PINPOINT LOCATION AND COMMENTS ON INSTALLATIONS IN ORSK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400590007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLiGENGE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CnUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
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ACQUIRED
DATE
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Pinpoint Location and Comments an Installations
in Orsk
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1. The original city of ?rsk is very old and it is located on the southeast
side of the Ural River. There are no industrial plants in this part
of the city. AJ..l of the industrial buildings in Qrsk are located in a
new part of the city, on the northwest side of the river and northwest
of the old city. The two parts of the city are connected by a single
maa;n street, over which a streetcar provides public transportation. The
new part, or the industrial section, is sometimes .known as Navo Orsk to
distinguish it from the old part of the city.
m~A ~argPSt industrial plant in Orsk, or Novo 4rsk, is the OCDNi
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modern office building located between the two main factory buildings
located in the- ceni~er of e c y, on the northeast side of the main
street from old 4rsk to the northwest. This installation has a new
The onl other 1s,rge industrial installations in Orsk
~Y are the petroleum refineries located to the north of the OCDM
plants, on the north side of the railroad tracks (51-15N/58-31-30E) and
the nickel factory located about 2 1/2 miles east of the ail refineries
t51-15-30/58-3~+-30E).
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between the oil refinery and the oil refinery storage tan>~s.
a bakery located on the n~l.rth side of the s ree - - -32-00~)
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5. About midway on the south side of the road between the oil refinery and the
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nickel plant there was a large saw mill (51-1~-3QN~58-32-50E).
large brickyard located about one half mile southeast (51-1~F-lON~58-33-3)
of the saw mill.
The built-up section of Nova Orsk along the north-south railroad track due
east of the OCF~M plant contained mainly wooden houses and there were several
lunchrooms along the main street that traverses this section.
7. The built-up area (51-1~F-3ON/58-28-30E) due west of the OCDM plants and
southwest of-the xubetlya River contained modern brick apartment
buildings.
8. The built-up area (51-13-2oN/~8-30-30E), about one half mile south of the
OCDM plants, which is bisected by the main road from Maksay, contained all
new six-story-brick apartment houses.
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q. There were three POW camps for men and one POW camp for t~ermax~ women in Novo
Orak. The largest camps, known as the Upper Camp (51-1~-55N/58-29-20E) and
the Lower Camp (51-1~+-50N~58-29-25E), were located between the highway and'
the railroad tracks about one half mile northwest of the OCDNi buildings. The
Lower Camp had a capacity of about two thousand PEnta who were all specialists
employed in Orsk. The Upper Cazpp had a capacity of about 1500 Pf7Ws.
10. The ~bhird eel for men xaa~ lae~ted about three t~etithe of a mile ~axtheaab
txDY4 the brickyard (51-11~?24N~~$.3k?Q0~) and this Damp hsd a capacity of
about one thousand P4~Ws who were mainly used to xork in the brickyard and the
saw mill.
11. The POW camp for German women was located about one mile east northeast from
the nickel works (51-15-55N/58-36-05E), and. it contained about one thousand
prisoners. These women risoners received the same treatment as the men
although it appeared that the facilities
were slightly better than they were in t e P camp for men.
12. In tree area :~r: north it the area about one mile due north of the Upper Camp
an~~. the bower Camp, these:: were several kalkhoses that employed X00 to 60o POWs.
13. There way e, small airport about one quaxter of a mile northeast from the nickel
works (~-.-Z~-33N/38-35-1OE) which was for the exclusive use of the manager of
the nickel works. This was the only airport in the Ors.k area and
more than. one smal]_ plane at it a~ any par cular time.
1~. About one quarts-: mile north of the nickel works there were four pipe lines that
ran in an eas t, ~~ortheast direction from the oil ref finery . '
15. In old Orsl~, the governor lived in a mansion in the park area west and north of
the two main streets (51-12-20N/58-3~--?OE). The administrative buildings for
the Orsk area were also located in this general park area.
16. A pri~~n for Soviet political prisoners was located across the street from the
park at the junction of the main road northeast with the main northwest street
in old 4rs.k (51-12-25N~58-3~--15E).
17. 'T'here were prosperous farms located in the general area southeast of old Orsk
and. north of the Reka Or. There were also some small farms in the general
wooded area west of old Orsk, south of Novo Ors.k and north of the Reka Ural.
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