STUDY OF SOVIET RIVER TRANSPORT

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TABL:I Q~ OQNT NT6
Length of Waterway
II. trnjoj.j
3
1. Tr~neport on main waterway 4
2. Local transport and transport on oma11 rivero 7
iv.
A. aenertl plan, 7
3. auidtng principles in developir-g river transport 9
from 1946 t4 190
0. Increase in river fleet exploitation a
D. Inoreaae in length of average run g
D. Mechanisation of loading and unlouding operations 9
~'. Increase in freight and passenger traffic 10
G. Distribution of ehipment over river systems
df 1Y1fl11 gOanP ef1fl'Dea
A. Timber
B. Building n terial
C. Petroleum produc to
D.
j
Grain
B. Coed
B'. Salt
Q'. Chemical products
K. Various merchandises
I. Pa?eengers
V. River,fl edt_alut~ i_ty d y. otim n .
A. Shipbuilding in the prewar ive'Years plans
B. War loseeg
C. Fourth Five Year Plan
1. Development of river fleet
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as Standardisation of ship t7pws
Oategoriae or waterw y and prinvipal typee
of tuboate and bargee ueod.
3. Shipbuilding in 1946..19~O
Tdentifioation of ricer transport shipbuildi
industrial eaterprises.
4, Ship repair
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1913
1938
1938
1937
1940
194'
- - 19~O
1 WAfl1 WAYS
The USSR has 108,000 rtvere approximately, for total length
of 8,400,000 km and about 8#000 1akee. More than s0 rivers sre over
1,000 km long.
About X20,000 km of river, can be used for navigation.
Moat
1.
Leath of waterways (In million kilometer'
Buoyed for navig- Buoyed for nav'I-
ation during the Batton duriog
day and at night the day
2.
Not buoyed
Total length
36.0
4,0
38.0
72.0
31.0
18.9
18.
68.4
47.3
80.9
9.4
77.6
X7.4
22.8
7.0
87.8
67.1
2!x.2
1.7
94.0
63.8
30.6
2.4
96.8
_71.0
?~u~.,...
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_18
10o. 8
T
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U_S$R
The total length of waterways exploited by organisations other
Fleet
than the Ministry of Riverfupoobcie only about 2 to 3 thousand
kilometers. By 19'O it shoujt reach about 1,000 lilometers. Therefore
the over-all length of waterways exploited in the USSR should reach
11,000 kilometers in 1980.
2 G NEBAL ORGANIZATION OP RIVBR TRANSPORT
s
Ship Lin?7
Thirty-five navigation companie existtng carry out river transport.
Feet
- 32 oompanies are under the Ministry of Riverf~
USSR (in Mosoow)
- 2 Companiee are under the Main Administration of the Northern
Sea route (in Moscow)
- 1 company is under the Oounoil of Minietere; ~ Latvian
SSR (in Riga)
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oa tb,,,,,~ e r_; w1ng ricer ePeteJee txsneportation to carried out by
Ricer Navigation CoapanieeLF;
A.
A. Eflv' Y, $ 6 companieo
1) "Volgotanker" River Navigation Oompany (petroleum)
Head office= Astrakhan
2) Vo1ga River Navigation Company for Freight Transport
Head offices Kuybyshev
3) Vo1ga Aiver Navigation Company for Freight and
Raeeenger Transport
Head office; Oor'kiy
4) Moscow-Vo1gr~ Cr&L piv.r Navigttition Company
Read office= Moscow
) Moeco~Clca Inver Navirati on Company
Head offices Moscow
6) KamF~ River Navigation Company
Head offices Molotov
7) Vyatka River Navigation Company
Head office; Kirov
8) Helaya River navigation Company
Head office; Ufa
B. Northern riveryat en
I. Pechora river ny~tems 1 company
9) Pechora River Navigation Company
Head office; Kanin
II,
1C) Northern River Navigttion Company
Head office: Arkhangel r sk
U) Sukhona River Navigation Company
Head offices Vol.ogda
2 companies
sic
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{xx. e f 1 aompany
12) Lk Peypue Hivor Nevi at t on Oompar~y
Head ofrioes 1'srtu
Iv. Northweetorn river eyetems conspanieo
13) Northweetern River Navigation Oompary
Head offices LAnin~rad
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14) r anew ?diver Nevigat i or. Compaiy
Head offices Petro~evade1c
1rs) 1hekena River Navi~atioa Company
Head offices Oherepovet
Ca 11 companies
I. Western lying river eves 1 compeny
ib) 'rtern Lvii Riv +r N'.vignt ion Company
Head offices At,gn
II. Netne r3v+j Avatems 1 eou pany
1?) Neman River Navigation Company
Head office: Kaunas
t i I . ..,.y...6 1 company
1s) m eetr River Navigation Oompany
Head office; Bendery
Iv. en, r riv? r tin: 2 companieg
19) Dnepr River Navigation Company
Head office; Kiev
20) Upper Dnepr River Navigation Company
Head office; 0omel '
V. Dnn&ttvqyfltn ' 1 company
21) Lon River Navigation Company
Head offices 14natov on Lon
VI? rrrt 1 company
22) Kura River Navigation Company
Head offices Rau
VII.L company
23) Ural Riv'?er Navigation Company
Nead ofiaes U`ra1 'e
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VIII . ,. yJL'tW 1 o ou pY
24) OAntral Aats~iMN1 Rivoz Naviation Ooaspany
Mood Offices Ohardshou
Ix. 1 aoTnp~ny
2) ~i huh-ILi Nivor NstvigAtlon Ooinpany
head offices Iliysk
X. :KU1L!?.~ Jtx.P'fl.t 1 Company
26) Ieeyk Kul' Hiver Navigation Oompany
Head office: Hybaoh'ye
D. Aaetern river eyetema: 9 oompanie?
I. Qk,!,.41Ler..eY, 3 00nrpaniea
27) wart Siberian River Navigation Company
I!oad offices Novosibirsk
28) Lower Irtyah River Navigation Oosapasay
Head offices Omsk
29) Upper Irtyeh River Navigation Oompany
Head office: Semipalatinsk
II. Yari~ewv r~v1r ey~tems 2 comp8niee
30) Yenisey River Navigation Oompaty
Head offices Krasnoyarsk
31) :at Siberian River Navigation Oompany
Head offioes Irkutak
III. Lena xlver ayatomc 2 companies
32) North Yakuttan River Navigation company
Head offices Yakutak
33) I,e19a River Navigation Ooxnp+any
Heal offices Yakutek
Iv. Yana Hiver navigation Company
Head offioes Yanak
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V. oompaoy
) Amur Neer Navigation pnmpany
Need otfioet i habarovec
s~cR~r
Organised either bar 1AOa1 oectiona of river vi t%en oampaniee
or 'by epAotn1 adminietrationo under t ii oxeoutive committee of
AdmtnietrattvA vA;ione.
III PROBLEMS STRDSS~D IN` RIVE TRANSPORT BY T1'L ~'IVD .Y PLAN
A. G.
Anon! other production inoreiQea, the following are provided
by the 1948.49!0 live-Year Pinru
petro~,eum industry products 1 percent
4r metallurgy products 3~ pe~cent
timber !c9 percent
agricultural products 27 percent
mineral fertilizers 70 percent
Thi plan requires a considerable increase in transport, mainly
in river transport, since the produetn above are among the meet impor..
tint to be ehipped by inland watdrwaye,
At the end of the Pive-Year Plan the total amount of merohan-
dize hipped meet increase
by railroad 28 percent
by river 38 percent
1 ~I (7' r II0 4 '
which will increase the brane'ioi4e44on volume river in the overall
volume of traffic.
In 190, inland waterways must carry out the following trne..
portation (in tor-kilometore)
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38.2 p~roent of the tote tvanepoxt of amber
21.8 poroont
13.1 poroent
.2 porcAnt
3. ,
of petro1eu ; produato
of oe :
of butldtng materiels
The guiding prinoiplee of the in giver treneport for
e~
194-19O re c
1. Comp.Qto ebeorption of timber 1og trnnsport by riven oroseing
foroat areas, and parallei to raitroade, railroad transport of suoh
timber being totally discontinued.
2. Maximum possible absorption of 'petroleum ohipmente by the
Volga, Kama, Dnepr and Amur.
3. Development o?' river transport is basins where no railroade
are available (i.e. lower Obi and enieey) to an extent which would
enure the developc~ent of the productive foroee of these baeine.
4. Development of long dietance river ehipmente, thoec of eeeential
goods in the first place.
. Complete absorption of local merchandise traffic in regions
oontiguoue to inland waterways.
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Figures below chow the mean utilization of the river fleet in 24
houre, for tug boats per ho 'a power, for ba,rgea per ton of burden,
as compared to 1913:
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1913 100 100 100
1937 182 188 2!4
1940 200 160 326
190 (plan) 222 214 3
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Theee',uree provtde a general Wm of rtver tranaporte, etoe
most off' them were done by towing whioh ropreeente4
1n 1946 96 peroont and
to 19 1 (plan) 94 pereen,t o' the total valume a t ftc
13,
InhIJaL
umber in ratts
tirber iu chips
bt~11dtng materials
petro1eu? produots
!J
1940
194
19!0 (plan)
3M6 km
314 km
437 4as
378
279
392
193
261
209
1,29
1,164
1,400
424
X94
497
R40
370
X10
1.224
1,~1R
1,40 ~
length of average rttn 491 1m
1913
1928
1932
1937
0 percent
12,0
1940
46.4
194!
1946
8,0
1947
64.4
190 (plan)
7.0
Oki
X39 km
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M1LL10'
1913
1918
1928
1932
1933
1934
193!
1936
1937
1,940
1948
190 (plan)
Co-a arod to
MtUtOa
2i11tou
1913
100
tone
about 3~
ton..kt1cm t ro
about 18.t
23.
8.3
R2.3
18.3
124YO
46.9
44.7
r2.7
64, 7
69.3
191.0
66.9
33.1
2O9.!
74
3!c.9
7
18.3
280.0
91.
49.3
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17.8
43.6
41.6
41.2
41. ~-
46.8
63.1
73
3B. r
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ever Sayetane
0,
1nr3adm the Kam river
Nor Y.s t,9toa
inclnding the Northwester,
river' ryIteA
51xA L Lt
including the Dnepr river
wyotem
including the Ob' river
system and the Yenieey
river eyetem
Total
!I'ot~l run is
bi111on ton-
kilomobAra
in 1980 (plan)
3~,2q
DevAlop~ent oonpared Wtt
1940
194!
143 peroent
2 percent
113 percent
11
236 peroent
X10 p o ro ant
372 percent
2.04
123 percent
72percent
2.99
140 percent
4!'4 percent
1.78
130 percent
R~3 peroent
1`?0 percent
190 percent
2.24
129 percent
204 percent
141
160 percent
206 percent
49.30 billion
ton-kilometere
138 percent
270 percent
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zv PPUNOZPAL a00U3 8NXPPD BY PZV T8PQNT
Total tiguroa of gooda to bo ahippe4 by giver in 190 aeoordiz
to the Five Year Plan;
timber in rsfte
timber in al~i~pe
bui1diz materials
petroleum produote
o?-eertf
coal
salt
miscellarneo i
Total
Million tons
Billion ton*kilometeravorage
ran in km
43.0
18.8
437
8.8
3.4
383
1o.;
2.2
308
9.c
13.3
1,400
.7
2.8
497
4.0
2.0
R~0
1.7
2.4
a ,40K
8.7
4.4
91.
49,3
X39
jej tre$ fi ,: 73 million pereone
This table ehowo that essential goode represent 90 percent of
the total shipment.
1, T mbe
Timber remainel the most important merohandize shipped by river.
Timber shipped in 19301
,,Q? 11.{o tons_~~in ate (18.8 billion ton-kilometers for
an average run of 437 km)
a g + 1,ion tong _ ~n_ah~+1_ (3.4 billion ton-kilomet ere for an
average of 392 km)
In 1930 timber shipment by river in ton-kilometers will reaoh
61 percent of timber shipment by rail and 38.2 percent of the total
by rail and river,
1) Toreg : rf ~,e~ Utine -
Timber will be sent down the Kama river to the Volga River.
Timber transport on the Kama river was 2. million tone in
'L940: this quantity meet inorease to
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This timber ie deeigned for the redone along the Middle and
Lower Volga; tranefer ports of Mtralhrn' 8ta1i sad and Sr ' tov,
for further ,Ail shipment toward tho Donets industrial basin, the
U
region of Roetov, the Northman Gauoaeue and the Traaeoauoaeli ruvr
Timber transport on the 10ema River wi11 be developed by butid.
ing a hydroetatia oenter in Molotov, the tirnt part of which will bo
completed at the end of the 1946-.19O ~ige'Year Plan. The Molotov
dam not only will mine the water levol of the Kama river itself but
that of its affluente as we11.
8) rest? oo?~e V1oner?Yo1~tt (above jhohe b kovL o the
Sheherhakna
Ib.
This lumber ie ehipped to Moccow on the Moecow.Vo1ga canal,
The lumber supply of Moscow by water, including lumber chipped
from the South via the Oka and Moskva rivers, will inoreaee 13 percent
in 1940 and 30 percent in 190,
3)'ar+~t,~ o' tlNor,_,h~rg,b,~ (regions of the Northern Dvina,
the Omega and the Meeen' )
In 19O water traneport of timber will reach Sd m 1 ip car+r
r
which wia.l surpass the prewar 1eve1e.
Timber chipped by water will be need ae follows;
by the Ar1changA1'e1c timber industry) the meet important in the USSR,
by the industrial center of Ko tas (at the junctions of the Northern
Dvina an8. the Vychegda, 610 )I N, 460 36' )
by the Arkhangel ?ak export,
U.
The five-Year Plan provtdes that transportation of timber by river
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must be r~eetabliehed at prewar level, is the NorthwQeterr basin
(eningrad^Oo?t3vir~aValkhov region). Thia wil], beoome
p0eeib1e
through a ooneiderabla inorAaae of tianber import from the a.re~o-
Tirti1eh S$R (5e? a~eo NO
In 1946.49O the inoreaae of tvansit chip) ent of timber in the
Lnepr.Wietern Dvin basin (from the Dvina to the nneprt) win be limited,
oinoo tk4e main part of the 2e1oraesiaa eoonounio production has euffered
eonniderably from the 4ermt~n occupation. In addition to eloruesian
0 timber, the Ukraine will rAoeive timber from other regions, aarelia in
particular. Thie timber will bR ehipped by combined transport (rail and
river). Timber tranefer ports, from rail to river, are:
aomel' (on the Sozh, a tributary of the Dnepr, R2? 2! N, 31? 00' E)
Pkhov (on the Pripyat', a few kilometere above Mazyrt arhics~is
located at 03' N, 29? i6' ~)
ZF l obis (on the Dnepr, !4' N, 32? 02' E)
The total lumber shipment in the Dnepr basisi for 19!0 will be
2.3 million tone, including 700,000 tone by oombined transport.
6) Bprept~r of the_ rewer~.Ir~,vrh
River s hipment a of lumber will reach L 1 B_mi11 i en t r j in 19 0 ,
i.e. 24 percent more than in 1940.
1. Forests of the Tavda (tributary of the Irtysh) and of the
5os1va (tributary of the Tavda) will be used to cover the needs of the
Urals. Transfer from river to rail ie oper~bed at Tavda (on the Tavda
f{ ~.
'
o i
River F8? 03i
6
,
f 19
N
; termil of the Sverdlovsk x
r
2. Timber from the Lower Irtysh foreete will be sent to Omsk :(on
the Irtysh) for transfer to rail and shipment to the Kazakhstan, in
particular to the Karaganda coal basin (49? N, 73?l0' E).
7) ~'orest~s of the Ob'
1. Timber from the Altay in stocks in the Upper Obt and its triw
butaries will be entirely sent to the Soviet Central Asia. Transfer
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on rail will be operated at Barr i4 (4n the Ob' Ntver, ~ o Q' tT,
a30 4S' ~), Tox this purpooe the A1tay ttmbor induetry and 1rnaul as
t7, tranafer base will bA developed.
a. In the Tom' basin(tributsry oI' the Ob' River, junction with
the Ob' at t3? O' 11, 84? 3O' appro imvtely) wave timber reaouroea
:ire vary 1%irga, atoreg~+ of timber `o' the Kneta~cr ooa1 basin (oentArt
Stalinek)previoualy Ku~notok, 4~t 'N, Q7? 09' ~) will bo developed.
Timbe- supply from the Narym region, the shipment oost of which is
very high, oould be red~aedd to tho mintmum. Shipment of thin latter
supply is a aombine4'ons by river to Tomsk (on the Tom' river at
6? 39~ N, Q4? 9' ~) whero timber is tranafered of to rail.
A conetderabl~ increase of timberfoato~A on the Yonirsy, from
the Amara forests to the saw-mills of the Lower Yeniooy at Ikarka
(67? 26' `T, 86? 36' E) and Dtlnka (69? 34860 lO' ) in
contemplated.
B. ~. ~.
The following transportations by river were scheduled for l9l~O
in the I'i~re -Year pl&n.
10, air + ? .of, building aaterie-ls (2..2 billion tonrkilometere
for an average run of 209 ha); this fire represents 7.2 percent of
the total amount shipped by both rail and river.
The percentage of building materiel shipment by river to the prinoi-
pal oibies with increase oonsidereblY. In the pseOppsus ly oaut,;e by
rail for lack of ships.
it
1) Ve1 ors iit.ai
Transport of bailding materiel is bring considercbly developed=
in 1940 3.! million tons
in 19~O w 4.3 Brillion tons
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Bblpmu4 of builaIo6 ait?sial to Moscow rla the 0#s egad Moikva
were aM the Mosoow.Vo1,ga canal, will reaoh 2,4 sillion boas is
1990, The volume of ehtpaent b~ river ooapared to the total volume
of sbipaent, river and rail, will inoreaee from 20 percent In 1940
to 3!1 pizolAt in 19O,
In the area of the Tol1a river eyeten the principal large quarries
of buildiu material, the prokaiotion of whioh is shipped by river, are
as follows t
a) &,.ri~y,lr
(Mharvess !hiryayevo and other)
ltae and limestone quarries,
b) J set en e~ ~h! e7 n~ d i $v.r~a
large deposits of gypsum and lime.
0)
gravel quarries
d) W1.p;
(Pies= on the Upper Volga between Rineehma and Kostroma,
970 27 N, 4~ 01' N)
very large gravel quarries.
e) ~Inl.tirer rltien
(On the Mosoow-Tolga canal, Dmitrov l~60 21' N, 370 32' N)
Very large gravel quarries.
f) won,
(On the Upper Oka, Kaluga R40 31' N, 360 16' N; dlekein
M0 31' N, 370 06' ~).
Limestone quarries. Main source of the Mosoow supply in limestone.
2) Other river sv,rt mr_
Transport of building material by rimer is oantemplated for the
Dnepr, the Don.Kuban~ and the Northwestern basins.
0. P.?tre .u; edv, ti
Aeoording to. the.. new IiveiTear Plan,. shipment of. petroleum products
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will hold one of the ieadis~ positions in river trans ort.
p in 19!10
the tonnage shipped will be
sfc~~`r
9.~ ai13ion tons (13,3 billion ton-kilometers for an aver e
ran of 1,400 km). Thie represeats 21.2 percent of the total shipment
in ton"kiloaeters for both river and rail.
The MJor part of these products, ?.l4 aillion tons (..Rezade
ian
1, R18 ka) Kill be shipped on the Volgga river syeten. The
averare oar?~
Tying capaoity of tan3c.barges on this system is 8,000 ions the .
mum being 12,000 tons.
1) A-*oA
Prom 8a1cn to Astrakhan' petroleum is shipped by the Merohant Nar
i ne
ships (Caspian Navigation Oomp.ny for Petroleua 8hi
paent, allay NNaeptankers,
head office in Bakn, and Caspian Roadstead Navigation Oompsn' for
Petroleum Shipment, alias "Reydtanker", head office in Astrakhan
) and
also certainly by the aka-KizlyarrAstrakhans railroad.
Shipment of petroleum in the Volga-gala basin is carried by the
"oolgatanker" River Navigation Ooipany, head office in Astralcchan '.
The following organirstions were identified as being placed une
r its
jurisdiotiont
"Xpioitatioa Sectore" on the Toe
ga in Astrakhan', Stalingrad,
Saratov, Kuybyshev, Gor 'lciy and Yaroslavl I and on the Hama in Molotov.
a. "Petroleum kreau" in Kamskoye Ust'ye (on the Volga, not
far from the junction with the gaaa)
- "Station" at Batraki.
Shipment of petroleue fro.. Baku to the mepr basin is carried from
Bakti to Poti or Batuai by rail or pipeline, from there to Odessa on
ships of the Meroki t Marine (B1aok Sea Navigation Oo
mpany for petroleum
Shipment, alias "Sortanker", head office in Odessa) In Odessa the petrol..
sum is tran>dfered to the Nirer fleet ships (Dnepr River Navigation Com?
pang, head office in Kiew),
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a) ~-abrakhan ~?ahoblr
'baker b~-droabsblo oenber (ab tie un
et the 901 n joblon
d the 8hekana rivers, I8? 03 !
valloh b~droatablo oenber (on the T o
elan A?' 38? 19~ z) ?
Moaoowiyoip canal ? *ga,
3) Aabrakban u?TolMa?8hoherbakor
hydrosbatlo oenber (at the Juno.,
ti on of the Tolga and the 8heksaa, 8 ? 08' o
~ K, 38 Ma , j) ? 8hekraa .~
Mari i nskiy sus t era (Shekaaa ? take 30107i canal ? Koreha . btar!laaldy
oaaal ? T70 egra - OneiBa canal) ? Stir' .
Lake Ladoga ? po'Ra.ya Ladoga
aanal a ~? Neva
The branalt oapaalty of bhe Mar!lnaki
y ryabem !r not 1Uftlolenb
under its preaenb ooadibion, and as to
ng as ibr reoonrbraobioa is not
aanple0ed, the use of aombined transport Will regain oonrlderable.
The bran?fer point from water to rail is *t Oherepowebr (on the Sheksaa
~9o 08 ~ K~ 37?
c) ~atrakhan~.volga,.~braki near: S i
saran on the Volg ~3? 10 N,
48? 40 ' I) where petroleum
is tr&nrfered onto rail and forwarded to
Siberia and gaeakhrtan, Shlpmeint on this line of purified petroleud
'ma also ;planned, although in rather uiall
4 ntibi?r. Other petroleur
products and crude oil frog Baku for Siberj a and 8axakhstan are to be
shipped on the Caspian Sea to Oar'yeyfr
~ from there rent through the pipe
line or by rail to Orsk (~l? 12' R ?
, 3' 1) and from Ore1c larther
on.
Ka:akhaban and Siberia will be supplied
with gasoline and t'ne1
oil from loon/ petroleum industries, from
coal dietille~tion in special
Siberian plants and from the Ufa (on the
Bela ya Mo 43' N, ~)
and the Kraanokamsk (on the Kara g80 04i N' o
~M 39 K) plants, which
are on the extreme Kastern part of the "Second N
Baku petroleum area.
a) It wa planned that in l9l0 ri,.r ship..
meat of petroleu~ products will reach 477 ooo
~ tans. In 1940, 3~ perms
cent of petroleum products supper for the
epr region caws by river;
the ?lyre 'fear Plan provided an increase of this figurd. The average
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ruin wtU be tnareased. This depends on inorsaetn$ shipments of petroleum
produots from Odessa to KiSY end bo regions loaatod farbher up on the
pnepr river syetem,
a )
A cerbatn part of the "Beaoad B 1ct petroleum produote wtU be
shipped oa the KANa river and its trtbutariss to the volga. Ittver trans.
port is expecting dtffioultte. in the organieatton of thee. shipments.
(See alsos Baku petrolew, , para;raph o).
3) &jjteta
On the /mar river shipment of petroleum products from local petroleum
plants will inarease aonstderablli which will come with some reduatton
t n shipment of crude oil.
D. Q!L!I1J.
The Fite Years plan provides for 1910 cereals shipments by river
for a total ii ount of s
1!.7 million of tons (8.8 billion ton.kiloeeters, average run 497 km)
The prinoipai river basins of the USSR also are regions of large
cereals production.
1. talus r1rei iyrtj> ,
c/
The plan has provided for 19l~O the following tonnage of
n
shipped by river:
L,,,~,~?,i,,,,,- The average run Will be 810 lcs, i. e. 43 percent
larger than in 1940.
Regions producing large ~uanbities offs are those of the
A
Middle Volga, partly of the Lower Volga, of the Kama, of the Belays
and of the V,4atka. Rivers of the Volga river system will transport
oss produced in the Urals, the Kasakh 55R will transfer on river
in 5nrutov, and those produced in the region of 0hkalov Will transfer
in Kuybyshev.
The principal will centers are in the Upper Volga regions. The
construction of a large elevator yes planned in the Western Port of
r is r,
Moscow, near the mill combine, for the reception of is.ssrin that
city.
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OJtWIPAiIPL of to be shipped by river. The average
run will be 131 ~ (118 kkAt is 1490)
3. l
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Planned oeweer~ shipments for 1950
Oidl~ mifion tons. The average ruin will be 290 km, which is 42
percent larger than in 1940.
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A considerable importance is attaohed to the developisnt of eesl
r
shipments from points loomed at the interior of regions aloageide the
rivers; this development will tae place in a parallel way with the
developrent of transport on the main rivers.
4, obi rv.t~
.le7
In 1950 transport of ewe on the Ob' and Irtysh WtU surpass
the prewar levels. Shipments on tributaries toward the main rivers
will have Ian important role,
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Coal shipments by river were provided as follows in the Five-Tear
Plans
4.0 million tons (2 billion ton-kilometers for an average nn of
510 km)
1? pprj,?,AaaL,
(Dorkatas d?o 30~, 0 03' )
According to the plan, coal shipments on the Pechora will be in
1950 twice larger than in 1940.
Principal lines for coal shipment from Yorkata:
a) f the p'ar 'yan"Mar port
When,( depth a the sea, ~~
is increased (Pechora estuary 670 3d~ p, 530 00~ ffi) oval will be sent
by rail from Yorknta to ganin (on the Pechora, near UstLWbshva which
is at g5o 09' N, X70 02' 2) where it will be transfered to river and
forwarded to Nang&n.M r. TeraiMle of thece ehipmeiete are ports of
the White Sea and l4urmansk.
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b) Development of combined transport has been pxaned foz- sup.
plytog Arkhanael'sic With ooa1. Coa1 wi11 be shipped by rail from Torkuta
to Kotlas (at me junotion of the Northern Drina and the 9yohoid
610 1 ~ N, 48 3B' p) and from there on the N - -
by orthera Drina to Arkhanel'sk.
3. 1a pA (Donets industrial basin)
I) Coai shipped by ritar to the non rive' basis cores (mainly?)
from the Kraenodonetekeya mina (480 02' N, 40? A6 K)
b) Coal for the Yolgf rifer eyetsm is shipped by rail to ?rasno..
armeysk (on the Vo1ga 48? 1' )1, 440 33 mf near 8talinigrad) more it
is transfaredd to river,
c) Coal for the Dnepr river baein is transfered from rail to river
in Dnepropetrovsk (on the Dnepr 460 28' N, 03' N)
3. l..aML
The Ki7el coal shipped on riven of the Volga system is brought
by rail to kamsk (on the Kama ~9? 38 ( N, 8? 47 N) which is the
transfer point to river.
4. Nkibai i1y Baal
(~cibas-'ru!t X41o 40' N, 710 20 K)
This coal is shipped by rail to Patlodar (on the irtysh 2? 17' N,
76? P7' K) where it is transfered on the river.
~? Oh run g r k t og1,
(Chernogorsks X30 49' N, 910 14' N)
0oai ib shipped by rail to Podkunino (no exact location available;
ohould be near Krasnoyarsk) for transfer on the Yenisey river.
trAnftfI3?_poinL
The following localities have been also identified as transfer
points from rail to river:
a) Kambarka (on the Kama 86o I, 4 12' i)
b) Oheremosbniki (in Toaek) which is on the Tor)', X60 29' N,
840 9' N)
c) Kemerovo (on the Tom' 521' N, 86? 04' K)
d) Omek (on the rrtyrh Sl~o 00' N, 730 23' N)
e) iakar'yev (location unknown)
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Tar 1980 the plan has provided for tho transportation of the
followiDC amouz:te of 'alt
(2:4 bi11ioa ton kitometors; average ran 1,40 n)
8a1t shipment by river from the salt water lake Baekunohak
(480 12' R, 46? M' R) will be increased. v1adtmirov1 (on the Volga
48? 9I N+ 48? ]O' ~) ie the transfer point from rail to river.
In 1946 approxisately one million bone of salt were shipped on
the Volga river.
,t1 G'r'; I
Rivers will be also used for shipment of , sIitt salts from doU-
l!anosk (on the Rama A9? 39' )T, nd? 47~ 1). There suite are obtatned from
potneeium ore.
G. C ~eTtuntL
The plan provides for a speedy development of sbipment of chemical
products. In 190 such shipments mast amount tot
QQjL_tpph The average run will be 1, 0l~0 km, twice that
of 1940.
1. ye1j&er_ vl tJp%,
Ohemtcal products shipped from the Caspian regions will be trane-
fered froon sea (and rail?) on river in trakhan'.
The principal products ehtppec~ are:
a) The production of the Nara-Bogez-tool Chemical Combine (on
the aetern ehore of the Caspian Sea 410 03' N, 2? RISC B)
The production of this combine, vhich includes a soda solution plant
and a bromt plant, is obtained b treating chemical prcducte from the
~ ~'
n
Kara..PogurGol Bay and from salt water lakee located th the vicinity.
,
b) Bari m (Ba) ore from the Caspian region
c) Pyrite and other ray n~teriale for production of eulfurte
acid, with transfer on river in Kambarka (on the Kamm 6? 11' N, K$ 12' B)
d) Potasetum ealt a from Solikamek (on the Kama 9? g' N,
6 47' R). Theee shipments will be developed considerably, when a
water reeervotr is built because of the important rise of the
Kama water level.
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I Sitpp1Y in 3'~M 1011taZ'li~Ii X02' the Yoikraeeptk pia,tb (on the
Mosko~ra firer ~O19, N, 38 44' 1). O emioa1 combine; 1943 out ut
x x /deleted per month: 13,000 ton of eultario aoi
d .aid unknon
quautity of e~pioeives.
t) iupply- in raw :aaterialc of the Oh.mioa1 Combine No 26 in
nsershin.k (on the Oka X60 1' N, 43? 39' p)
r
lines ei.t.7
Shipments of apatilioonoentrates will .tart frog Kirovck (670 371 N,
33? 40' 1) with transfer points from rail to water tran.port at tandaiaksha
(on the Northwestern chore of the White Sea 670 09' N, 38? 2' N).
The NNevskt v Ohemical plant in Leningrad will be supplied in the first
place (planned production for 1939: 300,000 tone of .uperphocpbatee),
thus when the Vo1gel.,ea1tio waterway is r~btit regions of the Volga river
system will be also supplied.
R. V*riour merehs,iAi
Among other merohandities the following are provided a. return cargo
for ships which have carried essential good.:
1.
Si) Timber for mine props from the Shoherbekor Water Reservoir,
the Sheksu and the Lake 8eloye.
b) Saws timber and timber to be finished into special products
with Yaroslavl' and Gor'kiy as transfer points.
o) Phosphate fertilisere from the Yoskreeenek plant (on the
Moskvaiver 19' N, 38 o 44' ~)
d) Sonapiron, metallilic- produete, machinery and motor care
from Moscow, Yeroelavl' end 3or'kiy.
e) Motor or ersginee from TaroelavL
f) mextiles, warioue induetrial products end food industry
product.
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In - 73 million paesRngere were shipped,.
~a.-1!4- 88,l~ a111S0II
Ian there will be
A $ a
includin~ 22.6 million in local oomsioations and transtt and N0
.4
million in eubuurban and intra..urbaa traffio.
Local and tranoit traffio will increase the most on the Vol the
Moecow..Volga oanal and the Oka, where the level wills se that of the
prewar period.
A special attention will be given to the development of suburban
and intra?urban traffic. Thus, for instance, on the Moscow-Po1 onna
ga 1
which became one of the favorite vacation resorts of the Moeoow
population,
will ship 3.3 million passengers in 19l~O, while in 1990 only l.8
million
pMeengere were shipped.
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Y BIV,1R rii1r AND ITS BXT opM
A.
Obviously the mayor part off' the Soviet
river ships are old and
for laak of ship repair enterprise. their
aaiatennnae ie poor.
percent of 'e1!?prope3 led .tips in se
iae is 194~ were built
bi`ore the Revolutioa of 1917.
Until 1928 .hipbaildina war very low. It
was Daly during the
''Y4aLa1a (1928.1932) that the Biter
f1act started to be
developed ooneiderably. During tht plan
91,000 of eelf.,propelled slip. and
2, 308, 000 tong of non self-propelled ehi
p. were built.
A. one can see, the great priority was given to the renewal of
useful tonnage. ~irlng the Se~ ?ive.T
(1. ~ 9 33 ? 4.11937)
207,000 of self propelled .hips and
317,000 tons of non eelf.propelled ships were built.
Shipbuilding figures of the
started in 1938
and interrupted by the war, are not known.
8, r os~
bring the war the river fleet lost=
More than' 1,000 eelfi.propelled ship. and
more than 3,000 non e91f..propel1ed shipg were de
ebroyed, .ianlc
or damaged; 80 percent of the.e losses are beyond repair.
In 1948 more than one half of ehipe which it
was possible to .alw
vage were repaired and put into eervioe, which amounts
to less than
20 percent of war loses..
Losses include more than 300 passenger ships, most of which are
motor boatf totaling a power of more than 50
,000 Hp.
0. Fourth yiveWYear plan
1.
The Fourth Five MYear Plan provided for the d
evelopment of elude
fleet by building;
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300,000 Ip of eelf=propelled ships snd
3,000,000 tone of carryin oapaaity of nonslf 'propelled
ships.
If Etch a prom !s carried out, the Riser fleet will tot only
recover from war loeses but will surpass its prewar level 25 percent.
In ao?parieon with 1945, nev ehipe includes
49 porcont of self-propelled ships
7percent of non-self..propelled ships.
In 1947 building plans were nob Carried ant completely: several
large plants du nob fulfill their assignments is self propelled ship.
building and.1 oonstruation yards were 50,000 tone short in wooden
shipbuilding.
At this point it is still impossible to state whether or not the
shipbuilding plan will be fulfilled.
In the different river systems the enlargement of the river fleet
was planned as follows:
5e1 el e,~ Sit
Totals
on 12.31.41
in HP
Central river syet ems
Northern river systems
Southern river systems
astern river systems
Total
Increase
in percent
Totals
on 1.1.!1
in 3P in
29l~, 000
43
137,000
422,000
113,000
IS4
61,000
174, 000
54,000
133
71,000
12!,0O0
1P~2, 000
27
41,000
193,000
615, 000
49
300,000
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Central river eyatoms
1101'thern river eyetea
Southern river system
Baetern river e7etea
Totals
Xnoreiee
on 12a31i4R
in tone in percent in tone
2,33p;,000
709,000
33,O00
6R0, 000
Total 4,000,000
1,M0,000
670,000
449,000
30,000
8,000,000
In 19l~1 the river fleet meet be oo,ipoeed ae followeg
Self?P, T pet t.~r Shipj
'tugboats built from 1946 to 19l~0 about 220,0001W
Tobs1~
on 1,1,l~1
in ton/
3,87,000
1,370,000
",000
], 000, 00o
7,000,000
about 770,000 1W
Paeeenger motor boats built from 1946 to 1910
M 1917 to 1946 " 80,000 9P
ii before 1917 N 300,000 Hp
about 33,400 HP
N Vefore 1946
Other self propelled ehipe
Ab.QUt_.l , 000 flP
about
about 9,000 HP
49,000 Hp
about 9P,000 HP
T of al about 91l~, 000 HP
Before 194P~, 18 percent of all the tugboats were aq ui9ped with
dieeele or gar generators T'ugboate which were to be built between 1946
and 19nO are eubdiyided an followe (in percent of their total
power);
12 percent diesel
38 percent oteam
. 16 percent gas generatdre
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variations to proportions among the dif'f'erent types of anginas
is motivated by experience data The diesel ship is cheaper, require.
about 1/3 ae much fuel, provide. for an eaoruo~pr of 20 to 2percent for
the maintenauae in .ervioe and pr.eente oonsiderable advantagee in ooa
pati.on with the .team ship.
The construction of gas generator .hips ic frog 3to 49 percent
ohesper than that of steam .hip., roquirim in particu'iar one half of
the metal. Similarly fuel expenditure and maintenance in .orrice of
the gas generator ship ie more eoonoaieal than that of a steam ship.
The msJority of .off propelled ships is composed of tugboat., the
priaaipal type of which i. the paddlewheel driven tugboat. The number
screw driven boats did surpass 20 percent of the total ira 194!4.
1Qoel,.,f?~rone].1ed ehia.
metallic barges built from 1948 to 1940 about 830,000 tons
" before 1948 " 1, 8l~O,000 tons
wooden barges built from 1946 to 1980 about 1,6!40,000 tons
n before 1946 " 2, MO, 000 tons
other non self.,propelled ships " 3,000,000 tons
Total about 7,000,000 tone
Metallic barges to be built von 1946 to 19!40 wore subdivided as
follows:
tanker bargee about 320,000 tons
dry Cast ~ barges " !300,000 tons
A.
Although the building costs of metallic barges ie higher than that
of wooden bargee, metallic barges present numerous important advantages
from the viewpoint of operation and eoonor~r.
2 Standardisation of 6htu bi ee
The ehipbuilding program se based upon the etandarditation of ship
type..
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At present in he Volga river kiln alone then are more thin 110
dtferent typee of dr7 bargee, e-p to 40 b~pe. of tau bargee, ana
barcuy brie or three doeene wooden bargee with absolutely l&entle4
struoture and dimension..
To standardiee ship., waterways Mare ol.assified into live oabegoriee.
A 1irtted :camber of types of ships is built for eaoh of these oategortee.
Nlver oategories and heir oorre.ponding boat and barge type.
are as fo11ow.t
1. Dlefl-,f~4 lui,re L such as
the Qo1~
the Ida up to Molotov
the Ob' up to Novosibirsk
the Irbrsb up to Pawlodar
the Amur up to 33agovesbohensk
a) Steaa tugboat (2) propellers)
Power= 2 x 400
Dlmeneione t 4x 9 x 2.0 meters
b) Diesel tugboat (2 propellers)
Powert 2 x 600 AP
Dimensions: 37 x 6 x 1.8 meters
o) Steam tugboats (2 propellers)
Powers 2 x 200 E
Dimensionmt 40 x 8 x 1.45 meters
d) Steam tugboats (2 propellers)
Powers 2 x 100 8P
Dimensions: 28 x 6 x 0.9 meters
e) metal s tardy-barges 6,000, 4,000 , 2,000 and 2l~O tons
f) 3,000.4on metal bargee for dry goods (for the Volga
river only)
g) l,OOyton metallic barges for dry good.. (Dnepr and prineipai
Eastern ri~rere )
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h) 2,AOO'ton diaked woodem barges
i) i,0o?ton open Mooden barges
' i) ~,000end 1,00oion wooden barges without bo d
2.
These are the other rivers and their princip~ tributa
Brie. bhe
standard depth of which does not surpas. 0.70 to 0.80 meter
each as
the Don
The Oka
the Northern Drina.
a) 6team tugboat (paddle-wheel.)
Power: 1 x 400 8P
Dimen.ion.t R3 x 7.6 (hull) x 1.0 meter.
b) Diesel tugboat (2 propellers)
Powers 2 x l O
~p
Draughtt 0.80 to O.8l~ meters
o) steam tugboat (pMdle wheels)
Power t 1 x 200 HP
Dikaeneionst 4~S x 7 (hull) x O.7~ meters
d) Diesel tugboat (1 propellor)
Powert 1 x l~O AP
Dimen.ionst 29 x R.M x 0. 7meters
e) 1,000, 6l~O-, MOO-, and 300?ton open wooden 'barges
f) 600. and 2l O ton wooden barges without hold.
3. Srifi..~rrant rjver~ .ueh se
the Yenisey
the Upper.?Amur
the Upper Irtysh `
the Upper Angara
the Amn. Dl~r ' ya.
a) Tug_boate are specially built with additional, reinforce..
meats. Shape of hull ie improved, for reducing the resistance of water.
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b) 2AO~ton metallic bargee for dry good.
o) 1, BOO 'ton deoked wooden bargee
d) 80a?, 300?and 100-ton open wooden barge.
4, aoaat rntps,_1k j& su~ob as the 8q of
OW * Tasov
the Gu.lf of the Tsnisey
Bey. of the Okhotsk Sea (probably ?m11 distance ooaetwise
shipping with sr &11 propeller river ships)
Lake Ladoga
Luke Onega
Lake Baykal
8hoherbalkov water reservoir
a) Steam tugboats (2 propellors)
Power: 2 x 200 1
Dimensions 3R x 7.2 x 2.0 met err
b) Steam tugboat (1 propeller)
Power: 1 x 200 2P
Dimensione: 2~ x 6.2 x 1.7 metere
o) 1,000er-ton deoked wooden bargee
a) 1,000~ton decked wooden lighters.
6., r~iYer~
a) Gas generator tugboate (2 propellers)
Power: 2 x 60 HP
limeneions: 19 x 4.8 x 0.6 meters
b) Oae generator tugboat 1 propeller)
Power: 1 x 60 2P
Dimension.: 14 x 3. ti x O. g meters
o) 90; 40; 20'ton open wooden barges.
bring the prerar veMYear Mane almoet all the self~propelled
and nnetal non self-propelled ships were built by minietries other
than the Miniet of Diver
? The ooneiderable development
of the indueti of this latter made it possible in the new Five=Year
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plan to build the ma3ority of new ships in ite own enterprises,
~iely~
eo peroent of the tugboats
~0 percent of he metallio barges
7R peroent of the dred ii e
100 peroent of the wooden ships.
Ship. wi11 be also delivered by thA Ministry of Transport Machine
Boil ding.
Moreover a 1Rrge quantity of new ships wi11 be delivered by the
USSR satellite countries as war..damege ocaipensation.
At present 94 industrial enterprises which are now building river
ships or which probebly will be ueed for this purpose have been identi~.
fied. The rijor part of these enterprises belong to the Miuietry of
r
River O
ipo2t, the others to the other river transport organisation.
and to the Ministry of Transport Machine Building. No enterprise
building river ships under the new ~'ive'Tear Plan has yet been identi,.
fied as belonging to the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry.
In several of these 94 enterprises p~efabr p Jtnn in Ahl~e~ eQ
The speed of ship building was eonsidewably increased through
this method.
The 94 enterprises identified are the followings
1. CentmL Ter r1-ll~rr
I. Yn_? 1~ Rimer f7M1tftr .
1)
(on the Volga estw.ry 46? 21' N, 490 02' 1)
Production identified:
in 1948, 2 tank barges 4,000 tons eadh.
2)
(on the Volga estuary 480 21':N, 4e? 02' R)
in 1948= two 100'8P motor boats for 250 paerengere each
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(on the Volga :etwu'7 460 21' N, 480 02' ;!)
vii. be built
Plennod annual Produotiont
Ao'ooo tons of large t& bargee.
4)2.!
M
(et the jvnotion of the Volga eM the Oka l~90 19' N,
44? 00' 1)
Production identifiedt
in 1947 one 400~ tugboat
#'
t
(on the Volga 46? 29' N, 42?
28' N)
8) ~nr~eichnvet i ar
(on the g1ysi'me 6? 12' N, 4a? 42' 1)
Produotion identifieds
in 1948 a f?w 2,000 ton tank barges
7) gaihs rd ?. _ Sh j t1 ins
(on the O1~a 69' N, 38 ? 10' N)
Produotion identified
i
in 1949; 1~ metals barges for dry goode to operated
on email rivere.
(on the Oka g4? l~9' N, 41? 14' i)
9)
rI&yl IL (at the junction of the Volga end. the ICotroma 7O 46' N,
40o R7' N)
lo) Serb ihev
(the Ward ie at the junction of the Sukhaya Samarka and the
Volga (left bank, 3 km above the oity of Kuyrbyehev located at
~o 12' N, ~Oo 06' N)
Produotion identified
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to 1948 10 dteael e00R1W tugboats
3.8 metallic 3,000'ton bare. for dry goeda
Planned anneal produoti on (af t ar oomp1 etton of the yard)
80 dteael 800-HP tugboats
4'7
11)
(on the Lower Po1ga 48031 ' N, 44? 33' ~)
Motet hav? delivered in 19481 10 steam tugboats and 181arge
barges
-c ,(
,
12) Lae j' evn , Wnnden Ya m ni Zhe
(on the Mologa 8? ' p, 3e? 3e' ~)
Production identified
in 1948: wooden bargee
~;( I,.1
13)
(The Moksha River is a tributary of thi Oka, the junction
of the two rivers is at R4? 4' % and 41o RO' approximately)
Production identified:
t) 1948 1, 000 -ton bargee
14) -(on the 1{Ea 00' R, 3I ~)
Production identified=
in 1948 0) 4 ateam tugboats
1~) Merdar~he {ke4o ?_1 ~ ren Td
(on the Oka 68?338 N, 42? 1O !)
Planned production for 1949
floating stations for pumping petroleum.
~:(t
Production identified;
in 1947; 20 metal": shape
in 1948: 29 diesel 1O?~P tugboats
in 1949 (planned): 13OjKP diesel tugboats
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Production, Dtoeel motor boats for 120 passengers
The production of those motor boats t s started in 1148.
Tho total will bo 190.
18)
ct
(on the K Ago 19' N, ~6? 33' I a roxi
pp met sly )
Tho plave where the yard is located will be submer ed
a
when the Molotov dnm is built.
19) J~*o7Tirt
(on the Volga 04' N, 44? 33' m)
Production identified in 1948t Belt propelled
/ ships.
t
,II ,
(on the Vo1ge- 10' N, 4t~? 4~' approximate1
21)
A
(on the Volga R10 32' N, 46? 01' E)
Production identified,
in 1948 lighters
? " M
(on the Tolga g6? 22' N; 43? cI approximate/
y)
Produation identified in 1948:
2 tank-barges, 3,700 tone each
..(5,Cc (~'s1
8 r, 2,000 tone each
1 or 2 steam tugboats
The Plant has been designated for shipbuilding exclusively'
(on the Volga 48? 42' N, 44? 30' 2)
23) 5tdlin~rad . ahip n.?..,. e,._.
6 diesel 800-HP tugbomts
planned annual produotiont
Production identified,
up to 20 meta1c bargee, 2,000 tone thrum carrying capacity',
r
The two first 3,040ton metals barges for drys goods will
be launched in May 1949,
3, _ sFC~~r
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Prodaobion idoatilie4 (isuaoheo in 19481)t
two 288?ITP p~ssenger ehipi
w tn- mebalis bftNa?bar~ea.
(at the jwnotion of the Yo1ga and the 8hekena 8? 03' 'N,
38? 8a i ~)
This yard is being rebuilt Annual production planned after
reoon.truotion (towarde 1910)i 30 eteam, 400'HP tugboat. With
two propellers.
Production identifieds
in 1947 .. 3 steam ttigboate
in 1948 . 3 to 8 steam tugboats
28) . lant
(on the Tana ~2? 43' N, 41? 27~ N)
~ad_-n__._ Vlaeden Yi.i '+'
ti
(on the Kolva 80? 24N, Rg? 29' g)
Under oonetruotion. Muet reaoh the full production in 1949
Annual troduotion planuedi
X0,000 tone of barges
In 1948 the prodietioa from 1/7 to 1/8 of the production
planned.
~/ II~
28) - r
n
(on the Kama22' N, 38' ~)
29)
(on the Volga 7? 38 N, 39? 3I N)
In 1948 has etartod to produce metal]b motor tugboats on
assembly line.
30)
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On the Volga 08I I N, 48? 02' K)
Total production from 1871 to 1948s 110 river ships. A
single paeeenger motor boat completed in 1947 oo ild be identi~
fida.
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n
In 1949 (planned) ? several do send` d dt es el tugbont e.
A
(on the Sukhona 9? R7' Y, 42? 4' ~)
for a total oarrying oapneity of 180,000 tons. I4eta11IlI barge buildirg
(on the Sukhona 60? 46' N, 48? 18' 1)
Prodduotion identified
in 1946 wooden (bargee?)
in 1948 wooden bargee)
Annual prodduotiv~ oapaeity (in 1948) t O' to 1,000-ton be~rgee
8. '
T.
31)
(on the Limend.~ Q8? OIL N, 48? o' ~)
Produotion identified:
~
in 1946 - @ tugbe~t. (gas ,erator?)
in 1947 - 10 steam t boate (propellor., 200 w')
in 1948 ? 10 dt15e3 tvgboate (800 ')
was also planned together with wooden ehipe (bargee?)
3~ ) 11vOhe ? M
(Yyo)iegda River, funotion with the Northern Dvina
61? 1' N, 46? 3' N)
Produotion identified in 1948:
II.
These ehope have built the majority of balfwpropelled.
bargee operating in the Leningrad River Port.
37)
R ~
(on the Sukho t 9? 28'N, 4O? 08' E
t ( ,~ 1 I)I~( 33)
34)
6 bargee, 1,000 tonm each
2 barge. (1,000? tone eeoh? )
12 piers.
1 n thy- stern .iyer+?,,, )L
88) ~xaL?
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Qnellegda ? w ad4n ~.+ iari
(Vyohegd& River, function with the Northern Dvina
610 1' R, 46? 3' ffi)
Production identified in 1948t
6 bargee, 1,000 tone each
2 bagger (),000? tone each?)
12 piere.
37)
These shops have built the majority of eelf-propelled
barg ee operating in the Leniogr&d River Port.
33) . - _
(on the Limenda 6? 01~ '1, 46? RO' ~)
Production tdentifiedt
~- `l
in 1948 8 tugboats (gas ,eratore?
` )
in 1947 - 10 steam tugb?ate (propellers, 800 2P)
in 1948 M 10 dieoel tugboats (300 )
in 1949 (planned) . several doaeni ~t diesel tugboats.
32) Bek~i ? ttand .._._I.__._
(on the Sukhonn
i
33) QMAL
(on the 6ukhona
34)
r
~9o 28'N,
400 08'
!)
9? 7' ,
42? 4!~
~)
(on the Sulchona 60? 46 4? l8 1)
Production identif ied
in 1946 wooden (berg..?)
in 1948 wooden barges)
Annual produotive oapaoity (in 1948)t 0?to 1,000-ton barges
for a total oarr$rg capacity of 120,000 tone. l4etal' a barge building
was also planned together with wooden shipe (bargee?)
t 0~
..
r rr~
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(on the Vglkhoy ~8o 31' N, 310 17 ~)
40) P
(on the Yestern Shore of Lake dne~a N90 l7+ o
~ 3l Oa ~~
3l? Oa, N
will be built (is being built?)
Planed production= tugboat building o ssembl line stesm
engine, two propellers, 400 flP for naTigation on lakes.
Farr ;
41) Pinttuhi
r
(on the Northern chore of Lake Onega 62 ? R6' N ?
, 33 33 Z
approximately
Deetroyed during the war, is now being rebuilt
Annual produotion planned: eeveral doean$ ir! l 300~t
~ on bargee,
42) PD~oraive . Srf M VA*a.,...,- " .. ..
r ^
(on the Svir ' eon ' N, 2? 12'3)
Under oonetruotion. Will be the largest in the USSR.
planned production
3,0004on bargee.
43) ChereiO,et_..M
Y
(on the Shevena ! 9? 18' N, 37? fie' ~)
Under oonr~truotion. Annual production planned 80 metals
bargee for dry goods, 3,000 tone each. The conetruation
of
", 000 ~t Qn bargee was al e o planned.
western tifA
44) Rica ~? 2hip ~l&i++a ,n1
(eetuary of the Western Drina ~9' N 34o 09'
)
will be designed for shipbuilding exclusi,ely. xe now bei
enlarged. Two tugboats multi be 1dunched.
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800:IW steam tugboate for lakes will be
~ Chore.
r.
~
1 prodno t! on planned 8 e b eam
400=~ tnibonbe With
two propell*re, for lakes, After. the
plant 1a restored,
Con the Ngbora n.s?~ ? aa' a, 3?
NM1sr LNismen) ri-.r
(1o?ation not determined)
4
XII.
yep
47) pepftirsh
(on the Dneetr 46? PLO' N, 29? 28' m
)
(on the eereei37i N, 29? 4
D approai,eet e1")
wader oonatruction
49) dek
(on the Gor I 03' N, 27? x3i approainu~te17)
Under oonetruotion
(on the Dnepr 46? 38' N, 38? 37' N
)
Annual production planed; up to 40 tugboats with two
propefere and 300.9P dieeel.
Ha. built eix 1O HP tugboats in 1948.
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