CITY PLAN OF NOVOCHERKASSK

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• Publication Date: February 25, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY USSR (Rostovskaya Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT City Plan of Novocherkassk DATE DISTR. 25 February 19,
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COUNTRY USSR (Rostovskaya Oblast)
SUB3ECT City Plan of Novocherkassk
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1. Novocherkassk (N 47-240 E 40-o6), Rostovskaya Oblastohad a
population of about 100,000 in 1956. The large Electric-
Locomotive Building Plant i/n Budennyy, which was formerly
a steam-locomotive building plant, was located about ten
kilometers from the city (see point No 1 of the legend to
the attached overlay of Novocherkassk, located on page 3).
A workers, settlement was attached to the plant, which
employed several thousand workers. Other enterprises in
Novocherkassk were small and of a semi-primitive and domestic
(polukustarnyy) type. Three markets0 two of which sold food
while the third sold used items, were located in the city.
The city city with its large number of students had many Institutes.'
A drama theater, which burned during World War II hadnot
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three moving picture tneaters ana a large oatbedralowhion
conducted religious services after WOrld!War II. '
3. Most of the buildings were single-story and Constructed of
red brick. In the center of the city were two and three-
story buildings; four and five-story buildings were rarely
seen. Only the main streets were lighted. Some electric
lamps were located at the intersections of the remainder of.the
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streets. Street traffic was light and for the most part
consisted of trucks. A great deal of vegetation was visible
along the streets, which were still paved with cobble atones
laid before the Russian Revolution. Ulitsa Moskovskaya, which
lead to the Rostov-Markov highway, was the only asphalt street.
14, NovocherkasskIs one streetcar line connected the center of the
city with the workerg!' settlement at the l000motivelbuilding
plant. One bus line 'ran from the railroad station to the
Marine Grove (Marina roshoha)vand the other bus line ran from
the brewery to the old market.
5. There were many military units in and near the city. Military
personnel were frequently encountered on the streets.
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Legend to Overlay of Novocherkassk
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1. Electric Locomotive Building Plant i/n Budennyy.
2. Rostov4alaxkae highway, surfaced with asphalt, and wide enough
for two trucks to pass.
3. Approximate location of an airfield for twin-engine jet
bombers. These planes were seen daily in individual flights
over the city.
4. Wooden highway bridge about 4o meters long, across the Tuzlovka
River.
A double-track railroad bridge of steel condtruction on concrete
piers
Asphalt highway to Rostov built by the Germans. Three trucks
could easily pass on this highway, which was wider than the part
marked by point 2.
7. Ulitsa Peschanaya.
8. Ulitsa Frunze, formerly called Ulitsa Vospitatelnaya. There
were many trees on this street.
9. Brewery. This building had a dome-shaped roof and a brick -
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10. A small stone church.
11. Hay market (sennoy bazar). Food products were sold here by both
kolkhozniki and the local population.
12. Industrial training school (Fabrichno-zavodskoye obuoheniye -
FZ0), which was a two-story red brick building. Ulitea
Pribylyanskaya passed between the market and the FZO school.
13. The grounds of the Novocherkassk Polytechnict.? Institute. Four
school buildings and one dormitory for Students were located here.
The school buildings were of an old Pre-RevOlutionary constrUotion.
The main building was a white, five-story, Roman-style building.
The others were five and three story buildings with sheet-iron
roofs.
14. Meliorative Engineering Instituter (810)0, ?Befdre tlicetiastan
Revolution this building, which was a four-story, red brick
building, was an institute for girls of nobility.
15. Hospital. This was a white-colored building.
16. The first 'local (otdeleniye) militia office, located in a single-
:story, brick building.
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17. Polyclinic. This was a two-story gray-colored studco building.
18. Pobeda moving picture theater. The moving picture theater wad
located on the second floor Of this two-story building. A store
was on the first floor.
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19. Ten-year school. This was a five-story brick building) which
was a Pre-Revolutionary city public school (gimnaziya),
20. A single-story brick building.
21. Bank,which was a two-story red brick building.
22. Restaurant, located on the first floor of a two-story dwelling
house. This was one of two restaurants in the city.
23. Hotel. This two-story, gray, stucco building was the only
hotel in the city.
24. Moving picture theater, located on the first floor of a
dwelling.
25. Bus station. The city railroad ticket office was also
here.
26. School for kolkhozy chairmen. This was a four-story red brick,
building which might have housed other offices besides the school.
27. Museum of Natural History. Included in the museum were scenes
from the life of the Cossacks and the history of the Don.
28. Military units.
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these casernes were made up of
many brick buildings of old construction.
29. Suvorov School (Suvorovskoye uchilishche). This was a three-
story, gray building of old construction,
30. Cathedral. This cathedral, formerly known as the Cathedral of
the Don Army, had five domes and was about 80 meters high. The
domes were once gilded but the Soviets, who used the cathedral
for military storage of provisions before World War II, tore
the roofing off the domes. The domes were being covered with
galvanized roofing iron in 1956. Services were conducted daily.
In spite of its huge size, the cathedral was filled to over-
flowing on holidays.
31. A cast iron memorial to Yermak, who was a Cossack who conquered
Siberia.
32. A memorial to General Baklakov, who participated in the War of
1812. Only the pedestal remained of the memorial,which was
destroyed during World War II.
33. Officers' club, located in a two-story gray-stucco building.
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34. Machine-tool buildihg plantowhich was a small,plant.produeing
small lathes. Before World War II the children's colony.
(detskaya koloniya) of the NUD was located here.
35. Railroad station. This was a postwar single-story, stucco
building which also contained a restaurant. The old station
was destroyed during the warp
36. City park. This area also had a summer theater, dance plat-
form, and a pub.
37. Church,
38. City Party and Sovet organizations, such as Party gorkom and
gorsovet, were located in this two-story brick building. The
building was a former Ataman Palace,
39. Statue of Lenin on a pedestalowhich replaced in 1932 a statue
of the Cossack Ataman. Platovp
40. People's Court (Narsud). This was a two-story brick building.
41. Post office and radio station (radiouzel). This was a two-
story stucco building.
42. Market where second-hand items were sold.
43. Old market (Staryy bazar). This market, where food products
were sold, was open daily.
44. Mining Equipment Plant i/n Nikolskiy. This small plant,
which was subordinate to the Ministry of the Coal Industry
gince abo1ish61 produced equipment, such as trolleys and
conveyers.
45. Church. This was 'a small, white building which was open for
services.
46. Approximate location of a prison.
47. Ulitsa Podtelkova
48. Ulitsa Dekabristov
49. Ulitsa 3-go Internatsionala
50. Ulitsa Moskovskaya
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Novocherkassk (7520)
Scale: 1:25,000
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