METAL ALLOY PLANT AT AKTYUBINSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600900009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 19, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

G4 ASS!F'CAT;OJ
4pprov For "I.R09AIR
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED,
r,&TP{)X!' IitFQ
25X1X
25X1A
CLASSIFICATION
Akt _ biT gk on the I ah a tributary of the Ura.
1. a. AE G*rx,uln is{moo 15% 57i020" A on the 14osacow Tsshkpnt raailva;; lint about
80,000 i ahabltpnte. A,lthoa a the town itself covers a wide area, it is
composed' for 41.re most part of mud blitz si uaated in srle.ll ;aard.enz. ita
streets A.ro wine but unpaved and barely passable in bats aE hey . South. of
the town, to a very large yell-developed airfield, a base for all air :router
to Gentr .l. Asia.- The airfield le the mist notable and intsarestin? fee trzre
of the town. The entire area a round.- , ubinssk is a pena.l area co nt i ~~?
penal caps, inter -gent ceps, end PW camps. After a four ye rs in e'au' ;:J, the
convicts: are allowed some riecsure of fr?eedoa. With the exception of the
native X h ::, al.l persons living in. this area are prisonares or thi ce,a:n .a!.,n';e
of priaoners.
b. The area is sparsely intxaaW.ted but cum's fruitful and has v fairly good
climate. Its native resources are tasrcree ores, nickel ore coal, lamcy3
ai,d alabaster. The necefiosaary labor for the e: loitation of thea;e reso ,7oes
-is drafted from the priso=n ceps. All .construction is done through the
Aktyubinik Consss~ruction Taut. Approximately 1000 c..nvicte t^,nd darmaaa
Pb'o,s are, placed at the d.iLAposal of this ente rpx'ise. Treatment of forele:s
labor on the construction sites was gerseraal.ly good. Cor;)oral paanisrunoe:, . vac
never in 'l.icted. A settlement is being built 10 km west of the to um. fooz' the
ler ;e ;retail, alloy plant. The houses afford comfortable aoc'.ern livin(; and
present f. great contrast to the primitive structures of o naativc
The cone~ructjou of this settlement was started in the summer of l.9r~5, arid lI a
the fall, of 1947 ssuffici.es,i.t *uuildinge .aced been erected to to 8,000 porson.,:s,..
The progress of construction was somewhat delayed beeca? of the difficulty of
procuring materials. The Trust operates a brick work which delivers about
8 million bricks per year and a lime kiln which produces about-40(''O ton of
fired lime per year. Both plants are obsolescent End were o crated b;,,
German rtternees. Construction work was not interrupted a s srixag ttie w.nter
months; walls were built i-nd foundations were excavated. Ofteeu trio vhicr na4 been accomplished during the winter months had to be torn cl.,,sn In
the spriag exact rebuilt, because the mortar had not set,
---
as aY
X! daur
ISg _ C_-EfsC
+c c FF INS O
'
Document TTo.
DDA Me*.sw
0 CHAT GE in C' a s
DECLASSI r I 'D
lass. C-1AvGfD\Tk:
Auth:
Date:
Aff
MABy
15 PA F07 R V? A
ss ('.~.a;;akistau/
6f
i
t4et&.Alloy Plant at Akt` ub x:ek
25X10
,A C
001/
25X1A
DATE DDSTR..9 Jule' l9A
NO. OF PAGES
.FO.~'3-EI`~~CS
SUPPLEMENT TO
1REPORT NO.
FC UA+YiEII
25X1A
ARCHIVAL RECORD
PLEASE RETURN TO
RDP82-00457''~M d~09-d
 Approved- For ReleaseP1J'10_
25X1X
a 0457R00160
cote ~TtAI, -
oc There is enough wand an hand, k'ouxniations are built of slash from the alloy
plant., The project uses about 1000 vn,, inoluhing 200-300 t clnioi , The
Work 0o9aisto of construction of housing and one fasatory (pre', bly for the
merauf a0tf ure of motors) c
2? a. The metal alloy plant of Aktyubinsk, tho most important industry of tne
locality, is situated 10 ktn west of the town near the railroad line. 6evern..2.
rail copnections lead into the plant. The plant was-under construction
between;1937. and 1947. It consists of two parts, the eloctr:.cal mower ."rat
and the smelting plant proper. The Dower plant is a tAermal nlant and o r