RADIOFICATION IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE USSR

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• Document Release Date: September 21, 2010
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• Publication Date: July 12, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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18, U.$.C. $ecs. ?93 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which is any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by 11-w.
SUBJECT Radioficstion in Remote Areas DATE DISTR. ~o~ TI~.~M ~ qd ~
of the USSR
DATE OF
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DATE ACQ.
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
report.
of bringing public broadcasting services to remote villages and kolkhozy.
Organizational charts of the SMU~t in Perm and Ufa are included in this
Radiofication (SNUB) in Moscow, Perm, and Ufa, and the SMUR program
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RADIOFICATION IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE USSR
1. The Construction-Assembly Directorate of Radiofication
(Stroitelno-Montazhnoye Upravleniye Radiofikatsiya - SMUR)
was created in 1950 in order to bring public broadcasting.
services to remote villages and kolkho~ in the USSR. This
organization was subordinate to e n stry of Communications.
The broadcasting stations had the authority to originate their
own programs and the obligation to re-broadcast programs
originating in Moscow. This system permitted villagers and
country people to become. radio listeners with very little
expense involved because loudspeakers were set up in public
squares or meeting places. Another organization existed
for radio service in private dwellings. The SMUR main
office was in Moscow and a director general was sent from
this office to the capital of the oblasts in which the
service was to be installed. By 1957, a director general
had been stationed in Kirov, Kazan, Sverdlovsk, Molotov,
and Ufa, the capital of the Bashkir ASSR.
2. In Molotov, the director general's office was located at
2~ Ivanskaya ulitsa and the SMUR construction office was
located on 1905 Street. The director general always had
his office in the Oblast communications building rather than
at the SMUR construction office. The director was in control
of planning but not of the actual installation work. See
chart No. 1 on page 5 of the organization of the Molotov
director general's office. The director of the Molotov
SMUR was Vladimir Stepanovich Poluyanov
assistant director was Ryzhanov fnu
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The production chic was Kuzne sov
In be ween l , w en s rs o ce was opens ,
and 1952, public broadcasting services were installed in
the following towns in Molotov Oblast: Kungur, (~ubakha,
Kizel, Berezniki, Pusovaya sic), Solikamak, Ku.yeda, and
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work
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was still going on in 1957?
In Ufa, the director general's office was located at 28
ulitsa Lenina and the SMUR construction office was located
at 6 Malaya Orenburgakaya ulitsa. See chart No. 2 on
page 6 of organization of the Ufa director general's
office. The production engineer, Vladimir Stepanovich 50X1-HUM
named Vasiliy ~?etrovich fiRe~~herski
he chief accoun an
The assistant director, named Audrey Viktorovich Koyue evs y
Between 1952 when the program began in Ufa, and 1957,5
public broadcasting facilities were installed in the
following towns around Ufa: Meleuz, Tuymazy, Sterlitamak,
Ba k, Davlekanovo, Belebey, Ishimbay, Veldretsk
sic - Beloretsk~, Busk, Abzanovo, Krasnousolskiy,
aidelskiy, Aksakovo and Bizhbulyak.
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~4. The installation of a one and one half watt loudspeaker in
a private dwelling cost the user ten rubles, plus a monthly
service charge of five rubles. The loudspeaker itself be-
longed to the user, and cost approximately 15 rubles; better
quality ones cost approximately 25 rubles. The installation
company received ~0 rubles for the installation of a 10 watt
loudspeaker in a public square meets lace or park. Fo.50X1-HUM
this type of line, unshielded two and one
half, and three and one half m llimeter stee cable was used.
5. The funds for the SMUR work were sent from Moscow to the 50X1-HUM
director general thro the State Bank For distribution to
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lin 1950, the Molotov Oblast office was allocated
600,000 rubles, and in 1951 700,000 rubles The Ufa office
was allocated 600,000 rubles in 1952, 700,000 rubles in 1953,
and progressively higher sums annually until 1957 when it
received 1,000,000 rubles. Due to Moscow's interest in in-
creasing the volume of work, no attempt was made to reduce
the cost of a project. Once the need was justified, the
ministry would send the requested amount.
6. To arrive at the amount of the allocation, the following
factors were considered: (A) the salaries of the branch
directors, foremen, and permanent employees; (B office
expenses such as rent, aper, and electricity;.. C) time
needed for the fob; (D~ number of workers needed; and (E)
length of cable in kilometers. In general, the cost was
fixed at 50 or 56 rubles per kilometer; this sum was broken
down as follows: 16 percent for office expenses including
salaries, 50 percent for laborers and technicians who were 50X1-HUM
paid on a piecework basis, and the rest for construction
materials and perhaps the cost of the cable
1 and 20 poles were installed for each kilometer, depending
on the terrain; existing telegraph and telephone poles were
used whenever possible. Terrain and weather conditions
affected the cost because. in winter for example less laborers
were needed. The broadcasting stations were built by the
ministry and the poles were Installed by a separate company
before the work began.
7. Two types of broadcasting systems were installed: Trans-
lyatsionnyy uzel 100 (TU-100 w), and Translyatsionnyy ~uzel
batareynyy 500 (TiTB-500 w). The power was proportionate to
the number of loudspeakers to be served. Sometimes 50 watt
speakers were installed but not often because their power
was so limited (sic) . The branch office of the SMtTR charged
from 900 to 1,200 rubles for its installations. If the
monthly work quota was accomplished as planned, the director
and the assistant director received bonuses which amounted
to sixteen percent of their salaries, the production chief
thirteen and one half percent of his salary, the engineers
and foremen thirteen percent, the engineer economist, the
chief accountant, and the foremen eleven and one half percent,
and the accountants and the project chief received ten percent.
The laborers did not receive a bonus.
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8.
an ere was never a necessity to falsify figures to cover
all projects were completed on schedule
up deficiencies. The SMIIR was not connected with military
organizations nor had it ever installed or worked on any
project ordered or sponsored by the army.
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in 1956, a TV receiving and re-broadcas ng s a on
was being installed in IIfa.
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Organization chart No. 1 of the SMUR in Molotov
Director general, mi
istry Oblast represe
ative and projects i
spector (supervisor)
Chief engineer and
pro~eets chief
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Secretariat
Chief
accountant
Three ~
accountant
Personnel
chief
Engineer
economist
Engineer
assistant
director
One pro-
duction
chief
One norms
control
chief
One
production
engineer
Two chief
foremen
Four foremen
Sixty
laborers
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Secretariat
Organization chart No . 2 of the SMtTR in Uf a
rec or general,
inistry Oblast repre
tive and p~4,~eets i
inspector (supervisor;
Chief engineer and
pro3ects chief
Chief
accountant
Six
accountants
Personnel
chief
-Norms contro
chief
Five chief
foremen
Eight
foremen
hl'wo hundred
laborers
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Engineer
economist
Engineer
assistant
director