THE KRISHIM PLAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R001300160026-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: October 25, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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us flattest and an fartila part of the RsiRariaa territory
is the Plovdiv plaint particularly its southwestern seotioms anal
trict!s villas. This plain is taasas for its abuaiaat preduetloa
of high quality fruit, gropes And vegetables, net only all over
Bulgaria, but also abroad, far beyond the bordsn of the oouatry.
lbs trials plain is toasted in the lowest part of the valleys
of the viaba and Stara Saba rivn:s,chiek run from dos western arcs of
the Rhodope to the Maritsa River. On the south it toeehcs the stomp
slopes of the Rhodope, near triokia villas, and on the west it is
bounded by the Scsuparski bills, .hick are as high as 400 ^ in alti-
tide. During the sammmr, those barst yellow line hills tors a sharp
watrast to the triable plain, sovsred with thick sad fl t greenery.
On the cant the plain toushsa the low hills now historical Porushtitea
villas, and on the north the plain widens out and ruse as as loscp-
arable p.,t into the vast Plovdiv plain.
T1, c? greatest length of the Rritin plain, from inch in villas
to too r?_ouin railroad statics by the Maritsa River$ is about 1$ bm.
Is the :.ttsr, particularly around Rurtovo Senate villas, the plate
narrow ba, but Smack wider at both its cods. From the foothills
of the h.Aapm mountains the plain widens to the wet and mcrgss with
tbo small plain in the valley of the Stan River aoar IspmrUdmvo
village chick iaoludaa parts of the lands of Sosarsbo wad Syya vil-
lages, peStora sboliya. Us trickle plain has as overall area of
about so so b,. Its surfocm to entirely flat, and is slightly iselinmd
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to Lac ninsavte tad tae t;v, ? stsr. its alttftft IS eat
sea a. 1R. plats is cowmd .tt-depaatta tree me wafts we ftem
fa atria plain is aMrastsrtay IV its an omW summer
ay eea?srasinlp MIN Raters. it "Ma am Om" at sM wesba
tear aat has a geed draft, shish is tatnnbla to me flusf treas.
The oversee seal raiatall hem is 460-NS lit per Mt as rick is
aarsn now safticlaat. Msuflts an portiaalarly severe is summor.
Sewer, tkaaka to artificial trrtgatia 1huft sae aartiaatarlt la-
taaiticd Oaring the rears of an paaple's ngtaw faucets at tM
Crisham plait so longer .tint its yrinaltaral yield. Sre.Mt ban
been entirely seatwrsd. A thick atarh of camin dram a me wten
of am take am Stan Be" Starte aad arripsos almost all tM led
of this fertile "elm.
no Crisham plait as densely powlatsd. The largp.t sattie-
teats bore are Criatta vallaga (7.000 powlatia), Critic retire"
station (oar 0,000 people), sad artae rmare village (30000 pope-
lets..). as satire plait be" at cedar .altivatla. lbere an as
Stacey gross". The Criekim population is pearly supplied with
arable lead. lien the national averW is 43 dessrto of arable lay
per Subspace peasant tvaily. Site is this plait here are ealy 12
dsnareso respeetlnnly, i.e., 3.3 dace lose. About 3/3 of the Is"
bore balsas to the lira trrbers' Oasporatia., Sit an all rue
add an moans as select as the sentry. flay Mn apactaliaed is
tM produetia of trait, grapes, w nietablo..
flasks to artificial intgatta. abuadaat fortillstagt ay
the ear Increasing iatredwtla of eaders agretechaleal anus. tM
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sespsratin taa^ars and ptinnf eaaars is as Randals plain be"
IS and staW a/riealteal yields. Bice is Iwo anon, $ swap
a poor am harvostod.
UW aala asrisultaral steps Is the Brisk" plain an fruit,
sratoo, sad vegetables. Is twe fields the pa stIns ealsrieaae
of as population is very sataaaiw, and the psapla?a rosin soma
agSussof it.
Fruit sewing takn that plan is local yrioaitaral pndss-
tioe. Is any settlements it aoosasts for half the total mesas of
the ppulatioa. Oroharla oooupy Only ; of the arable land is sal-
geria, Silo Mrs they eosin y f%, mad is the area of Burton Mars
village orekards assoust for 405 of the total saltivaud area. Osnriap
the stirs criekis plain, the orchards look like a real feat. If
you travel by rail tram the Wrinkle retinal station to Pambean, you
will moan vast ass am old orehsrda tsar Burtovo ioaaro, Inn dalo,
sriohia, Isporihbovo, and lyada villages. Into everything is hidden
by the think forest of fruit troos. Absadaat water babbles alas the
armarous annals, irrigating orderly orsharta, floss tress are heavy
with fruit. At the sipt of those vast orchards, as eastt fail to
realise that this plain to itisod the orehsfl ganba of Urge*.
no BriMia plain isaluSs ever 14,000 deems of onlaf,
and this represents more than the man total of the orchards sa the
entire shaahove Okrmg, sad equals 44s of the erehards is the sla-
povpad Ohag. In density of trait tress, the aishia plain plans
hip is natarlssa to other piano is Bulgaria, no r-:sarian average
is 1B4 donna of erahards per 1,000 persons, Silo this plain has
do deews per 1,000, OW is Barton Mere village there are 140
deeare5, is., $ does"s for every i people.
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TM Sriebis Plata is a typical Si. crabs". Cu a national
average, only $01 ftf all srebsrds in tbs so=ts, are apple osshsads,
chile l an ? r at w total stand area. The as' : scans
types of apples ssltiwted Mn an A,vesiys, cartovrba, Slatsa Sias
rarssaa, etc. Mrs ormharde an esltinated by sedsas fleas, partie-
ularly sa the tars 0orbere Cooperatives. They ere abundantly irrigated
and tertiliaid, sprayed by +eslal asS$ses, and dsalS with skssioals
by airplane. Ors airplane as Met 3.000 Mwrss of o rebards daily,
thus doing the .afl of about 1,s" Workers.
Tbs yields of the fruit pow" of the srieia plain are
fasout. Applying sodamegrcteskaigsee, they protons s to 5 tons of
apples per dears. The shfs*isns is this field have obtained rsoord
yields. Thus, for lastasss, is 10iS is Oartono bean village, the
aversgs yield for $0 Mews as 0,741 kg of apples per Mears, and
is flags village S Maws yielded 13,000 bg sack. The entire plain
produses about 20 to 40 suits kg of apples nasally. The majority
of this produos is exported, ass tin part is eossu^SA in the ooustry,
and a part is proosssed in the naming eambiss at trials railroad
station.
Is addition to apple orchards, tad trials plain bas also a
all number of peach onhards (over 700 !assns), sherry orchards
(350 Meares), and plus orchards. Is the as (bnrabavso ssaodelehs
stpasstve, !date tars) near Sartove bean village Looms and other
subtrspleal fruits grew in p+eeskouas. The production of new
sherries and peaches asst be increased is this part of the sentry,
is view of the seeds of the cassias isMstrp.
 pacts of the plats. V1as ands saner naat me" of the Irtakim plaice.
They two ? about soli ad the arable last of tiia plain, Si!. vlse-
yarrs oooapp an an average 1% of the arable issd of 00 satire entry.
lets, under ireigatioa, they produce 49000 bg of `ryes per dosage.
must of the gropes are dessert types, large and swat, famous is bar
and foreign markets.
A this important agricultural brawl is the alibis plain is
vegetable production. It In Important for esport purposes, and also
supplies the ensuing industry with raw Materials. The plain ranks
Wong the best areas In Bulgaria is Production of ve"tables; in
particular, of early tomatoes. It includes vast vegetable gardens.
In the country as a Whole vegetable gardsas senor only 1% of the
arable laud, Whiles here sack gardens occupy 11% of the cable lard,
i...2 more than 7 tines (sic] the country's average. A great guaeity
of tomatoes (mostly early) an grow in artovo sonars village (1100
Sissies), at aishia railroad station (over 000 /ceases), is love
solo village, "die" village, and others. Ives tM courtyards in
the villages of the Iriobla plain are planted with tt^atoes, easefully
cultivated. In this respect the people have great backlog of enperiesee.
The producers are being aided by seieatifto Workers is the field of ve-
getable growing, and by wisely employing soviet experience. Groot re-
sults have been ask tend through the culture of tarto seedlings Which
can withstand a temperature of even do as sea be traasplaat?d to the
field early, and produces early tomatoes, for ?ssrele, is 1904, is
the Larsen sosare village MS (Trudeve ssmdS$lls be?perativao sto-
paastvo, ram yorhers? osep?rstive) plants cultivated is the orrdiaary
p yielded sa average of 1,010 kg of early tomatoes per does" and
as is?sr of 4,607 lava per deeare, Whirs plants g=sa by tae sold
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7-006 ier.' 030000 sw domes. !UM-woe are else erNa in model
1'a?1s pets. the trials plain end w saw pacts of the Plovdiv
Oeatiya preduse about 495 of w total yield of early teaatsso to
9algartao no oreduotiw of red psppero at w Snip. type, ate
are pr s??d is the eanatag eaterprins at as Die 3* relined
station. is also moll developed.
trait grow'"$ vlasyards, and vegetable posing eatiroty
doaisato swisultreo is w Orinkis plain. The other ap'iealtural
brannkMs an poorly developed born, and tail to Mtisfy ewe Si.
sees of w local popatatia, for Laetaaos, grains Mom" Mir
90% of the arable land ere, but they an partly soma as seeded
crepe. Usually, after w early twatas an piohod, the fields
are plants with eora, apish, under inigatiw to f rtiiisod areas,
yields 900 to t00 kg of orals per does". Industrial crops end
livestock breeding are poorly developed.
no triolin plain not only has a moll developed agrieallture,
but also a developed industry. The met important industrial neater
here is w trickle railroad station. It is a now ssttleat, grow
up around w station itself. Unta1 w fires World War, there was
nothing bore but several sail lane. Is ills the population w only
994 peoples and in 1094, 000. later, dw to w expert and preossing
of vegetables, fruit, and grapes, w popslaties grow rapidly. In
1N0 w Settlement (-srged with the neighboring polateve village)
numbered 9,900 potpie. Mwver, w rapid growth of industry bore
resulted Is a population inoroaso to over 1,000 people, aad is oertala
seasons of w year 9,000 additional avers our from nevly, paaardaik,
and w seiglboriag cities. Winkle is growing fast, sad is looking an sad
more like a city.
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The DIMIm milrsS statism is sae of thle lamest satin
of a* astamiam s iaf beasts!. Attar their aatismaliaatiss,
the osaaiat omtsrprlass t*iab were ostsbliabed Mn bob -a- ISIS
and 1W an expanded sad nsderslaed, becoming $5 Titsa as Mato
Gamins slue. It pooessos about 38,000 tons of verotablos
aaasa lp, a Law" part of Irish are supplied Am tbi Diets plain.
!be saublae produces tomato pulp, saaasd Vegetables, Jollies,
preserves, swot preserves, eeanod fruits, fruit Jukes, ssnrd
Met disnss, ate -- a total of about 100 different kinds.
The Itriskia railroad station is as important vies predustion
canter. sbs Tinprca enterprise located lore processes over T,000
tons of grapes saaually,ad produces oomsiderabls quantitios of
ligrurs, wine distillation products, aptrits, salelm tartrate,
ete. A larp awNrn wine cellar will be built an soon.
ass wad largest industrial enterprise at triants railroad
station. It is the fruit of the vital 3ulpriaa-Soviet trisodabip,
and is the only Vulgarian enterprise of its kind. harp quantities
of Hood pulp are prooosaod, and cellulose is sad. an by using as-
rrous obemisal substances aad the abundant water supply soa-isa from
gloss-b" iarst sprIgM. Ise cellulose is used is tko production of
entree type poor, from tie a special factor" mabu-s paper bass for
Ike transportation of sbsaioal fortilisors, swat, flour, eta. in
addition, tko combine insists a tastery for Us extraction of tammates
from the barks of sak, spruce, and other tress. !boss tamatoa have
meek use is the Vulgarian leather industry.
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quality trait, sset+ss, - nn"t...les, Sna W OMM41, lathy to fa"
tars 5816=L14 Unties k is SYltias, s Mow pert at tie puts.
of as. dais rose to t. nitn a aeta - IS Oweebusl.ntia,
rerassW, I asr z, w ::: .? ? , VMS, tsri. as wlaOsr et 1t0D,
I al ?P sawrwr tits. ? a_ A Ssatsa Maseiratis MPwrlie ynsarws,
Jollies, easd lash, Irsss eis ebovrtn, lesateer, eta try trials,
I as tanlwlnlt N'- I at tie dsirsa of dewlepssst of Sit tslprias
natal iaSwetrF, attar is is law" asessra skew is cis Warted sad
rigs gsalit7 pndsoe at do Dials ntorprian? isatsd is tie sidat
at ewe et lks an tsrtile Plates .s ?slpria.
(Psis 1 original) roster K as t iaris flats
(Pys s original) stnSzrg field is try Driekia via"
(psis 3 original) sia "VStssise" Cssaiag 0061aa at tut ariaris
Sauteed Station