PEREMILOVO KOLKHOZ

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Peremilovo Kolkhoz
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1. The peremilovo kolkhoz in Vladimirskaya Oblast , Yuryev-Polski Rayon was a
small kolkhoz consisting of 27 households with a population of 80 persons
of whom about 50 were able to work. It was one of seven small kolkhozes
under the agricultural administration of the Selsoviet which was located
in the village of Nesterev three kilometers west of Peremilovo. The
Selsoviet was administered by a chairman, a secretary, two agronomists and
several other members. The Selsoviet had its own militia, warehouses and
stores. All sowing plans, production quotas and new methods of cultivation
were transmitted from the Selsoviet to the kolkhozes. The two agronomists
visited' the kolkhozes advising them as to the best methods of cultivation,
fertilization etc. The MTS was located in Sima (5641N-3933E) and the rayon
fertilizer center in Yuryev-Polski (5630N-3941E), about 30 kilometers from
Peremilovo.
2. Ther Peremilovo kolkhoz owned approximately 1,000 hectares; 400 hectares of
arable land and 600 hectares of woodlands and meadows. Plowing, harrowing
and sowing of the kolkhoz land was done by tractors and machines of the
MTS in Sima. Horses also were used for cultivation of the land. Each tractor
plowed about eight hectares every 24 hours. The acreage and kind of crops
to be planted were determined by the Selsoviet upon the recommendation of
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the agronom.i_ .g and. In the ManaFeTrIOnte
the following crops'-were 1 !.anted In 19229 -wheat:, 30 hect r ea, rye
h cc a~ t~u~ 3lie ., ? Oi ea 9
100; oats, 80; barl;e , oy etc ee, 30j
5p vetch 8; sugar beta 3p turnips,, 2s" ci.orer, M. The tobacco was as
high as a man and of good _ r ualit The kblkhd received money and sugar
in exchange for the tabaeco the Field of the wheat crop
was 15 contners .. ..
per heetare. and tht,, rye, 12 centiiers per hectire.
The crops mere rotated. 14inter was planted in the fall on 100 hec?.
tares of 1aid4 In the -spring- about 80' hectares of the 'same field were
planted with clovei?. , The rye matured iri the summer and was harvested
while the clover coaiti..niied growing on the field- for- three years. At the
end of threes
years' than el:ayer field was plowed 'and planted with potatoes
and after : pcte;?to... crop the f3.0)1d was: agAl- planted with Tye. The
fields were fertilized mostly with ir'anure obtained from the 'kolkhoz dairy,
MTB-molochncgt.,ovarnsya, ba7:aa? to which ascot household' had to contribute a
quota of rna,mar,=e :frc~ . Its stabi.e. xo~p}xates`weier.. also available from the
depot ifs ' aar ~ 1 sx i 1 thy. ka:1khos' aelom. took, advantage of this
facility, J%---t.i.y beR?Ebi:u:'e It, -req aired . to use, of the..kolkh'oz' truck for
hauling and t. -,-) nec;esaary .:,tilaenditi.re of money for gasolinea, and partly
because the k,l \-hozniks had more faith in the use of manure as fertilizer.
Agricultural. Ma!Vin L:Z
3. Both mechanized and hor6edrawn agricultural machinery was used by the
kolkhoz. The l ADS i.n?'Si had' gti6ei, ti?aotors `equipped with four plows
each; four tractors were assigned-to three koiktxozes. Each tractor
pulled three soy=i*afR mas.fi.iaaes, Co tbi:nes were horss~dr wn; one combine
was assigned to thr ge koli hoze^s. In addition, eadh kalkhoz had two
binders of its own which were horse Vdrawn. The kblkhoz had to pay in
kind for the use of the MTS machinery from Sima?
Livestock and palt,m
lt. The kolkhoz had 18 milk roc s'9 2 hcrr se, 80 pigs of which 1.0-were breed-
ing sows, 300 hens of . a special breed, .. and a rr ber of geeae, duucks, and
some beehives. The gaverniment' delivery 'gii6ta- in milk yasv 300 liters per
cow per year. There was also a quota in eggs, chickens, pigs and other
poultry?.
Life in the kolkhaz
5. Each kolkhoz household has its cnin pploV of land of three quarters of a
hectare. On this plot the k6l.Woz ke _pliint 'iregetables for the use of
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the householkd;
they also k?rep' soma pc ltrf chickens, 'geese, ducks,, a
pig or two, a cow, sommte_ be hiv es and some' pigeons. There is little
fruit because of the cold. c'i,i.:ma,te. The food of the, kolkhozniks is
simple., mostly cabbage soup and porridge. Meat,. eggs and butter are
eaten rarely, because there icy not enough of these.products and because
they bring a good price on the market. Sugar is scarce and usually the
juice of the anger beet was used instead*' Those who have honey use it
for sweets.. Candy is a luxury.
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The o oznikr are dissatisfied because the governs r>;,
takes every
hing so that practically nothing r?scciair;a for the leol.l n~?;zrik.
There was an old wooden church ire the village of Peremilovo but
was no priest
grain.
7. The Shnshka River, a tributary of the Nerl, flows th 0111. ai
summer time the villa srs bathe "n it aral cat,, h, fish with roc "".
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In ~; A:a;ati time _ the villagers baths-,ci, on
Saturdays in wash tubs aft-6-r- heating, time water on' the i tove. It -vas,
not considered good for a person to - ak e .a bath' too Often. I h.E; e
were no toothbrushes -in the , ila e ,s-Ince the ka .khozniks titsed to says
it was not good to brush teeth; there was
no venereal disease. There was no oc o in the age a ough a
goverment physician would come periodically'to the tillage to examine
the people. A nick person reoeivt=ld free' h6epitalization in Sima; On
the whole the people wer
healthy-.
oases had board floors with a hole in it.l used lime to
keep the flies'away.
All houses In Per ilovo were 1yilt of wood,
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