MOUNT OGRASHDEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R001300170001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 25, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Sofia pales s - s
fleet 00rsatdra is use of as lost teosa lslptlaa aosataias.
ltd vetl u,nre iasisatas an Mart Of ba sy or saslowrs. And !a-
rid, lyis0 parallel to IS Simms River, IS Saran as valley as
as scut In a diataa" of about is to 00 r, startup Ms as
lroaaiSaa twos as tats aortk, sad sstoadia0 to w tissssahtitss
twos nit" is w a.eth. teas it sass be aotsd ttat ss 0to0raphio
literature r d sya, tM same 0xreatd.s applies osiy to that part of
w soeasaia vhiah is loasod south of w Iasltsa tiros, ells w
part Mtmsa as istaitas River sad IS tromseMs tint is oallad
moms ralosrvaka. iomvor, the satire pspalattes of thin vogiaa
sells 5th pasta at w imaastais iy w awlm some - o0rsahdsa. lhs
ass raloaavshs Probably hies from w thlswvo rssioa situated
as she upper acmes of ttis lrogalaitsa twos. fuse the" ass so
sitaifisast 0..1o01sa1 or 0eaaarptola0lsal difforoawa Ntmsa w
s parts, it is serrvst to osastdr cads as mar 0frsS dsa w sa-
tes n stair ??1010s saclad.d between Rte valleys of no 0trwaaittsaa
aad irsaaiskks ,'inn, as Si dams a IS Intl pspslasisa.
OR'as : below to w aids altitass class of talpriaa
aoeataias. am of its sort diotiastivo poahs, tie has Swum its
ass to w oat' to aeeataia, w 00rsrdsasts Mt, mass i,t"a a
hip . us aoustais has slowly dsf iasd hearers alp m w Nat said
south. lfsao an w vide valleys of w Massa as tsrwatshtitaa
rivers, toward whit slope isag, d.oply at hills. lr w asr* sad
mss, w heaadary is mot slowly defiasd. Ifs soestais asrgs Wpor+
ssptihip here vith Seats Vlsfiaa and Pla"vissa.
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Ur OW at walled at s Bute tint flvtrsa go=t
O~eattSea Paso f a.mral P..e., SIS vtow r use stew As se-
aaresa arpsats. no aertt Pars so Nliw ?^Staea Svatlas. oaf
as, antlers is mo liar Prtrleltt SSe mhos. Lt St^M 1, as solo,
rum ? fltatomrtl Satyrs warn am ao,re to met!. ar Part me
is is %trr cameral" assess as Stirums Od fl dears. is also
tellssri tae bs srf 1. as between S Starts poqA098 ampoule
sae 5 Moderated Peeplo?s fmpMlle w Atftslavta. so aala rtftr
et /stele!! Sflaa Ss .!reuse Sn east to meet. Para11o1 a am
its rd MOWS* falseltes. ft its bare. revised area rtes sM 610
rea~f Ssa~ of Slab Peat (I&"* a) W flrlsvl !Jamie (1,M a).
Is Gaparatee to valley of she bebsttes ttver ties that of tie Sine
ssetaltas jiver.
famlo,wss Amara roe does as oassora sae season slopes as
olRaab~ra. floss Slab l." to to mote tense the valley at she
Stromlo, lint. an layer amt taller. No throw! of tbss an the
areaatebbS, Slivalebas, maserisbta, tesporevata, arssbta, sad l b-
attsa nests. Usti valleys are deer Set into she bete of see auso,lala,
mlo,btas is we" Slffioalt to Sine. No taslisattsa of the river bets
is Saasldsrobts, ash this /Salts as aSStag dew of boos quaatities
of allanai so,serlals, tvttasiarlf trial serwstial rates. Uses
do, sstq werittato at No Paint Sew to rivers Inn an Mussess,
Sore asp ban fssss/ bass, is area amt tblstaoas, allevtai Sews.
No mews" ties Slab mess Se^oe an built up is nip varlet.
Sieesst to the river bN on had lair bloats (up to a a is "master) ,
Site toward to psrt/Mrp to thtsb..n of to sense trusty do-
eresse: sea/ ear sin free the Said tartbest asap tram the river bet.
Us lsbnitn liver is the btMaat sad tsllnt of all the Osraabdsa
rivers. Its tasitsasloa IS relatively alisbt sad its enter flow is
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esesws. Its sesree is is as wasteem Pert of *.. *rm is
Txuaelevia mad it Vass stssl&$ won" the gash. salting the
eemtrat bad me the semntais Into R Pasts. Is somear phase both
teas of its O"or we rate" users of ON tressesf wo sitter
mars emltivasies It rink paint pastures. ?s Rttedin villa/).
tM Iibnitsa River w toesaM a ratter wide valley. Is rink trait
(plmr ad ppleq grow very welle sod sew this ragiss leafs like
as owls lytag want tbo Peesra117 bars apes d the mar?saln.
Tbo roads here rum parallel so the river valleys, aleeg as
the serstais ridges ss,arstiag w valleys. twee rem" are almost
aesesistasto with the emsp$ioo of serves, stop mat tiltisait Paths,
alms nbink are ass now may on feet, by rsboy, sale, or terse.
Paliks tee settlements in other Pulgerim sewetais rooiws, fte
settlements bore are legated not is the river valleys, but an porMed
hip en the maltsw of the elopes, or on tbs flat ridge smrfaess.
Going tree are village to another usually requires searing a deep
valley. 'rhos for example, ties afar the Tesparsve and doreao vu-
lapse lest life being sloes to ore wtbor. True, they are legated
m opposite banks of the T..paroveka River, end w distaaee between
the S as the avow flies is ee17 1,100 a. Mover, in order to go
from eve of the villages to Me ether, ore mast tell" a leag,
maanderiag, steep path, sad dosoesd taw over !00 a to Me river
bee, twos ehink lists is a $00-s slink pwrd. 'this is the sass
with suaulws otir villages. Travel between i villages lesled at
a greater distasse is even MMer, it i or mere sash valleys bave
to be groomed.
0solepieally, resat Oprasb0n is rafter suttees. Its eastern
sad gootral parts consist of bietils and massovite sehists, with
partial pastas. Its erystallime sokists rma try the aorthwst to
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to. sootRaass, Via varied larliaasiaw, is pin * as aM as we to
?e'. Thew room we shish womb" w* assts ., arms: Z +_*" :?
M subsist saw by fl d or aawias. !hose -ma -I lowles"m of w
monks pen Sally rite mgt for tM deep ass soft IM rivers aed their
tributaries, sad to. aaq rwaval of arwfid materials by to. taraw-
tial Waters. Si eastern parts of to. twat Ograskdan Bassist of
gneiss, sled is ease planes Vita volsaais reek. Si maxidly "lad
oosgloseraten, vkiok tent Stifle to. vein thesfl the lover parts of
Ski aetatain sear to. valley of to. Strums River, lualude deposits
of fluorite, vkiek are sow bsiq topped at to. /lavfssks siaa.
Osaserpkologioally, losat Ograsbds is ekaraateriasd by the
deeply out river valleys, beans tick loos to. n arses revise out
ridges. their else varies gristly, but prcdaoia stly tasy 110 1a as
oast-east direction. their anterior appearaaae in sharaetoriasd by a
sharp iaolimatios, nay slopes, and ra" forest sever or vngetaties.
Us inolimatios of the slopes is particularly great now to. river
beds -- an average of We to We. Si Rig sr w elite, the is" to.
iaoliastias is. the slopes level oft gradually into flattened parts
of to. ridges. this late arcaioo of to. valleys, War is still
setively ooatiaulag, proves that to. soomtaia as foamed is a react
Si top parts of to. ridges "present roommate of old dasutd
(flattened) sartaoes. IM slifser issliaatios sad to. relatively
weak arosioa alaag these atlases ban astribat" to to. faavtaties
of a eampartively thick sell blanket. that is My these amts are
but suit" for agrioultu" . Mw best saltivatsd aroma, on ties
pros ptatas, rye, an, eta an be". lateral Meadow mad grating
prangs aloe oaapy assidrablo surface. slay of se slopes as
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eta ria.m oat ravines bests am .a.s.d 14 tusk alluvial
deposits, and arm all pntastd bias the viaa. any as and
with Mast"" seckards. Ntpite the fast "at, these stands an
leated at as altitude of 1,100 to 1,200 a -- the upper licit at the
pawn at ?r taws on remmt Oigrambdsa -- trait growing hero yields
a sesparativciy good losome to the laal population, and this pores
that orchard peeing esa be expanded even meta. This, keavsr, will
require stasidsrable state aid. It is aeeessary to guaranties, the
population planting material at ahoy prises, to be available as
the apt, aad to organise timely transportation of the crop to
proseniag sites or the market.
The ooaparativeiy light erosion of the basis rooks, the steep
inclisatioa of the slopes and partleularly the meroilen cutting dew
of forest* have ocatributed to the violean of the torrents is the
mountain. The slopes with a southern euposurc, rare tress and
also other vegetation are rare, entirely tasking in plaoss, are
exposed to torrents. Sell eresia is at present greatly speeded w
by the extensive plowing of slopes having as incline of no to soe.
In amok fields, the soil is easily carried any by ter eatial waters.
Is t to 4 years the mail is entirely washed any, and sees the basin
reek appears on the very aurtase. In seek eases. the farmers have to
abandon these parcels of lead aad plow neighboring most at the expense
of made" and tercets. Thus, for Yoe" as ad daring the capitalistic
epoch, the Lee" popalatiea, left unattended by the state, and needing
for a livelihood, dssta.psd its forests and meadsws 3s wader to now
than late fields, mover muspeeting the terrible ssa.egwasea etemmiag
from this kind of saptsitation of the soil. The ease forest-severed
almost Ogramhdsa, with its risk grass graving rounds and running moratalm
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p . s
street, hew mm been traaaf aI sane am se an me" No m
"fume k -~+s~+:... :.? ~a j.' t!+'? t ' ~'??++ 1' 'he lrts' N cart
of an aooatala.
termer be may loot, the tssralier is amraakasa saa ass alp
owe soaalateat platen. raw, paaf tareatai psws all we" deeds;
dry Scads a" P'asiai groaadai ad tae us an part' Sala, sway
and absadoned am". no State N tae trusts is psartisalariy W.
Os1y individual potetes have raaniaed of tae seas thlat at. and
beech toasts. bh reason tot this sitraties is poet son stag the
spook of sapitalisa? as to Soar gamest dariy the pressst we. so
led" population, souated heavily urea the sweets to provide a tiw-
1 ihood . frog them they toot t faker ? fwl wtod ? aad Redder for all
salt's. The toasts have suttsand particularly drag the preetiae
of braooh cutting, widely spread bore. ftrlsdiaally (every several
years) only the brasshoe of the taws are out, sad tie truake re-
Sala, looking lips straipt? lamely poles. As a result at sash on-
ploitatios? the forest gradually withora? drive up, Sad the ateee
qulohly seek the soil aloes the bare slopes away, leaving the eats
of the trees sad the rooks exposed.
aswvor, it to set Daly the a epeet of the aouatata that has
shassed. the hors sgouats of sell a" rook earried say by tks
rivers are deposited shore the alloys Msia, aleag the tareeeos of
the strum and rtrsaeetltsa liars. flop soar vast ages of we i -
sable arable lade, ialit+CCN the oourss of tko tries liver, and
emus the preaaaaj of tke water into aarshes and slay No lever
torrases of the river. Was, during the last $0 to 40 yes" slant,
over 18,000 dsaawa at avails land slow the bed of the Strr?s liar's
aiddle sears" have bosoms aassaile. Is the put they yielded s crape
a year.
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Tssss W Psasl.'s Rooms is Mwtiag sea attatia to
W stislo slat W rstlwtios mamas aaaa m of W violist
sad rePaoisms owlsitattas OR the aatwni waits of ogsarbian is
W Pw"? am affsrastatia massages have beam anisrtaba for tb
PWtiag of wastatias to Slob losal sedition are tavsrablo.
lasosssat so" is gives is tb Pssssrvatioa of W osistiag Somata
and $5 Prager as of graaimg RssrW. All this, bswvor, is oatirslf
Staff taint. shorts oast above all. b diawtod toward the ostablisM-
aat of a syataa of antioswia moasuros, ohlsh shoe" ho 60PIZed to
Is" mad" oultivatia, tb Sorosta, aad grasiag 1P, W. !!o toccata
sabot to stroag tonastial astivtty moat be oatissly stfmostsd
and arable lad with as faallastioe of oar Ito mast be PlaatN with
gross. this viii *otsiisrablg Lacrosse tb toYsr basis tour iiwatosh'
hooding, riot is ass codas" to a 'itiaa,,aas viii AS?rsass nil
stoatsa. Us plant lag of asv on card oat ba astral out, Prisaipally
a tb alopos "stostod from tb vials.
(Pap a of original] is sbatab of Posen Ogrambdaa
(Pap S of original] Yin Ira t" top of Uwat OgrasSdos
(Pas a of original j Iwbaita lint at as ximris viilap
(Pap 7 of original) stsvaa-1if sweats. a outtivatsd fields with
15? to We isolinatia, actor torrsatial rain W hail on is OW leas
(Pap 7 of original ] elapse wombs any by torrats is mount Ogrambdsa
(Kp a of original] Cutting branobss of oat t_aos for toMar is
Roust Ograabssa