SOVIET SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE KIEV MD

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April to
late Day
1Q49
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Motor vehicle
repair plant
(prominent builp
di* a with flat
glass roofs on a
200300-meter area,
by a 2-meter board fencer c? erenoe go 21
Me work under strict guard Annex 3)
Suburb of Podal
on the n,)rthern
perimeter of the
city, southwest
of the Sholoma-
Aleykhema trunk
road(with streetcar-
a 1 .meter brick va11 rn.d h I0 line)(coe
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half surrounded by
Data on
In.itall u:ion:
Plant for the save-rbly
of 'motors and, repair of
1,6-ton Ford trucks,
Soviet ArW enterprises
constant checks by
officers
work force: About 1.00 Pi`s
and 500 Soviet viv .son in
each of the three shifts.
Produetions
a~ Grinding out and
assembly of motors,
mounting and testing of
new motors (duplicated
motors for 1~5-ton Ford
trucks), no assembly li,,
b. iepair of motors of
Soviet, Army vehicles.,:
Monthly output (estimated):
150 to 200 now motors,,
50 to 60 repaired motor
vehicles; Repaired motor
vehicles were picked up
by troop units, New
motors were shipped away
on trucks belonging to
the plant or were stored
in the plants
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 Kiev
(eontd)
1948 to
'arch
1949
February
to March
1949
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Fuel depot (200x100=
meter), wooded area.,
surrounded by a 3-meter
woven=Wire fence;, rail=
road spur
NAY of the main
railroad station
(see reference Nob
on Annex 3)
Tank park Cpne 30x8xi2-
meter quertere building,
about 10 sheds (roofs
supported by pillars,
each 60x12x6 meters),
fuel dump)
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One 20 z 1Sx6.meter
brick building,
numerous grasa-
covered., l-meter
high earth embank-
meats-,, Railroad tank
cars and gondola cars
carrying barrels arrived
at the depot eLmoet
daily,
SW of the city, about Quarters occupied by a
1,000 meters south of guard detail, but no
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the airfield near troop unit. About 20 the construction of
Volinski, N'A of the l6ght SP guns, partly 1102 tank storage siheds,
highway running in a covered with canvas, let the mentioned area
southwesterly direction were stored in each ,(surrounded by a board
(see reference No l on shed, The gun barreled fence)up to October
Annex 3) did not project over the 1947,, The sheds were
SP gun chassis. The super-, guarded by a de-
structures ware mounted to Itail of soldiers thy;;
the rear of center ofIchas- were quartered in a
ais, Piled barrels and a rick building.About
tank truck were seen in a 3O new T34 or Shchuka-
fuel dump, covering an ;"tanks were standing
area about 50 meters f o10 n planks in cs.ch shed
square, The park was The tanks were moved in~-
guarded by 1.0 sentries, to the sheds immediate)-
No change in the number upon the completion of
of, and no employment r
of, the S!F guns was
observed, tank sheds(roofs suppor-
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Kiev
(contad)
1944 to
October194
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the mentioned place in
October 1947. n Very many,,
tanks of various types
covered with canvas and
standing on planks, were
stored in the sheds,
Tank repair plant
500z 1116,000 motor
area, surrounded
by a 21 iron fence,
railroad spur,
approach road with
poplars alone it
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Western perimeter of
Kiev, south of the
exit road to Zhitomir
(Brest-Litovsk High-
way),; 0E of the point
where the highway
crosses the railroad
line to the military
railroad station,
bordering on a tank
barracks (see reference
No 20? on Annex 3)
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a. One assembly shop
(200 x 100 meters) for
small repair work on
six or seven tanks daily,
eight lathes,, operated by
15 Soviet soldiers),
b, One rein workshop
(400x200 meters major
repair work, about 20
lathes, operated by 30
Soviet soldiers
o., Manufacture of -rare
parts for tanks four
lathes, operated by five'
Soviet soldiers. 40 to
50 PNs were employed as
auxiliary workers in
three shifts,, They were
guarded by personnel of
a tank unit.
The plant installations
included. a tool rom and
a bunker with fuel tank,,
Toe tank test ground
bordered on the plant
to the south.
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 Kiev
(cont?d)
1946 to
April 1947
November
1947
Darnitsa Early
(Kiev suburb on 1948
the western bank
of the On per
Riv r)
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Ordnance park(wooded SE city sector, about
area about 1,000 me- 1?,200 meters NE of
tars square) the South Freight
Station (see reference
No 24 on Annex 5)
Ammunition and +Yeetern sector of the
equipment depot city north of the
(400xl,000ameter, exit road to Zhitomir,
area, wooden sheds, between the main rail-
barbed-wire fence) road station and the
military railroad
station (see reference
No 11 on Annex 3)
Large amount(ax-
Deeding 19000?)
of guns of various
caliber, including
170 and 210.E guns
with barrels up to
6 and 8 meters long,
were parked without
camouflage under
trees. No outgoing
shipments were
observedc,
Large quantities of
80 and 120mmm mor-
tars, 76,,2-mm AT guns,
rocket launchers and
ammunition for the
mentioned weapons were
stored there. No exact
data on stocks reuld be
given
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Attachment 2
1949 said that the
ordnance park still
existed at that timer
A.-,munition depot Woods south of the Infantry and artillery
and factory Darnitsa railroad ammunition of various
(mixed woods, heavy station types, bombs and mines
wiro entanglements, sere stored in several
railroad spur) large, scattered earth
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bunkers, Many incoming
and outgoing shipments
by rail. A partly re-
constructed ammunition
factory with ordnance
repair shop and quarters
for guard unit was in the
same area3Ahout 500 troops
were observed there, The fac-
tory had not yet started pr o-
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Darnitsa
(
t?
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January to
Tank spare parts In the rods about
con
d
August 1947
depot (800x300 4 km SE of the Dar=
nit
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er area,, rail-
road station
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meter fence)
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One dma1l building pro-
viding quarters for about
60 officers and El;. Four
wooden atntct;:.?4a qw,:..n
100 x 2C ueters, two
large doors) for storage
of tank spare parts of
all types0
One --voden structure(100x20
meters) for storage of motor-
cyeles (250 to 300 were seen)
and bicycles
Eight tents (5x3 maters) for
storage of spare parts.
Boxes with spare parts
arrived by rail from the
tank plant south of the
Darnitea railroad station,,
The spare parts were stored
inthe storage buildings and
maintained. No outgoing chip=
ments were observed up to
August 1947
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Boriepol
January
to
-Neves ber 1948
Fuel depot (I50x East of the Borispol
200-meter area railroad station.,south
covered with pope of the railroad line
lays, railroad spur.) to.Poltava
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Six green fuel containers,, about.
8 meters high, 3 meters in diameter,
resting on wooden trestles and
several hundred fuel barrels were
seen in the depot area. Guard duty
was done by s oldiers.
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1945 to
,ianuary
1948
1947 to
September
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19 Fuel depot
Go 490to ? Veiaioie
repair shop
Fuel depot
(railroad spurs,
no fence)
Sf,,e Annex 4
See Araex 4 No pertinent data
NE city sector, Two r we of six upright fuel
north of the mouth. containers, about 15 meters
of the Samera River, high, about 10 meters in
about 19200 meters diameter, resting on 50 cm
south of the rail concrete foundations,
road line to Xharkov topped by a vaulted roof
with fuel inletso Also
three silver-painted con-=
tsiners and three black=
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paa:.-~~~ n
10 railroad tank oars were
seen on the spur track every
8 or 10 days r No filling or
draining of fuel was oba rued.
The depot was guarded by 10 to
15 armed civilians,
Called "Tearem-Basar", repair and
About 26ooo motors assembly of passenger oars and
SE of the main rail trucksr disassembly of former
road station, near German steam rollers, snow plows
a park, opposite a and concrete mixeasa
permanent circus- cork force. About 150 German We
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Ten containers.; caoh
with a pii ii,ia
1e3 ig to the loading
ramps. Total capacity
was estimated at
4,000 gallons.
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Irotor vehicle
repair plant
(former theater,
engine shop, assembly
shop, turner's shop,
forge, sawmill, car-
penter sho no rail-
road spur
building
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16 August
1949
Balakleya
(49?26QN,
36?50'E)
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June 1948
Fuel depot (on.a
Ib068x2 000-wter
area, dwelling
houses, office
buildings,, two
Southern town seottr
SE of the South Rail-
road Station
transformer houses,.
pump station, ,well,
standpipes, five to
seven fuel oontai-
ners, railroad spur,
wire fence on con-
crete..pnats)
1. Ammunition depot 11NE of the railroad
(1500x 200 meter area, station (see Annex 5)
about 100 ammunition
storage buildings,
60x15 meters each,
two thirds of them
being constructed
semi-underground,
earth, embankments
between the buildings.
15 brick buildings,
each 15x18 meters, rail-
road spur. Installations
are partly camouflaged
by trees
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Five to seven fuel
containers, two or
three being 20 mss
term and 8 to 10 me-
tare in diameter and
three or f our 15 me-
tors high and 6 meters in
-diameter The containers
had not yet been filled
by August 1949.
Still under construction
in June 1948. Artillery
ammunition of from 57
to 152 mm caliber, in-
fantry ammunition and
parts of weapons were
already stored in some
buildings: The depot
was heavily guarded,
dogs also being used
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an ammunition depot
north of the railroad sta-
tiorGp to January 1948.
About 50 to 60 storage
buildings had been com-
pleted by that time, with
more buildings being un-
der construction or pro-
jected. Completed bui1.
dings were immediately
filled with ammunition
for artillery pieces and
heavy infantry weapons
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2. Ordnance depot
(seven three-
story brick buil-
dings, two wooden
structures, one
boiler house, one
smokestack about
40 meters high,
one parking lot, on
an area about 1,000.
meters square not
including the park-
ing lot, railroad
spur)
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Some hundred meters
-south of the mil-road
station, on the trunk
road leading in a
southwesterly direc-
tion (see Annex 5)
3. Ration supply de- N of the railroad
pot (100x500-meter station (see Annex 5)
area)
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Test stands and machine
tools were in the brick
buildings. Artillery
pieces, other weapons
and prime movers were
cleaned and repaired in
the wooden buildings.
Mork force: About 38000
Soviet civilians working
in three shifts and 50 to
60 PW. The parking lot,
about 1,200 x 250 meters,
was filled with artillery
pieces of calibers up to
152 am, about one third of
which were former German
88-mm AA guns, So= bunkers
were filled with 88.ma
asnnunition. After repair of
the guns they were shipped
away by rail.
Three four-story brick
buildings forming an
open squire, each about
80x20-maters, two trenches
for foundations of 80x30
minter buildings, 2-meter
board fence with barbed wire
on the side along the rail-
.road line, double barbed-
wire fences on the other
sidaa,c 'H0 data on stocks could
be learned.
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1946 to
1947
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1. Armunition depot North of the railroad
(13 brick buildings, station {see Annex 5)
wooden storage houses,
with concrete storage
sites in fronts rail-
road spur, fire bri-
Bade)
2, ordnance repair south of the railroad
shop (three buil-- station, in the tarn
dings under con- area, north of the
struoticn railroad market squares on the
spur, fire brigade) road leading in a
southwesterly di-
rection(see Annex 5)
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"Arsenal No 66"s still
under eonetruotion4 All
installations, have con-
secutive- numerical desig-
nations, the highest being
No 2130 The depot was
filled with ammunition for
infantry weapons and artillery
pieces of up to 172 mm caliber.
Maintenance and packing work
was performed by Soviet womena
"Arsensl no 1" With one boil=
ding for storage of light
weapons and equipment and
two buildings housing a
repair shop for guns of up
to 210 mm caliber and AT
rifles,, a foundry, a saw-
mill, a osrpenvar shop
menufaoturing rifle stocks,
a boiler house and test stands
for harmonisatiaa~
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Kegichevka March 1948
(49?l79Nj
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Fuel depot
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About ...7 km SSB of Kharkov, Under construction
about 1 km NE of Pokotilovka, in February 1948,
on the railroad line leveling of approach
roads and incoming
shipments of fuel con-
tainers (6 meters long
and 2 motors in dia-
meter) were observed.
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Ordnance park 1 to.2 km SW of the town
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Twenty-three 60x18mmeter
wooden buildings were
under eonstruction0Many
AT guns of 70 to 80 ma
caliber (estimated at
more than 1 .,OW gun )
were parked in the
copeaa... Guard duty and
mainteuanee work was
performed by a unit
in strength of two
ccaapenies.r No
out- we.-re
aeon up to ]lama 1948,
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confirmed that an
ordnance depot was
in the mentioned
place (1.2x2 km area
with railroad spur,
board fence, watch-
towers) in early 1948.
About fifteen 50x15
meter cantonment buil-
dings with concrete
floor and 24 windows
each were under con-
structionr Unidenti-
fied quantities of
old US AA guns of
about 90 Via, caliber.,
charging units, air-
craft engines,
50, 75 and 80=arm AT
guns and 105=mm light
field howitzers (Gar-
man model "18") were
stored in the open.
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(cant?d)
Lozovaya
(48062?ui
36?158E)
June to
November
1947
February to
December 1947
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Ordnance depot
(railroad spur,
2x1 5-km area)
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About 1 km SE
of.the town
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About 50 50120-meter
buildings were con-
structed or under con-
etruction. Sound loom.-
tore, searchlights and
charging units were
stored in the buildings.
About 2,000 75=mm AA
&n= s were parked in 40
rows of 50 guns eadi
(counted) in the open.
1. Amiaunit ion depot On the town perime- Ammunition was stored in
(barbed-wire fence) ter, about 4 km 48 60x45 meter wooden
NE of the railroad buildings with solid
station foundations and tarpaper
roofs. Thor* were also
two three-or four-story
barracks buildings occu-
pied by 150 to 200 troops,
west of the depot (Sep-
tember 1947).
2. Ordnance Park Adjoining the ammu- Very many artillery
(barbed-wire fence) nition depot pieces (without tires,
thickly covered with
grease) were blocked
up there
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confirmed that an
ammunition depot of
about 24 storage
buildings and a rail-
road spur was near
Loaovaya in late 1947.
Packing and storage of
80-mm mortar smmunia
tion was observed.
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1 Tank park
2 Officer candidate school and Air Force Barracks
3 Barracks (AAA units)
4 Barracks (police units)
5 Police School
6 Cantonment (AT artillery units)
7 Military quarters (penal unit)
8 Fuel depot
9 Barracks (signal unit)
10 Barracks (tank unit)
11 Ammunition and equipment depot
12 Barracks (infantry unit)
13 Parachute unit
14 Barracks (tank unit?)
15 Barracks (transport unit)
16 Old Artillery School
l7 Military medical academy
18 Barracks (tank unit?)
19 Barracks (tank unit)
20 Tank repair p/ant
21 Motor vehicle repair plant
22 Officer Candidate School
23 Barracks (tank unit, formerly
24, ordnance park
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1 motor vehicle repair shop
2 Loading ramp
3 Sastline depot
4 Guard quarters
5 Barrack$.,
6 PP Camp No. 7110/3
7 Explosives storage depot
8 Quarries
9 ooaen bridge
10 Railroad bridge
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