THE TOWN OF ALUKANE: PRINCIPAL STREETS, BUILDINGS/CLIMATE, HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSiFICAI- ION CO _
CENTRAL INT CY
INFORMATION REPORT
PLACE.
ACQUIRED
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. O Nov 53
NO. OF PAGES 41
NO. OF ENCLS. 1
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS VALUATED INFUKMAIION
a`?`? ffolilla wer of keyed to tke attached eketohZSoe Enclosure (A)7 of Alukone,
apPrOximt.ly five thousand au duly 19447
1. farrow-gunge, e1ngle?traoked railroad to Valga,ZE-'tonia7 a county seat 4? .:1,s
northwest of Alukane.
2. Railrved station, a red brink building.
3. Sall grain mill.
4. Slaughterhouse, a wood building.
5. Small linseed oil plant which produosd all eakso for feed and oil for
paints. Stone building.
6. Two-ltory wood and brick building housing the post office sad the
telephone exchange.
7- Nj1j*q_r7 "=arst16& eneittiag of two large fireproof brick barracks
and several smaller buildup. several battslisou of soviet infantry
were stationed here prior to the Geraas sewpas at the boglsaift of
World War II. The Germans used the barredw mile they ware in eesepa-
ties of the area.
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9. A.eelri_ poor Planks wsiag woed for HnZ, wiiel applied ssrreat for
Aluksae and for nearby faaoa. Sion bmi345,
4. Cluster at pall enterprises oo"risfag a swwalll, grain all, viol
and line. weaving shop., and a brewery.
10. P i f ! _ w b e e m y- --=? t1j - 01a- amsakilt
ft"7 stem baildiag.
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USSR (Latvia)
The Town of Aiuksne, Principal streets,
Buildings/Climate, Health, Agriculture,
and Other ki&nellanwnnB ! to n.,tion
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12. High aohool, two or three-story brick building completed in 1238 or logo.
13o Jail.c small red hrinL- r.".,,,.-_
14. City hall, one and one-halt--story atone building.
15. Fire station, small wood and brick building.
160 State-owned bank, giro-story brick building.
17o Cooperative bank, wood building.
186 Large brewery near the lakes et=-
the center of Aluksn?. ""L1Oin6, about four kilometers from
12. Luthoran Church, stone building more than one handed years old in 19".
20. Greek Orthodox Church, relatively now brick building.
Misoellannous Infarction on /lukAs
and the Surrounding Area
aiimate and Rainfalls There is year-round precipitation but Apil are the -r-a-fia-0-gV ninths. Fall rains turn to snow in late P vimber and bi her
snow does not melt until aid,lpril. Lam cultivation begins from early to
mid-May. July is the war sot mouth w&th ten .ratures up to SO in the shade.
Yid=winter temperatuive range from 13 to 22 below zero.
Water Su I and Sanitatioae Most private residences had their own
Bo ing ie water was a na ter of individual ud sell..
and some usually did not, la 1944 the hospital ennddna fewoof usually dig
were the on. build- a in Alukane with rennin wetter of the newer r?sidemoer
dud
fact itiea. nudern toilet
Dispo
of waste and other sanitary problems were under strict control of the It -sal
officials,
Residential Hon.! Bost of the dwellings were siag1e-f0mily of diversified
:lsiga and bu t usually of wood and masonry, There were some all-brisk
houses. There were a tow apartment houses near the center of town. Meet
owners of single dwellings rented at least one of the roams to tenant..
rioultur? in the Hinterlande the principal products of fares in the Alukaaa
area were, I the e er of vo Une of
produotioal, as Poliewas
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oats
barley
wheat
flax
potatoes
There were no oeeneroial orchards but amq people had
oonsuagticm. Wild b?rri?s,?sp?cially apple trees for Nrswmal
eranb?rri
eet were a fairly Imports"
souroo of foods Plant dis?u?s were present but never serious. ist a" a
disease which causes the tops at notatos
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nigh ?aosg U psapi* of the ann. me
pnwU*s as w? ;,s ppa~ass. d OWMI or taberoriiesis saw
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Lisi:iwsit and 1 ivseisst 3M1 149. edit osrar, horses ssd shop wore
ra s area wars relatively tree fm intsotioas disease. Thurs
we an outbreak of isot ad asdh disse
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raoe aorsss whioh seas people ovaed) M'sly suffered train agthiat noreM%
serious than spaoiss.
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8NCLOSURE (A)a Sketch of tho To-,m of Aliikene, Lqtvia
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