AIRPLANE ENGINE FACTORY IN RYBINSK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003100660009-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
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SUBJECT Airplano Encino Factory in Rybinsk
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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OF ITO CONTE4TO IN ANT NANNII2 TO AN, UITAMTROSIZEO Pyrisoll is IMO-
MIMEO 25 L. REPRODUCTION or THIS POINA IS TROHISITED.
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0 kestAtigag ther?Bploinek airplane engine works* lactory 421, Is located near the
western edge of the city* about one Wiloretereouth of the 'Olga. Lenin
Streets aybinek'Js main street* which is asphalted and ten meters wide* rune
lost north of the plant yards.
2. IlagAWAVilm (see Attachments t and II for detailed description and map of
installations): According to the, R..i'Ket workers. the factory was originally
erected in 1934 under the direction of Osman engineers* Rowevers during the
war the plant wan evamated in four days. to be rebuilt in Siberia* and the
plant buildings in Bybinik were blown up. The reconstruction of the Rybinsk
pltiAto begun in 1944*
3. All ofthe factory is equipped with the most modern natal-working machines,
including Germano American. Znglish. and Swiss cpecial workbenches. The
machines are now amd certainly still serviceable* even thaugh the Soviets
have not been cereal in their use of the materiel at their disposal. ?
new buildings have skylights to provide better light. The plant has three
tailway spurs which are used to bring in raw materials* fuel (meal* peat),
and gasoline (Trelbstoff). The plant's own power station, equipped with
throe steam turbc-gentrators* provides the necessary electricity for the
enterprise.
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grAluctintg Beery the war the Rybinsk factory manufactured fifteen engines
a day; but. after the reconstruction, production difficulties Ilvdted output
to only four pieces a day. In 1947 this had been increased to six engines a
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! by the end of 1948 matrat reached ten pieces
a day. Tuts promotion plan envisioned a vanity of 25 engines a day by 19,W.
The factory manufactoses all parts for the airplane engines. The most
important item of production is the large 24-cylinder radial engine')
approximately 1060 meters high. The individual cylinders are about 30 to
35 centimeters high and have a diameter of 15 centimeters. The plant is
also said to be experimenting with the production, of another internal
combustion engines but'
this. In addition,sivile pares ror otner engines are manufacturei by
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itybinsk snserprise and seut a-42.-Nyg pr?vaaably to other factories. The
final item on the woe): program of the enterprise is the repair of old
radial enenes.
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6. Itappmenigi The Bybinek factaly is directed by soviet air corps officers
stationc4, at the plant. In efliiision \here are a :number of civilian officials,
mostly 4inginecirst or Epeciallets (PenhIvate). Also working in the entprise
are a/Tr....emir:441y forty ow:Inver' and ii.1)2?6M111 who are soviet prisoners
(force() labor). These arr.) spetri ally gentded /Awl considered as better
Trisoners,
7.91LIII,Alck This .71ant employ:1v between 3 9(110 and 5E000 poreoncee inokadilks
many -,i-Alert and,, /froze 1)44 to 19460 4wo or .t?hres shifts of work term
don. 4 day, bo,l; elms the wiener of 1947, thie har been reetnced to one shill.
but between NO and 400 were used in ths.
rc/anstmctica work.
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