MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001700260008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 4, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R001700260008-1
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IN FO AT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
tfiecel].aneous Industries
In. European Russia
ENCY REPORT
PORT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
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1. Semievs i-P'osad, 100 kloi3etera NE of Moscow on the Yaroslaci railway
line, is a mraail to*,an containing a spinning, a weaving, and a valve fac-
tory. The latter was a]zaoat completely destroyed by the Gernaria but was
rebuilt and again in production at the beginning of 194.5. At that tom,
900 Russians and 300 F'Js wore employed in the factory. The factory pro-
duced In 1945 a daily' average of 1I.,000excese preo valves and 500
mixed in- and outlet and sealing; valves. Six excess Pressure valves wez'e
tooted s3.riultaneoualy for 20 to 30 nintztoa in an hydraulic press; the daily
average of faulty valved rejected IV thin test yawls 10. It io not kr,.oti
to what pressure the valves, tyre s'ub jeoted. The rubber used in the valve
production ti +1s of L' erican origin and of ext ely ,good quality.
2. In Mogilev (53054 t N,, 300201 01 the following . faetorie a have reoornenced
productions the Iig n -cellulose o - screw, and concrete factories and the
, finding works. The concrete factory 3s engaged In the production of
concrete bridge pontoo..n. The daily production Is 30 pontoons with a
c r g ca" i tar of char 100 tons, and 60 to 70 pontoons with a capacity
of under 100 tone. Thy:' concrete is nixed. In turners, poured Into nou.'.ds,
and burned; the burning process reduces the weight of the pontoons cot -
sideraably.
calf
3. Tan rm,11, nr iar ent works in Fonoton (51o13'Nx, 33?13'E) was airiest
pletely destroyed by the Gemane. Reconotruction was completed and pr.?o-
duc-tiori began, again in March 1945. The narr factory buildings are crudely
constructed and roofed with tin; the compound, howwaver_, contains a na to
trorkn, r. chine-tool factory and section rolling rail'. At this t2r,1,400
Russians awl 800 rats ,)cre employed at the uorks. In D000L ber 1945, prewar
production 1eve1s werq' a a3n attained, and In July 1947 production was V+51
of that in 1941. Oaf production includes 2, 500 bcqomts and parachutist
?mIvo 1 and 800 magnetos of varioua sizes .0 or ttucko, aircraft and sral.3. naval',
vessels
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