RED OCTOBER PLANT AND FLUGOV PLANT IN LENINGRAD

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CIA-RDP82-00457R004600080003-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 15, 2016
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March 10, 2001
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3
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April 7, 1950
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REPORT
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PflM InrMMTIAI' )3- '" __ ___ . ,' j7 CLASSIFICATION Yy r CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY USSR (Leningrad Oblast) SUBJECT Red October Plant and Flugov Plant in Leningrad 25X1A 25X1X CD NO. 25X1 A DATE DISTR. 7 rapr 1950 NO. OF PAGES NO. OF ENCL21..X1 A (LISTED BELOW) 25X1X SUPPLEMEN REPORT NO. August 1947 to November 1948 1. had October Plant No 466 a. Manufacture of electric motors of 20 44P. b. Trial rurs of turbojet-power units. rower units; diame- ter 20 to 24 inches; length about 8 feet; cigar-shaped, (own observation). Running, tic two hours, then tw a hours.reste day and n i ont . 1 lus7ov Plant a. S,;;rk. of P103. .Uan (ventilator) wheels for electromo- tors, shipped to r;a nt No 466. b. tbork of Soviets (own observations Blade wheels: dir.. i;ete? er rz ouw t '0 aches, about 30 to 50 szaa1l turbine b dds at outer ad-e. Once, on a test stand, a eo.:paratively lon ^ shaft was observed, on which five wheels, as described above, were fitted. Source only rerre~nbereri that he two outermost wl,ecls were the smallest, the third wheal i rye, lar,,-eat. c. Coverer jet-power units were loaded separately on a Studebaker truck. 1 "he same truck was later seen in Plant No 46 nesr a test stand. Az ril l04~~ CONFIDENTIAL ~'oviets said that jet-power units were built in Plant i o 466. CLASSIFICATION S Et FT/CONTROL US OFF .CUES ONLY J10i#~T i ETRTS Approved For ReleaeW J fi00df o W RbOe *4557W46 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 -4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1 A QF'DENTIAL the P ug elant. 'rho finished engines would be sen to 25X1X Test stands worked day and night at intervals of about 1 to 1Q hours. 't'ruck traffic with other places was ob- served. Construction work on sheds and buildinns was finished. `tio test stands were on the south side of southernmost of the three large sheds and 10 or more were under construc- tion. 'larch 1948 to Ma * 1949 7. #wo test s :ands were finished and in operation; two finish- ed but not working. Ten others were under construction. Lxpected to be ready in July 1949. ft. Turbojet power units were tested; Soviets said they were duplicates of US-types. 0, German expert`-:, 10 to 15 men, who were working on test stands, lived near plant. 25X1X 10. Red October Plant anc: ?lugov Plant operated jointly. The name of Plucov was Al slang derived from rlyugov Road. "oviets said this plant was also called tied October. aril 42 Construction work was co. _pleted except for a few inside installations. 12. Two turbo-jet power unit test stands were wRrkinc, others being built. The so-called "old test stand had been installr_d for testing E-motors, 13. Three shifts, 1,000 to 1,500 persons, 70 percent women. 14. -+early- all buildin=r.s were off-liriits to P'is. Llectro- motors wer?:: still manufactured in one of the workshops as late as April 1949. S 'RET-C'NTROL/JS Ok'FICIALS O'_' LY gapFtDENTIAL Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004600080003-4 A 1b