GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS IN YEREVAN

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
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person is prohibited by law.
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USSR (Armenian SSR)
Government and Other Installations
in Yerevan
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(On sage 2" pant (40): Mshoador is'theHighwaylDirectorate: (Upravleniye
shosseynykh dorog). According to available information,' _Q.erleral _Major
Grigoryan is probably Major General Kharen Ivanovich Grigoryan. The
Ministry of Motor-Transport and Road-Building is the Union-Republic
Ministry of Motor Transport and Highways.
2, On ,page 4,, poiit (32)t;The Ministry of Communal Property should read
Ministry of Communal Economy.
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Installations in Yerevan
Enclosure A is an overlay on USAF Target Mosaic 0325-0019-10Mk Yerevan
Hydro PowenTlant oics_, 1, Yerevan (9870.6). Following is the legend
for this overlay. Numbers in parentheses refer to numbers on the overlay.
(1) Irrigation canal - approximately three meters wide, one meter deep.
(2) Bridge - under construction when seen by source in 1952. See para-
graph 2 for additional information.
(3) Reservoir - source could not estimate the size of the reservoir.
Some of the water was used for irrigation and some for the Hydro-
electric Power Plant (4).
(4) Hydroelectric Power Plant, GES 1 - believed to have been built in
1924 to 1925. It has two generators of about 5i000kw each.
cannot describe its premises. It
consisted or one stone building, with a basalt base, 25-30x10x5-6m.
It had a low hip roof of sheet metal. A separate building housed the
transformers Thera was one entrance to the station grounds with a
watchman at the gate. A two-meter-high industrial wire fence
surrounded the area.
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BegramyansOyaillitsa - a 20m-wide street made of asphalt on the
outer lanes and road metal in the center in order to facilitate
the repair or removal of the streetcar tracks. The street
also had trolley bus lines in addition to the streetcar. Utility
poles were on both sides of the street. This road 6atried medium
traffic and led to Arabkir (N 40-130 E 44-30).
(6) The Central Committee building-- a fourstory0 titone,OlhaPed-building
bUilt:111.1950-195i..The frent:of the building was approximately
40m long, and each wing was 30-35m long. It was 25m high and had
a sheet-metal, hip roof. The building was set back-from the street
and was surrounded by a lawn and shrubs. A small pass control hut
was at the northeast corner of the grounds; guards checked passes
at the entry; the guards wore distinctive grey uniforms. They
were not military, but source could not describe them. The, area
was surrounded by a stone fence A to 4 m high on three sides; and
along the front, a fence having a basalt bases 70 to 80cm.high,
with cast-iron, ornamental spikes three meters high.
Tumanyan Museum - a new building built in 1951 to 1952. It was
a stone, rose-colored, single-story building dedicated to the
Armenian poet Ovanes Tumanyan.
Moskovskaya ulitsa - a new street, laid in 1949 to 1950, from
Bagramyanskaya ulitsa (5). It was an asphalt street, 12 to 14m
wide. No trolley or bus lines ran on the street and the street
was. not completely finished and was to be extended further. There
were utility poles on both sides; traffic was light.
Chemical laboratory of Professor Mndzhoyan - a two-story, stone
building, 20x7x101C It had two columns in front and a metal, hip
roof. Source was never inside, but believes that the laboratory
work was concerned with agriculture because the government built
the laboratory for the professor.
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Dwelling house - for three families of UShosDor workers. It was a
two-story, stone, brown, stucco building, 20x10x10m,with a metal,
hip roof. The top floor was occupied by General Major- Grigoryan0
Minister of Internal Affairs, Armenian SSR; the. first floor had
two apartments, one occupied by the chief of UShoaDor, Ovanisyans
the other by Verobyan, who had constructed this building in 1949 -
1950 and presently was working at the Ministry of Motor-Transport
and Road-Building.
(11) Dwelling house for MGB personnel - a V-shaped, four.story, rose-
colored tuff building. One wing was 55m long, the other 45m.
They were 10m wide, 20m highpand had metal, hip roofs.
(12) Central Committee garage - a single-story, stone structure,
T5x50x5mlwith a sheet-metal hip roof. Most vehicles in the
garage were passenger types, but the were also possibly two
or three trucks. All were government vehicles.
(13) Pedagogical institute - a three-story, stone, V-shaped building
with a metal hip roof. Each wing was 45m long, 8m wide, and 15m
high.
(14) Opera house and park - an oval-shaped, steel and reinforced concrete
structure, 40 to 45m high, 80x60m. The building had two halls. The
opera hall had a capacity of about 1,400, the philharmonic hall
about 900.
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(18) Power tekhnikum - a two-story, stones grey building, 30x12x10m,
with a metal, hip roof. The school trained personnel for varieae.
types of electricion and electrical-technical work.. Prerequiljte
for entering the school was graduation from a seven-year schoOl.
(17) Ministry of Public Health - a two-story, stone, L-shaped structure
One wing of the building was 20m long, the other 30m; The Wings
were 9m. wide, 12m high, and they had metal, hip roofs0 The
Apothecary Directorate was also located. in this .building. Only the
administration offices were houseCtherei-hevdoctotiOreffleewards.
(18) Ten-year school - a three-story, stone, white-stucco buildings,
45x20x18ms with a metal, hip roof.
(19) Stalinskiy prospekt - a main prospekt of 'Yerevan, It was a 20 -
24m-wide, asphalt road,with streetcar tracks and trolley 'lines, running
from UlitsilqCarla'Markwtolcrtgoviya tilitety pUtilityTpoleevflhboth
sides; traffic was heavy.
E20) Spandoryanskiy Rayon Committee (Raykom) building - an old building
of one story plus a half-cellar. The building was built or black
stone, 20x8x8m,and had a metal, hip roof. The cellar had a small
printing press. However, the equipment was obsolete and most work
was done manually. There were a total of four RayKoms in 'Yerevan,
the others being: Stalinskiy, Mikoyanskiy, and Molotovskiy.
(21). Gnunivaulitsa - a 10 to 12m, asphalt street with utility poles
on tooth Aides; traffic was medium.
(22) Central WIVERMAG - a corner building, L-shaped, three--stories highs
65x75x20m, with a metal, hip roof.
(23) Mole studio - a single-story building of old construction. The
Directorate of Motion Pictures was located here. Films were taken,
cuts and edited, etc. here, and the necessary administration for
this directorate was performed in the building.
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Leninskiy prospekt - a 14 to 1614-wide asphalt street. No streetcar
or trolley lines were on the prospekt but there .were utility poles
on both sides; traffic was medium.
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(24) Russian Pedagogical Institute - a four-story, stone, white-face
building, 40x10x21m, with a metal, hip roof.
(25) Hospital - a three-story, stone, black building, 60x40x2Qe., It
was U-shaped.. and had a metal, hip roof. The first two stories
were of old construction; the third story was added in the early
1930's. It was a general hospital.
(26) Maternity home - a three-story, stone building, 45x45x18m. It
was L-shaped and had a metal, hip roof.
(27) Ministry of GOS Control (for Finance) - a thrso4ertteUr-itorY, stone
building, 30x16x18m, with a metal, hip roof. The ministry con-
trolled industrial directives, production, finances, and inspected
for discrepancies.
(28) Second Precinct of the City Militia an old single-story, stone
building, 14x7x8m, with a half-cellar. Two other buildings were
located within the grounds, but source could not describe them.
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(29) Spandaryanskaya ulitsa - an old 8 to 10m-wide, asphalt street
with utility poles on both sides. This street and Sverdlovskaya
ulitsa were supposed to be constructed into a ProaPOkt by tearing
down buildings in the block between them. Traffic was light.
Minkstry of Local Industry - a new building built in 1946 - 1952.
The building was an irregular U-shapeitstone structure, three
to five stories high. There were three stories on one side and four
or five stories on the wing that faced Lenin Square. One wing
was 80x30m; the other wing 12m.. long. The wings ranged from 12 to
28m high and they had metal, hip roofs.
(31) Philharmonic hall - a two-story, stone, black, old buildings
75x95x12m. It was built in 1950 to 1951. A library and small shops.
also occupy part of the building.
(32) Government House (romm Pravitelstva) - a three-story, stone struc-
ture of an irregular octagonal shape. The Armenian Supreme Soll4
Council of Ministers, Ministries of Trades Communal Property,
Agriculture, and Culture, variousChier directorates, and the
assembly hall of Armenian Supreme Sorietwere located here. Building
dimensions were 85x75x20m. The front wing of the building wai
four to five stories high and the building had a metall hip roof.
(33) Lenin Square - an asphalted area 200x135m, which had a fountain
and the Lenin Monument. The square was used for parades and
demonstrations.
(34) Main postoffice - a V-shaped, four-story, stone building, each
wing of which was about 55x10m and 22m high. It had a metal, hip
. roof. An inter-city telephone station, the Directorate of Radio,
and the Ministry of Communications were also located in this building,
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(35) Trade union building - a five-story, stone, building still under
construction.
(38) Hotel - under construction, to be five stol4ies high. It 'Os being
built of stone, and faced with rose trachyte. Source cannot describe
the construction since it was fenced off.
(37) Ten-year school - a four-story building, 40x16x20m9with yellow
facing. It was built of stone and had a metal, hip roof. The
building was built on the site of a torn down church.
(38) Ten-year school - a four-story, stone, grey building, 50x25x22m,
with a metal, hip roof.
(39) Museum - with cupola. It was believed to have been a former
Moslem mosque.
(40) Clothing manufacturing factory - the area was surrounded by a
two-meter-high stone fence.
Bridge in Yerevan
Enclosure B of this report is a sketch of a pair of girder frame-works of
a vehicular bridge which collapsed in 1951 - 1952, while the bridge was
still under construction. For a pinpoint location of this bridge in
Yerevan, see (2) Enclosure A of this report. Concrete was being poured
over the steel framework when it gave away. After months of investigation,
construction was begun again. A reinforced steel underframe was to be
added to the girder framework still standing and to the new one to be
built.
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