INDUSTRIES IN THE URALS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003300060006-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRALO~ILL ENIAOGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 50X1-HUM
1b49 51'81 CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY USSR (Urals)
SUBJECT Industries in the Urals
DATE DISTR. 20 October 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
PLACE NO, OF ENCLS. , 2
ACQUIRED (LISTED BELOW)
DATE OF I SUPPLEMENT TO
A> O REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTINL' THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
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Materials for'1
scaffolding, ventiaators
iri , SST called,G;~ITaRTF
(b) Tie main pr6duct i
exist=far Working, this razne
anoth?r. .large oo c
and is completely. 'equippp
propellers (Schiff Swollen
1948 a 300 m. long shop
The most important,
of the TriGIL roll ing.'millj chiefly
equipment, are obtained from ra works
SBEST 'has - the design.tior of NOVIJ - STROYI L
rican.machines. The manufacture of ships
k shaftp began here in 1947. In October
e wit1r 12 f lrnaces were put into operation.
in the SVERDLOVSK area for the production
of shoot-iron and white
east.of SVERDLOVSK.
a few shops are aa.rea
8,000 workers were al
SUSELKU, some kms. further south still, is the centre of a copper mining
district.
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W . .-at, present 'under construction'at SEVERSKI
ex of. 2,500 m. x 1,000 m..` is being; built. end
oration. .part from a large number. of builders,
raployed on actual prociuctiod by October, ' 1.948.
. chemicals factory with. thecbavignation
BOLESKOI.
BOLESKOI, a few kns.; south of SLV tSK.
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MY-fic (Industrial)
Industrial '.Plants in SVERDLOVSK Areal
1. SVEfDLOVSK.
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(i) The URALMASH Steel works at SVERDLOVSK are, located north of the
town centre within the inner city and cover -an area of ca. 2,000 M. x 2,000 in.
The. works were built in 1925, but since 19+7 have been considerably enlarged
and modernised.
(a) URA,LIAASH Steel rlo^ks.
(ii) In October, 1928, .85 shops were in operation. A large part of
the works is now turning; out 76,2 tern; A.Tk./A.A.' rlual-purpose guns, but since
1947 shops Nos. 61-67 have also been producing arrnoiir plating which is not
used for the above mentioned guns. The guns themselves. are adjusted and
tested,in,the grounds of this factory
(iii) other shops are engaged on the'. production, of machine tools and
other p'iece,s of factory equipment.
(iv) puri.ng the war, parts for the. T.34 tank were also manufactured
at URAL1Q,gi, -but this production has now ceasdd
/ (b) TURDINEINTSAVOD Engineering Pact tory.
facturing wheels for guns and works closely with'URALMASH,
(d) There are in addition in SVERDLOVSK, some 30 research institutes ,and
and are turning out tanks
(c) Near SVEIWLOVSK? Station is xocated a rubber, factory which is manug
These works are located close to UPALivfASH
and aircraft engines.
an - observatory for magnetic and meteorological., recordirX95.
? 2, NI2HNI TAGIL.
(b) In NIZH, NI TAGIL :' tself there is.` a waggoh factory making "Jos.cf ST AT,II1''
(a) large aircraft :factory is loclated .very 121ose to the SVERDLOiSK
1 an1cs. rnis concern: n-is a subs1Ctiary at VOSHAN1 4near WV.JHDLOVSK, wh,iori
L assembles both t nks.(at the rate' of 10 a dajy) and trucks.
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fozznity.with German; design or wit Pict"uall czldismantled ,industrial plant:
U:$'.S.Lis at present being built at TI:G L. tar o proportion of the
axi. en lneerxare actually en'gag .i. IZ,. on. this construction proj.ebt.
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2. { The railway line between SVERDLOVSK and CHELYABINSK is
double-tracked, and is electrified from the large power station
(No. 720) at SVERDLOVSK. . Steam trains also run on the line.
3. The-sidings at every station and stopping-place on this
line, and the. branch lines runMing into it, were packed wits trucks
containing great quantities of factory machinery and machine tools,
all or most of which were said to come from Germany.
hero was 50
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could be despatched as needed to any part of the USSR.
- --- - ~~? Liiv vai.tnO vw .-t; zxtbdumu.Luu ana comp.letea at CH.ti;LYA
Individual components of JS 3 and JS 4 tanks were manufacture
Tr . _T4RR .Pxvr. Abko oh1T fa: ~~ y t~ U dmui1 one bel:Leved to
t o th.
n'earor CH:EBARKUL than MIASS, it was considered to' be the MIASS
there was a factory (No. 9) making ZIS 5 trucks. Although it wais
railway line and adjoining,the north-west corner of Lake CHEBARKUL,
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6. Some of ~ t;HA 1-'m,rLre mfln,,fln.,+,, a .-. a.,- _ __-
motor-vehicle factory. From the size of the factory
of the factory.
gas. They were poorly made and used for short runs in the region
being manufactured at this time e+ t I. SS
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