1. TRAVEL IN THE UKRAINE 2. VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT OF UKRAINIANS TO KAZAKHSTAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000580005-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: CABLE

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT le Travel in the Ukraine DATE DISTR. 17 June 1955
2e Voluntary Movement of Ukrainians to
Kazakhstan NO. OF PAGES 2
DATE OF INFO.
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1. In May 195lI.a railroad ticket to Chernovtsy, purchased at the ordinary ticket
office at the main station in Lvov, cost between I+0 and 50 rubles. This ticket
entitled the traveller to an unreserved seat in the "hard" class. The train 25X1
left Lvov shortly after 1800 hours, took the route through Stanislav, and
arrived at Chernovtsy about noon the next day.
2. Travelling on this train was a party of about 15 young Ukrainians, mostly
women, who were on their way as volunteers from the Western Ukraine??to work
on the virgin lands scheme in Kazakhstan. They changed trains at Stanislav.
Many of the passengers between Lvov and Chernovtsy were the so-called "Hutsulki"
(or "Gutsulki"), a Ukrainian-speaking people inhabiting the Carpathian foothills
to the north of the Soviet-Romanian frontier. Some of them were wearing their
characteristic national dress.
3. Regular all-year bus service, usually on a daily schedule, existed between
various towns in the Western Ukraine. Bus-travel was well-patronized,because
it was often faster than travel by rail, but it was also more expensive.
Because of the higher fares, the average bus passenger usually was a member
of the higher-paid sooial classes, such as skilled workers, managers,and intelli-
gentsia. Kolkhoz workers nearly always travelled by train.
I+. The bus station in Chernovtsy was located behind the main post office. The
bus for Lvov left Chernovtsy at about 0800 hours and arrived in Lvov at about
1700 hours. The fare was between 70 and 80 rubles. The bus used for the trip
was of ZIS make and was not quite full. The passengers were both Russians
and Ukrainians, and most of them were travelling all the way to Lvov. They
were a mixed group, with town-dwellers predominating. Peasant women, making
short journeys, got in and out at towns and villages where there were scheduled
stops. The bus followed the route through Stanislav and Drogobych.
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5. The bus terminal in Lvov was on Pervomayskaya ulitsa in the center of the city.
Bus tickets could be ordered by telephone in IM M and delivered to the home of
the person making the order. It was advisable to give at least two days'
notice before the date of departure. The bus station checked the name, address
and telephone number of the person order tickets, and called him back
in 10-15 minutes to confirm the x~eeervit1de.'.` 'the checking
was done through the telephone information bureau. The tickets had to be paid
for on delivery.
6. In June 1953,the civil air transport ticket office in Lvov was located on
Pervomayskaya ulitsa. From therepassengers were taken by airport bus to the
suburb of Pertsenkovka, inhere the Lvov airport was located.
7. The flight from Lvov to Kiev:- left Lvov at about 1+00 hours and arrived in
Kiovr at 16oo or 1700 hours. Clean and comfortable bunks, in either single
or double rooms, were available at the airport hotel for five rubles each for
the night.
8. The next flight for Kharkov left Kim. at 0600 hours the following morning
and arrived in Kharkov at about 1000 hours.
9. The flight for Zhdanov left Kharkov at 1600 hours and arrived in Zhdanov
between 1800 and 1900 hours. The Zhdanov airport was located some distance
from the center of town, and there were no taxis or buses available at the
time the plane arrived from Kharkov.
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