SEVERO-DONETSK CHEMICAL AND EXPLOSIVE PLANT NEAR LISICHANSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014800210009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, The chenicaa plant fija Z--evero-Oonets.17, J.o&:atc 3 northeast of. the
tolm, of Lisichane: (tC050 3 3 22 ,C) and ,:!-EL??.:t c071ilel.:;11,01 tovn by n.
hard SIL^Laced road and a new bridce ovc;r Donets ":17.ere 1;as a
strip of rivra:11p1and, al:. out 2 kn. tido, etwoen plazTi.:. in 3evero-Donetsk
and Lisichanak., Tht:! vas connected Td.th the Cem of aubezhna,ya
(49 ?01 11/30023"E),, cfoo-ut 10 km. alrray, by a raiir sp-i.).:r and a road. A
railroad track 1C-id 7.7tAlth frc thc nlant joined the main line near
lernney U)q/332Oc tha Ufto C the onr2- ts aver opposito
the DOT: 303U. plant:.
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Prior to i-hc. sprin',; of 1949, the .)lant t.cT1,7c. belorniri;
to t!lo lant vice 013 ..ctr2 Liskimstrcli Coupound).
:.:;.rIce that t77)..o., it :.1t.s been reforrc to Zavod
or by. its nvierical dcoiLjiatin, 20. ""T, Tras cloalAished
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prior tr tic war, Lu t was larL:ekr Tx :047 .and
the 1-lanuf ature ol a nunboy, of .;)n.t roennstruction
? ji1uncier *
, The encloid area of the plant,: n 1?.f: soctionL
under .;orlstruotion prior to ar..1. ^ abult 1j.C10 1,.3,:_;0 motors-
Adjoi th is Lroa on t.h.c, northw(- a. I c. lo aC , of about 0 ,
I m was' w_lod aa a c.,.tols,
allor,oc3.1y 7:as to booarp a bu.5.11 7
Li3 ] ' CUJ in3talla'Aonr; (! 52/!,)
arr.:: the LriLetn7lonetrinitran.ine(G3.(0.(.. in
(c 52/D 10) were for the recons
soT2c of I'.hik).1 T,oro put into opi-=t:Lor 19U? vrcne us,17.i] fcr
purpwos, About 1 ka east a thz:: 1: 1-1=,c,x' of 6oT"...
buni.:crs ,Aleh %tro used tc store ? In e7.:;-';.7 19) 9., a de-trIcnt
? nufae,.-,urir picric c...2ic] and .iJure
opc,i-a'ul01.1, Laectrieity t:h ,7) th'cru..c>-
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25X1P1ant To.2Onroducoe picric acid. Luid its
oauctc.: as v7011 as coal-tar dye a.
25X1 I trimethylenetrinitra:Line and iLnorf;anic.? exp. o-
sives? such as arilonitim nitrate, wore prod ucod !in th ib pint, ?
Fertilizers wore aljo produced_ 3,-k*
5. Thu priraary raw matkirials used in the plant were coal. tar and other
products obtained from the coal-gasifying plant in Lisichansk, as
well as soda and caustic alkali-Is supplied from the DON SODA plant in
Vorldineye. The basic: Taatz.lrials for picric acid were made in the pl.ant
25X1 itoelt. /unable .6os'-,,ate whether the basic material for
trimethy.,_enetrinitrarine?,O311606/14 namely hexarriethylenetstramine vas
made ir. the plant or was su?plioo from the cutside?
6. As of late ?1743, the number of emplcriees of the entire plant was
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riated at about 1,000 Soviet worhero and ?OCO relale internees many of
Ifnon were GermanL. Prior. to .7itt,T 1951,, Gon.la.-) exports were iso employed
in the laboratories;) but were usually assigned tashs which were not
connected with the manufact.ut..nc7. pro:Trza of tile plant..,
? 7? The plant srea was?partly enc:LOSed by a 2,,5 meters hih. arid
partly by a board fence reilSorced with. harbo.d wire. The plant viE3.2
guarded 17 irriustrial police, !wearinj,ldu& unifor=s, with vatchdoss..
Several departrie.nts of the T.:lent were parded by nilitcry. porsonnol
? The s ?idlers raoot of ? whom wero cnoiLuL 'tro rod epaulets ? 6 i.ttothg
s.hipmento of el.-plosives were carried 1)7: troci:s escorted inacistrial
police and equal-Tedit.'