EVALUATION/CORRECTIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO DNEPROPETROVSK CITY PLAN
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December 23, 2016
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March 2, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEANtir
INFORMATION REPORT
USSR
EVeauetiOn/COrreetions and Supplements to
Dnepropetrovsk City Flan
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TRIO OOCUMCNT CONTNINO INFORMATION APPOCTIMO THO NATIONAL DOPINCI
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DATE DISTR. 615oxi954
NO. OF PAGES 14.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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Dnepropetrovsk
Item No. 7: The "unidentified factory (in gully)" is a brick plant.
it vai erected in the gully because the entire area contains vast clay deposits.
this area was chosen because the clay issluch closer to the surface.
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ItemNo. The "unidentified factory" is the Uzlovaya Substation /;e of the Dnepr
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electrical stations in Dneprope rove
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3. Item NO'. 11: The -"unidentified factory" is in reality a large water tank. This water
tank With its facilities is the major water supply .system for the entire city of
Dnepropetrovsk. This water tank id probably the most prOminent point in the entire
50X1 area. r in proportion to the other buildings be would estimate that
it stands about 100 meters above the level of the Dnepr. River] gee diagram of
water tank belowi7
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Item No. 16: The "electric power.plint". On the chart theimilaingc.Whiehilo. 16
refers to as the power plant is not the power plant. The power station is further to
the west from the corner of Leninskaya Ulitza and Fabrichnaya Ulitza. gee diagram
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The buildings to the right of the power station were supply shops. The one to the
extreme right at No. 16 on the original chart was a small plant which manufactured
garden tools and equipment.
5. The unidentified red square west of'the Molotov Bridge Factory (No. 61) is the
PetrOvsky Substation (?ther electric power station). the
50X1 Petrovsky Power Station was a very' important installation bedause it was the chief
source of electrical energy for the "Karl Leibnekht" steel rolling and vire drawing
mill, No. 66 on the chart.17 A high voltage power line Lane No. 117 crosses the
Dnepr River and leads to the "Karl Leibnekhe Plant. A tall stone mast iS4ocated
on each shore of the :Dnepr? River. These masts serve as supports for the high
voltage power line 5he high voltage line No. 47. The masts are about 10 to 12
meters tall and are perceivable from the air. Their approximate location is. at the
dotted line on the chart.
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6. There are to items numbered 10 on the chart,: The item No. 10 nearest the MOlotOV
Bridge Factory (south of the Molotov Bridge Factory) is the petrOvsky Iron and Steel
Works-. The No 10 identified on the Chart as the "Lenin" Steel and Rolling Mill ii,
accurately identified as to location and is in existence at the point as indicated7. ., .
Item No. 72:- The southeastern railroad bridge Which drosses the Dnepr is 1,600
meters long as the chart designates. This is a single track line - no space for a
double track. The approaches to the bridge from both, aides of the river are concrete.
The bridge stands from 25 to 30 meters above-the Dnepr. . Although the approaches are
concrete, the Central section is completely steel in construction. There are 14
50X1 concrete supports underneath the bridge. [ the steel sector of the
bridge was devised so that the center could be elevated to permit passage of steamers.
50X1 the bridgeelevated-at=any time for any reason] The final
construction of the bridge took place in either 1930 or 1931. The depths underneath
the bridge vary according to the seasons of the year. During the early spring,
particularly in May, the water is at its highest with the depth approximately 20 feet.
In the summer months, particularly in September, the water level recedes to an
average of apprOximately Il feet. During September large rocks which cover the .
bottom throraOUt the area are clearl 'visible fro d the shore. On the left side of
the bridge looking to the northwest are two, re steel masts with stOne foundations.
These two large maists which are 52.6 meters in =height 5easUred from the bridge7 Serve
as supports or poles for three high voltage (three phase) wires. ghis line is called
Dnepropetrovsk line No. 12Z Above the high voltage linecis a metal p1ate_Which
serves as'an.iniulator-intendeUto.protect thli Ilifiei7.4gaifitt lightnings 78ei"diagram
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8. Item NO. 101: No. 101 is a dam Which was
constructed in 1934. It backs the water up to the south as far as Lotemanskaya Station
filso called Lotsmanskaya Kamenki7. This dam which is approximately 1 km long and 10
feet high was constructed to provide water for a rice field which was sown on both
banks. No traffic, except carts, can pass over the dam. The'dam,had not been
destroyed in lite 1943. Lotemanskaya Station, previously mentioned, is a very small
railway station, with but one single-track line leading southward to it,.
9. Travelling Southwest by rail from Uzlovaya Power Station go. 27 towards Kherson, one
lasses throUgh a railway tunnel. This tunnel, which serves a single.track line, is
slightly less than one .km in length. It is about 20 feet high and is of concrete
construction. The tunnel is arch shaped and is well lighted by electricity. The
tunnel was completed in 1926 or 1927. In continuing southwest from this tunnel the
single-track railway line codes to Razyesa Vstrechni La railway siding Where trains can
do the necessary switching and permit a faster train to pase7.
10. The large buildings in item No. 45 (the Botanical Park) were called Transportni
Institut, a college which trained railway engineers. fflource states that prior to
World War II more than two thousand stUdents attended Transportni InstitutZ In April
? 1941 the Soviet Government took over the buildings and facilities which it turned over
to the ,USSR Air Force. A number Of fighter squadrons were based there. It was
rumored that their Mission Was the protection-of the underground bombsight and chemical
plant located at Pavlograd.
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11. !terns No.-41142 and-43are all small brick
depression with the brick factory mentioned
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12. Itema'NO. 34 and. 35 are ColieCtiVe farms as
fruit. Both farms are large fruit orchards
13. Item No. 50
plants. -;They are ideated inthe ame
under item No.,7,-paragraph.one
mentioned but the agricultural yield is
is not a railroad directOrate but is the special
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14. The blue circles on the chart LriO aumberg are intended to designate an underground
factory which Made bombsights and other instruments for military purposes - a top
secret installation which was not damaged by the Germans whet they
occupied Dnepropetrovsk in 1941.
15. Just north of the Jewish Cemetery were several munitions sheds or storehouses which
were'Constantly,guarded by the NKVD.
16. The town of Uze2aii7 56t located on this charg is an extremely important railway
junction. ,Mainlines lead from Uzel to Kiev, Sinelnikov and Kharkov. Large US-
tYpe locomotivea 5robably Felix Derzhins1i7 take water at Ilarinovo near.Uzel.,-' This
water is Supplied by the Power station atChaplino.- At Chaplin? the Sovietaueed two
10000-hp engines to oPeratt:their water system. 'When Gerthan forces-entered the area
111'1941, the'SO'Aete-disthantled and :hauled the equipment :from ChOlina to the East.
The sMall engines:Which:the Gerthabe used. were totally inadelvie,,!.:..
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17. Item No. 8: , Artew factory was referred:toas 'the autathotivni? and. tractamli plant Li; y the
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Soviete. The' Soviets 44 a great deal of tank repair at Artem until the Germans
qapture-Cit. However, when the Germans took ,over they were so pleased with the
installation that they continued to use it for tractor repairs.
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