PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AT KUCHINO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800620005-8
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (RSFSR) REPORT
SUBJECT Projects and Activities at Kuchino DATE DISTR.
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRES
DATE ACQUIRED
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REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
8 March 1955
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2. On T)age 2 read Lieut. Aleks..ndr Arkadyevich Bavykin for Lieut. Alexander
Arkadevich Bavigen.
3. The obscured name of a colonel mentioned on page 2 may be a certain
Mailikovskiy,who has previously been reported at this insta.llation.
4. Read Marfino for Mafino throughout the report.
STATE j ARMY x NAVY X All = PSI AEC
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(iii) Comment
The present report dealt; with __]work at K
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1. 16GB Institute - KU1 Q.
The Institute bore the name Signals Research Institute of the Ministry
for State Security; MOSCOW - KUCHINO. The village of KUCHDIO lies some 33 lan.
from the contra of MOSCOW on the railway to G0RKIY. The Institute itself is
situated in a wood north of the railway and about 1 len. from tho village. The
grounds of the Institute are surrounded by a stone wall with watch-towers.- The
Institute consists essentially of a manufacturing section and a design and
development section. The manufacturing side is housed in a series of 2-storey
buildings laid out in the form of a horseshoe. , Some anciila*- buildings of
1-storey are nearby i.e. storehouses, garages, etc. The laboratories are in
four large, 4-storey buildings.- also inside the walls is a lapacial itone
for housing the 500 prisoners.
the number of prisoners at KUCHINO progressively decreased after 1951 arid.
in P+overnbc;r 1953 they only numbered 200. In 1950 and early 1951, Institu`
KUCHINO worked in closest relationship with, MdFINO, and was administered by
the same higher formation. The it i Mediate head of both KUCHINO and. MAFINO was
Colonel Famo Famovit6: ZHEIEZOV.
2. Or&anisation
Head of KUCHI1 0
.Deputy Head and
Chief Encineer
- Colonel fnu BERGEL5(N
- Lieut.-Cbl.onel fau DOBRW2=IY
Organisation of the laboratories was as follows:-
(i) General Physics Labgratory, under Ltout.-Colonel fro imt m,
wa3 sub-divided as follows:-
(a) L department for development of ceramics end plastics.
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(b,) Development of special valves arid tw&.
(a) Quartz crystal production and frequency etatdesds.
(d) D'dlopm46nt of chenical testing proeesu,
(e)
(f)
Mechanical Workshop.
Television department. engaged in the buV#4 end repair
of TV sets for WB officials.
(ii) Laboratory for Dovelopment
of Miniaturised Equipment - Lieut..sColonel In4n, Ivamsfi(
KOV Ii f
Main taakk being the development of KCiMT set (See .$ppsndix 'J of
this report).
(iii) 2nd Radio Technical Laboratory
Development of Miniature Radios for fitting t%Ao Voter Vehiolea.
the frequency used was about 100 m/cs and
that the equipments were frequency awdttiated.
(iv) 3rd Radio Technical, Laboratory - Liout..Qolonel faa K ISIN
Development of Air Navigational Equipment Ord Nonito ring Fquipment.
Main task was for development of KRUG ($ee AXWOUX IV of this
report), and TYPHOCF.
(v) Test Gear aboratory - Lieut. ,Uexander 4rkade/UC6. BJYZEN.
Iaiaintenanc, and development of new test gearg
all the test -gear in use was of U.S. * U.K. or
(vi) Tape Recorder Laboratory
Development of recorders for special tanks sUals as moetttoriM
telephone conversations.
(vii) Border Guard Laboratory
Development of Border protection devices,
(viii) Msdioo-Chemie al iaboratory - Colonel -feat MAC!
Electro-medical tasks and development work on p AMU diemtoal
problems.
Miniature Motor Laboratory -
Development of small motors.
3. Details of Two-vU Radio KO.TET (See lppen .ix
(i) First production type:--
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