MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON ELECTRIC AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATIONS AND INSTITUTE IN THE USSR

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• Publication Date: December 28, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is p+:hibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Reports on Electric DATE DISTR. 28 December 1959
and Hydroelectric Power.Stations and
Institute in the USSR NO. PAGES
DATE OF
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Attachment 1: Thermal Electric Power Stations in the: Cities of Tula, Belinskiy,
Dzhezkazgan, Shchekino, and Moscow. This report gives some general information
on the equipment and output of power stations in the above cities.
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Attachment 2: Thermal Electric Power Stations in Ostashkov, Kazan, Novo Kuybyshev,
Minsk, and Omsk. This report gives general information on the equipment and output
of power stations in the above cities.
Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Hydroelectric Planning.
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Leningrad Branch. A rough organizational sketch is also included.
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COUNTRY USSR (Kalinin, Kazan, Kuybyshev, REPORT
Minsk, and Omsk Oblasts) L
SUBJECT Thermal Electric Power Stations in DATE DISTR.
Ostashkov, Kazan, Novo Kuybyshev,
Minsk, and Omsk NO. PAGES
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THERMAL ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS IN OSTASHKOV,
KAZAN, NOVO KUYBYSHEV, MINSK, AND OMSK
Ti'nr n nnP-a_nd-a-half-month -period in 1948,
station had a capacity of 3,600 kilowatts and supplied electricity
for the city of Ostashkov and also for a tanning plant. Since it
was a small installation it did not have a transformer station.
The equipment consisted of the following:
a. three 18-atmosphere boilers; date of installation and capacity
not known
in Ostashkov (N 57-08, E 33-06) in the Kalininskaya ow-as .
b. two 18-atmosphere steam turbines, one with capacity of 500
kilowatts and the other, 1,200 kilowatts
c. one turbogenerator with a capacity of 500 kilowatts and
another with a capacity of 1,200 kilowatts.
Kazan
rnr n thrP or four month -period in 1950,
Kazan (N 55-45, E 49-08), Kazanskaya oblast, Tatarskaya .
This was a coal-fed installation which supplied the Kazan power
system. As of 1950, the station had a capacity of 75,000 kilowatts.
Prior to 1950, the equipment consisted of two turbines, each with
a capacity of 25,000 kilowatts, and two generators - all manu-
factured by the Leningrad Metal Plant; the third generator and
the third 25.000-kilowatt turbine installed in 1950
Novo Kuybyshev
This was a mazut- e
installation with a capac ty o , ilowatts. Only the first
stage of the installation was completed in 1951 but the station
was to be expanded and converted to the use of coal. It had a
transformer station, located in the open, with a cooling tower
made of wood; there was one cement chimney morethan 40 meters
high. The following equipment was installed in the summer of
1951:
a. two 110-atmosphere boilers, each with a capacity of 170 tons
b. one 90-atmosphere steam turbine with a mean capacity of 25,000
kilowatts and a maximum of 30,000; it was manufactured by the
Leningrad Metal Plant.
only one additional turbine could be installed
in the station;
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This was a coal-fed , - owa
installation which supplied the Minsk power system; however, the
main function of the station was to supply power to a soon-
a. a transformer station, located in the open
by the Leningrad Metal Plant;
b. two 110-atmosphere boilers, each of which had a capacity of
200 tons of steam; one was installed in 1954 and the other
some time prior to 1954.
c. two 90-atmosphere steam turbines, each with a mean capacity
of 25,000 kilowatts and a maximum of 33,000 kilowatts; the
one installed in 1954 was a BPT-25 type (sic) manufactured
d. two turbogenerators, one installed in 1954 and the other some
time prior to 1954.
1955, only the initial apparatus had been installed
and coul v loaded to 33,000 kilowatts; it was scheduled to be
exp edd:b7:7
It was
being constructed primarily to supply hot water and steam to a
petroleum refinery then under construction at a site about two
kilometers distant. The station had a capacity of 25,000 kilowatts
in early 1955 consisted of the follow ng:
The equipment installed
a. a Soviet-made boiler with a capacity of 170 tons of steam
b. one BPT-type (sic), 90-atmosphere steam turbine, with a mean
capacity of 25,000 and a maximum of 30,000 kilowatts; it was a
product of the Leningrad Metal Plant.
c. one turbogenerator, with a 25,000 kilowatt capacity; it operated
at an average of 30 and a maximum of 37.5 kilowatt amperes (sic:
probably kilovolt amperes); it had been manufactured by the
Kharkov Generator Plant.
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d. Ukrainian Institute of Hydroelectric Planning, Kiev, Ukrainskaya SSR.
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The Leningrad Branch was organized in the same manner as
similar USSR institutes (see sketch on- age ). Its administration was
under a director assisted by a deputy director. A chief engineer was in'
charge of the technical functions and was the responsible technician in
the absence of the director. He was aided by a deputy chief engineer.
Following is a list of the various sections and some of their functions:
a. administrative section.
b. rersonnel section, in charge of personnel assignment and control.
c. Technical section, which worked on technical problems that appeared
during the planning stage. Its Dersonnel consisted of engineers and 50X1-H U M
specialized technicians.
personnel totaled about 20, most of whom were engineers working
under a ciief engineer.
e. Turbines section, comprised of an unknown number of engineers and
technicians wilo specialized in the planning of turbines and their
installation.
f. Electrical section, composed of an unknown number of electrical
engineers and specialists working on the planning of electrical
installations and high-tension lines for GES stations.
Cdnstruction works and plant planning section, composed of an unknown
number of engineers, techr.:icians, and draftsmen, who drew up plans
for the works, plants, shops, and other services related to the con-
struction of GES stations.
h. Architectural section, composed of an unknown number of architects,
technicians, and draftsmen who worked on city planning.
i. Sanitation section, composed of an unknown number of engineers, tech-
nicians and draftsmen, in charge of the planning of water supply,
drainage, and all factors related to city sanitLation.
j. Hydroenergetics section, composed of the same type of _,ersonnel as
taose above, did research on such matters as power, ~-roduction, and
the number of turbines required.
k. Hydrolo?y section, same com~,ostion as
study of rivers and their basins.
above, in charge of iiydr.ologoc
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1. Geological section, same composition as above, conducted geolocigal
studies of future construction sites.
m. Accounting section.
n. Records section, employing an unknown number of personnel. All
projects completed by the Institute and all available materials
related to these projects were filed here. Secret plans were filed
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o. Locks section, employing technicians, engineers, specialists,
and draftsmen, in an unknown number, who worked on lock projects.
This section was secret but had no special guard. A special pass
signed by the director was necessary to enter the section.
4. The hydroenergetics, hydrology, and geology sections sent teams of
specialists throughout the USSR to conduct studies on prospective GES
sites. After the various Institute sections had carried out their pro-
jects, groups were organized at each GES site to coDrdinate the studies
and work out the construction details. During construction, specialists
from these groups directed the work, keeping the Institute informed as
to work progress and carrying out small projects or modifying existing
ones at the request of the GES management.
5. Any construction or hydroenergetics engineer, geologist, or other person
whose field of specialization was related to work carried out by the
Institute could apply for admission, providing there was a vacancy. The
applicant presented his professional credentials to the personnel section.
No other special documents were required and Communist Party membership
was not obligatory.
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COUNTRY: USSR (Leningrad Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT: Leningrad Branch of the Institute
of Hydroelectric Planning
1. The Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Hydroelectric Planning was
located on ulitsa Shchorsa, Petrogradskiy Storonnyy rayon, in
Leningradskaya oblast. It was subordinate to the Ministry of Construct-
ion of Electric Power Stations (see sketch), showing the table of
organization). The Institute was never known by another name.
of its kind, this Institute was connected with USSR hydroenergetics
research centers and worked closely with them. The Leningrad Branch
maintained contact with similar institutes through interchange of plans
and ideas, the study of hydroelectric station models, analysis of concrete
mixes, and studies of new structures.
2. The most important planning institute was located in Leningrad.
no others of this type in the USSR other th'e~ntie
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a. Moscow Branch of the Institute of Hydroelectric Planning (Mosgidep),
located on Baumanskaya ulitsa, Baumanskiy rayon, Moscow.
b. Tbilisi Institute of Hydroelectric Planning-
c. Central Asian Institute of Hydroelectric Planning, Tashkent.
Uzbekskaya SSR.
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