INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION ON CHELYABINSK

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• Publication Date: April 27, 1962
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the mew
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794. the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unautho
COUNTRY USSR (Chelyabinsk Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT Industrial and General DATE DISTR. April 1962
Information on Chelyabinsk
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Industrial Information
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
l . The :two .largest construction firms in the, city, of ;Chelyabinsk Ll_ 55-10,
E 61-247 were Trust No..42 (Trest-42) and-the.Chelyabinsk Metallurgical
ConstructionErust.(Chelyab. Metallurg.,Stroy.). Trust No. 42,
formerly called "Chelyabinsk Spets-42", -was directly subordinate to..
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continued to be.so even after the establishment of the Chelyabinsk
Sovnarkhoz in 1957; in-the city of Chelyabinsk, it was. subordinate
only to Laptev (fnu), the first secretary of the Oblast Party Committee.
When Trust No. 42 wa ':'founded,in 1946, its technical and administrative
staffs were drawn from employees only Party,member.s - of the Chelya-,
binsk Metallurgical Construction5rus Its primary work force,.
however, consisted of_members of Engineer Corps units. The manage-
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Tank and Tractor Plant_i/n Kirov (ChTZ-Kirov).
2. Trust No. 42 constructed secret military, plants only. Among other
thingsp, the trust constructed in-.Chelyabinsk Plants Nos. 35, 40,
.100..-'.'.?: and 105, all of which were located in a'-:single area behind
the Kirov Tank and Tractor . Plant,. but separated from one another by
bout one. to three. kilometers.
Plant No. 0 produced "some type of shells" and ____ there was some
-connection between Plant No. 40 and the atomic plants in the vicinity
of Kyshtym
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3. The Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Constructions formerly under the
control of'the NKVD, had been operating since World War II, at which time
it was known as Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Construction .1!rus.`,NKVD.
In 1945, the -trijstr was divided into two bodies: Construction Directorate
No. 859 (Stroy. Upravleniye 859) and the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Con-
struction,T W. Construction Directorate No. 859 was transferred to
Kyshtym to engage in construction of secret projects, while the metallurgical
concern remained in Chelyabinsk to construct and expand industrial plants
in that city and area; the latter was detached from the NKVD and made a
civilian enterprise.- The metallurgical construction .trtwt- was
subordinate to the Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry Enterprises
until 1957, at which time it was placed under the control of the Chelya-
binsk Sovnarkhoz. It employed about 50,000 workers and had its management
offices at the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (Chelyabinskiy Metallurgi-
cheskiy Zavod).
since 1943 were described as "very large"
the construction of one furnace took about nine months. In addition to the 50X1 -H U M
furnaces, the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Pant contained two electric smelting
shops (elektro-staleplavilnyye tsekha), one eight-furnace coking shop
(koksokhimicheskiy tsekh), a rolling shop (prokatnyy tsekh), departments
for the production of special types of steel, designated "Stan-220'"Stan-560",
and "Stan-320", among others,and a power station which served the entire
plant, as well as smaller stations in each department (no further details).
.,sic, possibly Stal-220,560, and 32Q7
5. The metal plant fp-robably Voroshilov Ferro Alloy Plan was also under constant
expansion. A relatively large plant, it was located in the Stalinskiy rayon,
at the end of ulitsa Stalina opposite the central power station.
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of the current Seven-Year Plan. The blast furnaces which had been built
4. Among the industrial plants either expanded or constructed by the Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Construction 'T'r_u,l since World War II were: the Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Plant; a metal foundry (ferrosplavnyy zavod); a zinc plant
(tsinkovyy zavod); a paint and lacquer plant (lakokrasochnyy zavod); an
electrode plant (elektrodnyy zavod); an abrasives plant (abrazivnyy zavod);
Plant No. 65; and Plant No. 83. The Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant was
built around a metallurgical plant called Novo-Lipetsk Metal Plant, which
had been transferred to Chelyabinsk from Lipetsk at the beginning of World
War II. The Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant was situated three or four
kilometers north of the center of the cit of Chelyabinsk, about one and
one-half to two kilometers to the right Lasg of the main Chelyabinsk/
Sverdlovsk highway, coming from Chelyabinsk. This plant employed about
30,000 workers in three shifts and was in a constant state of expansion. In
1943 it contained only a single blast furnace (domennaya peck), which had an
output of 120 tons per day. By 1959, there were five blast furnaces in
operation at the plant, and a sixth furnace was in its final stages of
construction. Six additional furnaces were to be built before the conclusion
6. The zinc plant was located about one kilometer from the northern edge of
the central part of the city, near the highway leading to Sverdlovsk and
on its left [wes] side. This plant was also under constant expansion.
Informant knew no further details.
The paint and lacquer plant was an old plant, but was under constant
expansion. It was located directly opposite the zinc plant.
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(}. The electrode plant and the abrasives plant were located in the same
area as the metal plant above. Both of these plants were large and
under constant expansion
9. Plant No. 65 was located near the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, between
it and the Balandino railroad station (Stantsiya Balandino), not far from
the central civil airport of Chelyabinsk. Construction of Plant No. 65
was begun in 1947/1948 and was still underway in 1959, though part of
the plant went into production as early as 1950. Without a doubt, this
plant was a military enterprise. It was enclosed by a concrete wall
about 1.8 meters in height with watchtowers dispersed every 30 or 40 meters
both within and outside the wall. It was manned by armed soldiers, and
and duties within the plant were also carried out by soldiers
not by MVD personnel. During its construction, Plant No.65
was known as the Chelyabinsk Spets-Stroy and was referred to as an
"aluminum plant". Before the partial commencement of operations at the
plant in 1950, only reliable, screened workers were hired. It was known
that production workers at this plant received higher wages than other
industrial employees. The plant had its own electric power station.
l0. Plant No. 82 fic7, located between the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant
and the metal plant, had been under construction since 1952 or 1953. In
early 1959, only a few auxiliary departments were in operation, while the
foundations were still being poured at t1L- plant proper.
Jthese foundations were of unusual design; they descended 15 to 20
meters in depth and their width was between 1.5 and 1.8 meters. The
length of the plant area was about 600 to 700 meters and the width was
smaller. The site was enclosed by a concrete wall which was constructed
before any other work had begun.
11. One of the largest industrial plants in Chelyabinsk was the Chelyabinsk
Tank and Tractor Plant i/n Kirov. In the military parade held in
Chelyabinsk in 1958, on the occasion of the anniversary of the October
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latest production" (poslednyr vypusk) at the plant. This tank was quite
large /sic/ and had several unusual features: two gun (or chineziin)
barrels forward, two barrels aft, and one barrel on either side.
General Information
13. the following two airfields in Chelyabinsk:
a. A military airfield located northwest of the town center, about one
and one-half kilometers to the left /es/ of the main highway to
Sverdlovsk. Within the airfield area there was an aircraft repair
plant.
b. A central civil airport located between the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical
Plant and the railroad station. The airport had been constructed during
the 1950's.
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15. Details on the streets in Chelyabinsk were as follows:
a. The main streets in the central part of the city were ulitsa
Spartaka, ulitsa Stalina, ulitsa Kirova, ulitsa Vorovskogo,
ulitsa Tsvilinga (running parallel to ulitsa Kirova), ulitsa
Truda (running parallel to K. Marksa), ulitsa Roza Luksemburg
(crossing Vorovskogo), and ulitsa Pervogo Maya (running parallel
to Kirova).
b. The part of the city near the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant
was a new residential area, construction of which began in about
1947. This area was called Metallurgical Rayon (Metal3argicheskiy
z?ayon), but had formerly been called Baykal Stroy and, later, Sots-
gorod. In 1959, about 120,000 people lived in the area. Among
the streets in the area were shosse Metallurgov, which was the main
street leading from the central part of the city to the Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Plant, Teatralnaya ulitsa (formerly ulitsa Zhukova),
ulitsa Stalevarov (formerly ulitsa Molotova),Staleplavilnaya ulitsa,
Khiebozavodskaya ulitsa, Lipetskaya ulitsa, ulitsa Rumyantseva,
Baykalskaya ulitsa, ulitsa Nahkimova, prospekt Bogdana Khmelnitskogo,
and ulitsa Metallurgov.
16. Institutions in the central part of Chelyabinsk included the following:
a. The Oblast and City Party Committees, located in the same six-story
building at Kirova No. 183 or 185, at the corner of Spartaka.
b. The Oblispolkom and Gorispolkom, located in the same four-story build-
ing at 27 Tsvilinga.
c. The Sovnarkhoz of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, located at ploshchad
Knvolyutsii,at the end of Spartaka and near the Pushkin municipal
park. It occupied a six-story building, construction of which had
been completed in 1958.
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d. The/Railroad Directorate (UTpravleniye Yuzhnouralskoy Zhel. Dor.),
located at the other four-story building at ploshchad Revolytitsii.
This building and the one occupied by the Sovnarkhoz were the only
two buildings at the square.
e. The city television station, located in a new eight-story building
(completed in 1958) attached to the building of the railroad
directorate. The upper stories of the building were used for
living quarters. The television antenna, which was 80 meters high,
was situated in Pushkin p~rk, about 50 or 60 meters from the station.
f. The Oblast and City MVD Directorates, located in a five-or six-story
building at 28 Elkina.
g. The Oblast KGB Directorate, located in a five-or six-story building
at 30 Elkina.
h. The Oblast and City Militia Directorates, located in a four-or
five-story building at 26 Elkina.
i. The central post office, telephone exchange, telegraph office, and
radio center (radiouzel), located in a large four-story building at
160 Kirova. A puppet theater was situated in the basement of this
building.
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j. Various sections of the Oblispolkom, such as the supply, construction,
commercial, and financial sections, located in a huge six-story
building at 2 Vorovskogo, near the Dramatic Theater.
k. The oblast prosecuter's office, located in a three-story building
on Tsvilinga.
1. The oblast court, located on Elkina.
M. The city mayor's offices, located in a two-story building at the
corner of Kirova and K. Marksa.
n. The oblast military commissariat (oblvoyenkomat), located in a
two-story building on Tsvilinga, near the opera building.
o. The oblast branch of Gosbank, located in a four-story building on
Spartaka, near the building of the Oblast Party Committee.
The old military hospital, located on Tsvilinga.
17. Located in the Metallurgical Rayon were the following:
a. The Party Committee and the Rayispolkom, located in a six-story
building at the corner of }lrospekt Bogdana Khmelnitskogo and Stalevarov.
b. The prosecutor's office for the rayon, located at the corner of
Stalevarov and shosse,.Metallurgov.
c. The militia for the rayon, located on ulitsa Metallurgov.
d. The rayon postal agency, located at the end of Stalevarov, near the
rayon branch of Gosbank.
18. Public transportation in Chelyabinsk consisted of trolley buses, street-
cars, and taxis.
a. Trolley bus lines led from the Dynamo Stadium and the main municipal
park to the Kirov Tank and Tractor Plant via Spartaka and Lenina.
b. Streetcar lines included those from the central railroad station to the
metal plant via Stalina, from the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant
to the central railroad station, and from the Kirov Plant to the
hospital quarter called Medgorodok.
19. The following officials in Chelyabinsk
a. Aleksandr Markovich Ekshteyn, head of the supply of electrical
materials at the supply directorate of Trust No. 42 since the founding
the trust in 1 ~+6 who was a Party member.
b. Burtsov (fnu), director of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant since
about 1950-1952 and an engineer by profession,
c. Anatoliy Ivanovich Belov, head of the construction work of Plant No. 65
on behalf of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Construction ...`Trust a who
was a major in the Engineer Cor s.
d. Sergey Ivanovich Petrov, director of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical
Construction f'rust:7since about 1952 and a construction engineer
by profession,
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e. Zakhar Danilovich Samalovich, chief engineer of the Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Construct iont for maxiy years and a construction
engineer by profession,
20. A 14-point
overlay of the Chelyabinsk Town Plan
Legend to Overlay of Chelyabinsk Town Plan (Scale 1:40,000)
1. Ulitsa Spartaka
2. Ulitsa Staling
3. Ulitsa Kirova
4. Ulitsa Vorovskogo
5. Ulitsa Elkina
6. Ulitsa K. Marksa
7. Ulitsa Lenina
8. Highway to Sverdlovsk (Sverdlovskiy Trakt)
9. Chelyabinsk Tank and Tractor Plant i/n Kirov
10. Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant
11. Abrasives Plant (Abrazivnyy Zavod)
12. Zinc Plant (Tsinkovyy Zavod)
13. Paint and Lacquer Plant (Lakokrasochnyy Zavod)
14. Central city power station
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