a e
Institute were furnishedby this reactor.
ung institute was controlled the IX Admi stration at Moscow.
3. The cooperation between German and Soviet scientists was good. Soviet chief
of the installation was Colonel Uralete. Little cooperation was shown by the
German scientists Dr. Stuhldreher Prof. Jung, Dr. Schulte-Overbere. and Dr.
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4. The following si' ons assigned to individual scientists working at the
institute were remembered:
Prof. Wosnitsenski worked on the exchange of ions; Prof. Timofeyev worked
on the affects of radiation on the Drosophila fly prior to 1949; Bergey
Tsarapkin worked on the affects of radiation on fishes and snails.'Experi-
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Sketch of the Peninsula Showing the Area of the Institute
Legend:
1 Barbed wire fence
2 Road
3 Footpath
4 Institute area
5 To Kas1i, 6 km as the crow flies
6 To Kasli, about 8 km by road
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Annex 3
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Layout Sketch of the%ungul Institute
Legend:
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House of Colonel Urale
Landing wharf for boat
Houses for Soviet officers
6 Swimming pool
7 Main building of the institute prior to 1949, a four-story structure
8 Main building of the institute after 1949,
Houses for German scientists
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Houses for Soviet scientists
Administrative building' and',storagp;roche
a three-story structure
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Annex 4
Layout Sketch of the Ground Floor of the Main Institute
Building
Legend:
1 C'fice of Colonel Uralets
2 Translation bureau
3 Unknown
4 Administration
5 Kitchen
6 Messhall
7 Pay office
8 Office of a Soviet major
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Annex 5
Layout Sketch of the First Floor of the Main Institute Building
Legend:
1 Chemical laboratory of Prof. Vosnitsenski
2 Genetic laboratory of,Prof. Timofeyev
3 X-ray laboratory
4 Physical laboratory equipped withF - -]high vacuum pumps and
X-ray testing equipment
5 Scales
6 Chemical laboratory of Prof. Timofeyev with one centrifuge.,
microscope, autoclaves, thermostats., and several pH
measuring sets used for experiments with hydrogen ions
7 Biological laboratory
8 Physical laboratory aid office for calculations
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Private rooms used by Soviets
13 Precision-mechanic workshop equipped with two small bench lathes,
one amplifyiig equipment, radio tubes, condensators, resistors,
voltmetsrs, measuring bridges, and dosimeters
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Photographic laboratory
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Annex 6
Tabulation of Personnel
PW specialists were detained in a especial carp near Kaluga where they were
selected for specific work by Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin (fnu). Dr. Ruppick
Dr. Henschel (fnu), and Dr. Hage (fnu) were also detained in the camp near
Kaluga. Dr. Rage was transferred to sole undetermined place
German Specialists Working at the $ungul Institute
Prof.Dr. Gerhard Jung
Dr. Stuhldreher (fnu)
Dr. Schulte-Overberg.(fnu)
Dr. Ziemer (fnu)
Dr. Born (fnu)
Dr. med. Katsch (fnu)
Dr. Beier (fnu)
Dr. Andreas Hoffmana
Dipl.Ing.Gerhard Praetorius
cand.nat.(science student before
graduation) Herbert Schmitz
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Soviet Personnel
Colonel Uralets (fnu)
Prof, Serge ?leksandrovich
Vosnitsenski
Prof. Nikola#p Vladinirovich
Tiaofeyev-Reskovski
Andreas Stepanovich Kachov
&2/Roaanovich Tsarapkin
Gorbatyuk (fnu)
Anakhin (fnu)
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Approximately 20 auxiliary Soviet persons were also assigned to the
institute.
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