BRYANSK LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN BEZHITSA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007700830006-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Bryansk Locomotive ,orks in bezhitsa
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This large industrial enterprise, known as the Bryansk Locomotive forks
Bezhitsu manufactures freight locomotives, refrigerator freight car., tenders;,
and heavy trucks--* Its numerous installations cover a large area between the
eastern edge of the town of Bez-hitsa and the confluence of the Buiva and
Desna rivers? The grounds of the undertaking are bordered on the ncx?th by
the Bezhitsa Bryansk railroad lire,which runs parallel to the fence and
crooses the Buiva river just above the works. The plant dominates the life
-of the ton by its overwhelming presence.,
the factory is very old, the oldest buildings carry-
Ing the construction dates of :18858 1900, 1905, 1908, 1914, e~c. Daring
world 4ar II. ,a large part of the installations were destroyed. although
the destructioi has not been entirely cleared up, the rebuilding activity
since 1044 hasbe;en feverish. :''hen the first German F'ys arrived :ri'1944L, only
a part of the large boiler house and one crane functionod. in the entire
plant4 in July 19'49, approxis tuly sixty
cranes were Ivor ang, and the o . ocring objects .were ender construction:
a0 a rectangular building in the neighborhood of to lurce
scrap yard located in the northern oast of to e ,grounds
(purpose unknowvn F----1).
b. a large building complex, the so-called boiler foundry
(xesselschmiede), between the taro west entrances to the
works.
c. Brandenburg mall in the middle of the eastern sector of
the factory yard, which is now used for car construction,
d, -,in iron framed building which is reported to have been
ouilt for a lacquer plant.
a. a large boiler house, planned as an expansion of the power
installations, to make the fac-.ory independent of outside
polder sources.
The fact that the factory yard is to be levelled down to the banks of the
Bulva and. Desna rivers during the summer of 1949, and that the Bazar area.
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plantis ooliers are heated, Just nor .h of the factory near t'ne railway f 2,
across the Bulva river the open air --ransformer statior receives curr?r.% from .Sze
Brest high tension line and distribu- ss it to the variot-s parts of the ;..larit. To
what extent the plant-Is own power f a'. ?x lties can be coordinated with thi.: trans-
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The iSryTansk Locomotive ..orks is re, orted to have employed 35.,000 pers,,ns be "ore
the. war. Although this pre-war nuinbe :as not been equalled
about 'O,OOJ are again workinu nd there is every indication that, t!e
number will Le increased considerabl:re Lost branches of the plant 1?.ork three
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shifts drily; a few, one or two shife.s4 Except for a very few indispensable
specialists, the n,':s were removed fri-?m the factory compound in .f.pril 19LL9 for
security reasons, 25X1
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Comments:
* Beshit*a (53-19N, 34-19E)
** The proper name of the factory is Kr?.aeny Profintern +orks.
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