THE TOWN OR ALUKSNE: PRINCIPAL STREETS, BUILDINGS/CLIMATE, HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELYMNIMENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR (Latvia) DATE DISTR. ,C) Nov 53
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The Town or Aluksnes rrinoipal Streets,
Buildings/Climate, Health, Agriculture,
and Other laisoellemeous Information
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DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TM( NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, VITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTION. 793
AND 794, OF TOE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVS.
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!he following is keyed to the attached sketch,f ee Enclosure (A17 of Aluksne,
a Latvian town of approximately five thousand iu Ju1y l944,7
10 Narrow-guage, single-tracked railroad to Va1ga,Lfstoni2,3 a county seat ii!;" miles
northwest of Aluksne0
Railroad station, a red brick building.
30 Small grain mill.
40 Slaughter-house, a wood building.
5. Small linseed oil plant which produced oil cakes for feed and oil for
paints� Stone building*
Two-story wood and brick building housing the post office and the
telephone exchange.
Military reservation consititing of two large fireproof brick barracks
and several smaller buildings* Several battalions of Soviet infantry
were stationed here prior to the German occupation at the beginning of
World War II* The Germans used the barracks while they were in occupa-
tion of the area,
80 Electric power plant, using wood for fuel, which supplied current for
Aluksne and for nearby farms. Stone building..
9. Cluster of small enterprises comprising a sawmill, grain mill, wool
and linen weaving shops, and a brewery*
100 Fifty-bed county hospital, one and one-half-story stone building.
11. Police station, two-story red brick building*
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12. High school, two or three-story briok building completed in 1938 OT 1939.
23. Jail, small red brick balding.
14. City hall, one and one-halfstory stone building.
15. Fire station, small wood and btiok building.
180 State-owned bank, two-story briolohuilding.
17. Cooperative bank, wood building.
18. Large brewery near the lake, atone building, about four kilometers from
the center of Aluksne.
19. Lutheran Church, stone building more than one hundred years old in 1944.
20, Greek Orthodox Church, relatively new brick building.
Misoellaneous Information on Aluksne and the Surrounding Area.
Climate and Rainfalls There is year-round precipitation but April and October
717;71171;3117817months. Fall rains turn to snow in late November and the
snow does not molt until mid-April. Land cultivation begins from early to
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mid-May. July is the warmest month with teimeratures up to 800 in the shade,
Midwinter teMperatures range from 13 to 22� below zero.
Water Su 1, and Sanitations Most private residences had their own wells.
Boiling the water was a matter of individual judgment - some usually did
and some usually did not. In 1944 the hospital and a few of the newer residences
were the onli-lanlidinrs_in_Uukenewith runningwater and modern toilet
facilities. Disposal
of waste and other sanitary problems were under strict control of the oity
officials.
Residential Housin s Most of the dwellings wore single-family of diversified
detign built usually of wood and masonry. There were some all-brick
houses. There were a few apartment houses near the center of town. Most
owners of single dwellings rented at least one of the rooms to tenants.
Agriculture in the Hinterlands The principal products of farms in the Alukene
area were, in the order of volume of production, as follows
rye
oats
barley
wheat
flax
potatoes
There were no commeroial orchards but many people had apple trees for personal
consumption. Wild berriesospecially cranberries, were a fairly important
source of food, Plant diseases were present but never serious. Rust and a
disease whichcauses the tops of potatoes to rot were the most prevalent.
Human Diseasess Influenza was common and the incidenoe of tuberculosis was
Ilirrilii=aagiong the people of the area. The usual children's diseases were
present, s5 wer pneumonia, diphtheria, and scarlet fever in occasional light
epidemics. There was very little cancer.
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Livestock and Livestook Health:, Hogs� milk cows, horses and sheep were
12, therrt7a s�Tirrai'�e relatively free from infectious disease. There
was an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease among the cattle during World War
I but there had been no recurrence up until July 1944.�The_hoz_nonu1ation_
was occasionally afflicted with an infectious diaease
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race horses whioh some people owned) rarely suffered from anything more
serious then spavins.
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ENCLOSURE (A) s Sketch of the Toun of Allikene Latvia
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street in Alukene, 1914-4)
ALUESNE, LATVIA
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