VOZNESENKA MACHINE TRACTOR STATION/GRAIN ELEVATORS/MAKINSK AND VICINITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400550002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
Voznesenka Machine Tractor Station/Grain
Elevators/Makinsk and Vicinity
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAIN. INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DECEASE
OF THE UNITED STATEN, NITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 10, SECTIONS 7.3
AND 7.., OF TAE. U.N. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRNNEMI1110A OA SPUR.
-LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT .Y AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PRAM 1.i TED IT LA.. THE REPRODUCTION OP TN IS FORD, IS PROH1SITED.
DATE DISTR. 8,Tul y/ 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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REPORT
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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. RA...D?.,+_ usa-aisur ~z-tactiUr 5-carion cons1sted of a large garage
and an attached storage shed. The garage contained a small machine
shop with several lathes and milling machines and a blacksmith shop.
The machine shop occasionally produced parts to repair tractor and.
farm machinery. Infrequently, some parts were obtained from Petropavlovsk
The machine tractor station repaired tractors, seeding drills, discs11,
plows, combines, and mowers. Normally, approximately ten tractors would
be under repair at any one time. Most of the tractors, as well as other
farm machinery, required extensive repairs, especially after each harvest.
Storage facilities for oil, lubricants, and gasoline were nearby. They
were kept out in the open and were not covered even during the severe -
weather. All machinery and tractors were of Soviet origin and were in
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The grain elevators in Voznesenka, as well as in neighboring kolkhozes,
were small. They were usually built to satisfy only the needs of each
kolkhoz. Most of the grain was loaded onto wagons and Zis trucks in
the field during the harvest and transported to grain storage warehouses
located at railroad stations. From the warehouses the grain was shipped
by rail to all parts of the USSR. In 1940, when a record crop was harvested,
much of the grain was piled in the open fields and later spoiled.
Principal crops raised at Voznesenka were wheat, oats, and potatoes.
1+. A large tractor factory, operra.tl.ng 211. hours daily, was located on the
road fromVoznesenka t- Chelyabinsk . Another tractor factory was located
midway between Petropavlovsk -.indAkmolinsk t.n the village of Kokschetav.5%7
Kokschetav was also the location of a potato and grain alcohol refinery.
5? The sketch below shows only the center of the town of Makinsk. In 1911
Makinsk had approximately 2,000 population. Its main streets were
lightly gravelled while all others were dirt. Most of the buildings
in Makinsk were constructed of a mixture of clay and straw. The only
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except3.on'w,s the worker's apartments which were of wood. During the rainy
season town roads were impassable. The town looked like it was constructed
without any -forehand. The highway to Voznesenka was being widened
and improvedr7~" There were no
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railroad _-~ Garage & repairing station
"- Worker's apartments
.. Grain storage elevators (6)
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To Akmol4nsk
Sketch of Makinsk
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