SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER

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• Publication Date: August 26, 1955
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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 prohibited by law.
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Soviet Military Manpower
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26 August 1955
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Soviet Standard Standard Brief No 2
SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER
Table of Contents
Item
Introduction
A. MOBILIZATION AND BASIC TRAINip
1. Registration
a. With Village Council
b. Physical Examination at Voyenkomat
0. Processing of Men with Prison Records
d. Induction and Initial Military Processing
. Deferments
. Strength ofr--IT----?asic Training Company
? Assignment anc T rave to Austria
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1. Strength and Quality of Personnel
2. Cases of Returns to the USSR prior to Demobilization
a. Physical Illness
b. Political Uneliability
c. Courts-Martial
4. Transfers
e. 'Methods of Travel to USSR for all Returnees
3 Leave Policies
4. Demobilization Procedures
5. Replacements
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C. FORCED EXTENSIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE
D. RESERVMMATTERS
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1. Reserve Units and Training
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2. Recall of Reserve Officers to Active Duty
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PARA-MILITARY TRAINING OF CIVILIANS
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1. Pre-Military Training
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2. Training of Persons Rejected for Military Service
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3. Military Education in Civilian Schools
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UTILIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOVIET ARMY
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A. MOBILIZATION AND BASIC TRAINING
1. Registration,
a. With Village Council
lage Council)
of 1934.
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initially called before the VelfSovet"
at BYSTRYY ISTOK (5222N-8424E) to register with the year Class
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b. Physical Examination at Voyenkomat
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lail men at that time eligible for the draft '
in the BYSTRYY ISTOK rayon (approximately' 160 men). reported for a 50X1 ,
physical examination, the examination consisted of.(1) an eye 50X1
cheek six meters from the chart and lotti required:te.read
it, (e) a nearing check by a doctor who stoodiabout seven. ;Were
and whispered several numbers required to repeat,,
(3), a chest measurement and recording of height and weight, -( As
4) bonetructure
and foot examinations, 15). testing of:reflexes and (6) 4.blood test:. The blood
needed for .this test was ldrawn from the finger
,A chest X-Ray was also taken.
c. Processing of Men with Prison Records
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whether or not they had a prison record or if either of their parents weris ever
in prison. About 20 men of the 160 fell into this group and a Major
from the Militia.,tobk them aside and spoke with them.
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summoned by the Voyenkomat for the second
time and given another physical examination. It was the same
examination.
Of the 160 men who had initially reported o the Voyenkomit
only 50 reported for the second time After the physical
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This group transported Dy truck to
an assembly point at BIYSK (5235N-8514E) There, the group again
received the same type of medical examination, and two men were rejected.
all the physical examinations
at BYSTRYY ISTOK were given by male civilian doctors. The examination at BIYSK
however, was administered by male army doctors from an unidentified military
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It was common knowledge that a young man otherwise eligible for conscription
ichose?fathkr_.' was over 60 years old or who had a widowed pother over 55 could
be deferred if he were an only son. in Austria, one
EM fell into this category while on active duty and was immediately Sent back
to the USSR for demobilization, any male persons
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3. Strength of
Basic Trainipg Company
basic training company consisted of approximately
170 trainees at the end of basic training. 1. All of them were subsequently
assigned to Austria ; and they travelled in one rail movement
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1931 - 1
1932 - 25 (approximately)
1933 - 25 (approximately)
4. Asiignment and Travel to Austria
to BRUCK (4501N-1646E) Austria,
(Peresilnyy Punkt)
OMSK (5500N-7324E), SVERDLOVSK,
(4826N-2215E).
1934 - 120 (approximately)
1935-i.
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about 1500 recruits were shipped by rail
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passing through NOVOSIBIRSK,
MOSCOW, BRYANSK, GOMEL, KIEV, LVOV And CHOP
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there were approximately 70 men per boxcarAuring
the trip. Sleeping facilities in each boxcar constituted three rows of
wooden plankk at either end of the boxcar. NCO's sent from unknown units in
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during the trip the men received one hot meal a day,
all of the aforementioned cities
the train was stopped and a hot meal served. At each of these
city stations was a large messhall which could accommodate
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1.
Strength and Quality. of Unit Personnel
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the composition of
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classes and number was as
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- 20 (approximately) 1934 - 55 (approximately)
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- 50 1935 - 1
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almost all the NCO's had received
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prior to being assigned to the battalion.
approxim4e1y 18-14001- (3-1
4-WIthin the unit, about 12 of these were from te-t8--,ss
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2. Cases of Returns to the USSR Prios to Demobilization
a. Physical Illness
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there were about four BM that were returned to the
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one of the men was sent back because of rheumatism. Another
man, just arter his arrival in the unit was sent to the hospital 5())(1
for an unknown reason. He spent three months there and from there was returned
to the USSR. No one in the unit was sent back because of physical injuries.
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most of the BM in the unit were hand-picked from
other unite in Austria on the basis of their past performances in the service.
the basis for selection was that they were outstanding in
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In the one year there was only one
court-martial. The EM court-martialed was a drunkard,
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sentenced to two years service in an unidentified Soviet Army Penal Bn (Shtrafnqy
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One of the EM in ?e unit r tter from this man a rew
months after he was sent to the USSR. he had only served
c. Courts-Martial
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d. Transfers
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jthe only transfers
temporary nature to a Mayer s School in EISENS EIN, Austria.
six EM EM of the unit
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The remaining five EM were accep e an were sen
back to their own unit upon completion of the course for assignment as drivers.
these men were practically illiterate.
3. Leave Policies
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about 90 (almost 505) of the EM went 50:00
to the USSR on leave The majority of these men were
granted 10 day leaves because of meritorious. service. Most of the men that
were assigned to this unit came from other units in Austria and had been granted
leaves by their former CO's but did not have the opportunity to take them prior
to their transfer. Thus, thotse leave grants were carried over to the new unit
and were honored by the.CO. 3. 50:00
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4, Demobilization Procednrea
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during the demobilization period in
the 1931 and 1932 year elapses were returned to the USSR.
the first mat to leave for the USSR came from SAKHALIN Island,
The heaviest traffic during
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the demobilization period was in mid-October.
5. Replacements
USSR
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no replacements arrived for the few returnees to the
prior to the demobilization period. if there
a replacements in one of the station crews-, a man from the training
transferred to the station unit. The training platoon itself
replacements and consequently was considerably
C. FORCED EXTENSIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE
it was common knowledge among the troops that their
battalion CO had the power to extend the men of_his unit for three months. But
-no one who was due for return to the USSR was held back 50o
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In the spring of 1954 all "Radio
Lokatsiony Voiska" and ."VOiska Pve (Radar Troops) were extended for one year.
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in some kind of milita trainin.
all men were eligi. r reca 0 ac ye ell
up to the age of 55, in case of war.
2, Recall of Reserve Officers to Active,
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E, PARA-MILITARY TRAINING OF CIVILIANS
' 1. Pre-Military Training
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eligible draftees began some ore induction military training, which
was conducted by the Voyenkomat. they were summoned to appear 50X1
for training only six or seven times. The first time 50X1
had a 25 km run; on other occasions they had physical training, swimming 50)0
instruction, and small caliber weapon firing. '
2. Training of Persons Re4ected,for Military Service
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men who hid never had 'regular military service, 50:00
because of occupational deferments, being physically Unfit, etc, were obligated
to participate in some sort of militarY training. it was common
knowledge that these men were obligated to train' for three months each summer.
They were sent to some military post as a group and assigned to some unit for
training purposes. two such companies were organized at the 2d
Military Post 'atBARNAUL (5320N-8348E) RSFSR
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given.
Up to the 6th year of school
there was no military training
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so .e military training was given to students in
the 8th year of school. Both boys and girls allegedly had to take this training.
this training encompassed assembly and disassembly of a
carbine and a rifleD as well as close-order drill.
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F. UTILIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOVIET
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in Austria
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members of the army, but did not know
to what unite
they were assigned.
lHowever, about eight working
inNthe officers mess hall
caserne? where they were waitresses and
0;e40Up Women.
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but the others remained. Those that did remain, in Austria no longer wore army
uniforms or were required to stay in the oaSerne. 551:1)>C1
these women had volunteered to stay behind in Austria and wcTira:f
civilians, other females also arrived from the USSR 50o
and were employed in the casetne, taking the jobs left
by the aforemen ione oviet Arnr. women who had returned to the USSR.
also Soviet female civilians employed in the offices of the Auto-Registr-
ation Headquarters 5.
there were many SovietrmY women officers who were uttlized in
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a quota of volunteerrwomen to fill for the Soviet Army. He stated, for ,
example) that in the sugar factory where he worked, someone from the Voyenkomat
came to the factory and interviewed women for the army, seeking to fill a
quota of 10 women. He said that this service for women with the army was 50:0
voluntary. He did not know what they were paid and thought that their length
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only the following: East Siberian Mi
MOSCOW Military District.
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