ELECTRIC POWER IN THE URAL REGION, USSR

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 ELECTRIC POWER
IN THE
OF P L F IOIV, USSR
JAXXIxtRW
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July 1961
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Declass Review by NI.MA/DO
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This joint photographic intelligence report is in answer to a request
for basic information on electric power serving the Ural region of the
USSR and for information on the status and alignment of two power lines
believed to be under construction between Asbest and either Verkh-Ney-
vinsk or. Kamensk. The request also asked for a study.of the area between
Sverdlovsk and Verkhniy-Ufaley for significant new industries which might
account for the large power capacity in this area.
KEYHOLE photography of was examined with TALENT
photography of in the preparation of the report. In addition,
collateral information was used to provide as complete an overall analysis
as possible of the availability of electric power to the Ural region.
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 FIGURE 1. GENERAL MAP OF URAL AREA. NF
Outlined portion is oreo of interest.
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Much of the Ural region covered by KEYHOLE photography is blank-
eted by heavy overcast or obscured by broken-or scattered clouds, haze,
and drifting snow. The area between Nizhnyaya Tura and Verkh-Neyvinsk
is completely cloud covered. Between Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, visi-
bility is limited. to a few openings in heavy clouds. These areas are also
obscured by haze or drifting snow. Asbest, Kamensk, Kyshtym, Beloyar-
skaya Atomoelektrostantsiya (nuclear power plant), the northern unit of
and Chelyabinsk, are all
obscured by heavy overcast.
West of a line running from Verkh-Neyvinsk to Sverdlovsk to Zlatoust,
KEYHOLE photography provides considerable data which supplement the
analyses from earlier TALENT coverage. The limitations caused by
cloud coverage in TALENT photography over the Ural region -are delin-
eated in ACSI-PIR-41-59, Military Aspects of the Urals Area. 1/
GENERAL DISCUSSION
The study of the photography and the collateral material of the elec-
tric power in the Ural area reveals that an estimated 6,500 megawatts
(MW) of power capacity was available in the area in
exclusive of the power transmitted over the 400(500)-kv power line from
Volzhskaya GES, near Kuybyshev. An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 MW was
either planned -or in construction at that time.
KEYHOLE photography provides coverage, additional to TALENT
photography, of power lines and electric-power installations serving the
Ural region (see Figure 2). Of these, the power networks around the
Pervoural'sk - Revda area, and Zlatoust (see Figure 3), and'the Pavlov-
skaya GES, a hydroelectric power plant on the Ufa river at Pavlovka,- are
significant.
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substations key this drawing to Tables I and 2.
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Analysis and plotting of identifiable power-line circuits also suggest
areas for further study which are cloud covered on either KEYHOLE or
TALENT photography or on both. One of these is in the vicinity of Arti.
A second is around Bagaryak, which is barely visible in a hole in the
cloud deck. A third is the' Kyshtym area.
KEYHOLE discloses the probable electrification of the visible eastern
portion of the Sverdlovsk-Perm' railroad.
A 400(500)-kv power line seen under preliminary construction for a
short distance out of Yuzhnaya substation on TALENT is revealed on
KEYHOLE as being apparently extended in a southwesterly alignment.
The observed trace is probably intended for the 5?0-kv power line re-
ported under cons; ruction between een Votkinskaya GETS, under construction
on the Kama river, and Sverdlovsk.
KEYHOLE photography does not disclose any visible evidence in
cloud-free areas of the two power lines reported to be under construction
between Asbest and either Verkh-Neyvinsk or Kamensk. 5/ A positive
analysis of power lines, faintly visible south of the conjectural site of
Beloyarskaya AES (see Figure 2, item X) is prevented by cloud and haze
conditions. One of these might be tied to Kamensk and be a section of
one of the reported power lines.
The -search . for significant new industries which might account for the
large amount of power in the area proved fruitless. No significant indus-
try was disclosed on the KEYHOLE photography in the cloud-free areas
between Sverdlovsk and Verkhniy-Ufaley.
ELECTRIC POWER INSTALLATIONS
An estimated 6,500 MW of power capacity was available in
in the Urals area, exclusive of power transmitted over the 400(500)-
kv power line from Volzhskaya GES, near Kuybyshev. An estimated 3,500
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to 4,000 MW additional was either planned or under construction. About
400 MW additional installed capacity could be made available to the area
from the Votkinskaya GES when both power plant and the tying power line
to Sverdlovsk are in service. Significant installations of the Ural power
grid which are disclosed by KEYHOLE materials and briefly discussed
below are cross-referenced to the power plants and substations illustrated
in Figure 2 and listed in Tables 1 and 2.
Three urban areas in the Ural region can be considered both electric-
power generating and electric-power using centers. Power-line networks
within these areas are too complicated to trace on the map of the Ural
power grid (Figure 2). Of the three, Sverdlovsk has KEYHOLE-TALENT
coverage; Chelyabinsk only partial. TALENT coverage; and Ufa neither
KEYHOLE nor TALENT.
Sverdlovsk Power Center
The Sverdlovsk urban area (see Figure 3) contains three thermal
power plants having generating capacities reported at 75, 25, and 24 MW
(124 MW total). 1/ All three are tied to the Ural 110-kv power grid,.
which is also served by an important substation in the center of the built-
up area of Sverdlovsk. KEYHOLE photography, which is partially cloud
covered, does not disclose any changes in the local power-line network.
Chelyabinsk Power Center
The Chelyabinsk urban area contains two thermal power plants, each
reported to have a generating capacity of 150 MW (300 MW total). I/
Power lines in the urban area can only be partially identified and plotted
from TALENT photography covering Chelyabinsk.
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 Collateral information reports five thermal power plants with a corn-
bined generating capacity of 288 MW located in Ufa.
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KEYHOLE photography discloses only one significant additional power
plant and no observable changes to power plants disclosed by TALENT in
the Ural region between Verkh-Neyvinsk and Chelyabinsk. 1/ The only
significant additional power plant disclosed serving the Ural grid is Pav-
lovskaya GES on the Ufa river (item MM, Table 1). Table 1 locates and
describes the power plants on the Ural grid, and estimates their capacity.
. KEYHOLE photography discloses a number of substations not iden-
tified on TALENT material because of atmospheric conditions. Some of
these have considerable significance, including two at Zlatoust (see. Fig-
ures 2 and 4 and Table 2).
A published USSR report states that Nizhne Tagil'skaya Substation
was "completed" and placed in service as of December 1960, adding that
it was one of the largest in the country. Power was being received from
Volzhskaya GES near Kuybyshev, the report states. KEYHOLE photog-
raphy does not disclose any new 220-kv 'or 400(500)-kv power lines or
traces tying into the area of Nizhne Tagil' from any observable 220-kv
or 400(500)-kv power lines in cloud-free. areas. There may be a tie power
line off the two 1-circuit. 220-kv power lines from Verkh-Neyvinsk to
Nizhnyaya Tura disclosed in TALENT, which pass west of the substation
(item 15 on Table. 2> in Nizhne Tagil'. Haze prevents detailed analysis
of equipment in the substation's enclosed area.
Details of the substations are given in the list comprising Table 2.
A number of power-line traces are seen on KEY-HOLE photography.
Some of them extend the alignments of those visible on -TALENT.
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Zlatoustinskaya substation.
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Power Lines Serving Arti Area
Two probable 110-kv power line traces, not discernible on TALENT
material, can be seen entering a cloud-covered area southwest of Arti
and south of the northernmost bend of the Ufa river. One trace originates
at the substation in Mikhaylovskiy (No 34, Figure 2); the second originates
at the substation in Nyazepetrovsk (39). Limited co'lateral suggests that
a chemical industry may be located in or near Arti. However, the visible
evidence that two 110-kv power lines serve this cloud-covered area sug-
gests that power may be used for some purpose not disclosed in available
source material, especially since available mapping provides no.indication
of any industry or other installation necessitating such a power supply.
The clear KEYHOLE photography of the perimeter of this cloud-covered
area does not disclose any other traces which might. be for power lines.
. Two power lines can be traced on KEYHOLE photography leaving the
site of Pavlovskaya GES (item MM, Table 1) in the direction of Ufa until
they disappear under a heavy cloud cover. They are estimated to be for
two, 3-phase, 110-kv power lines of either one or two circuits each. Since
Pavlovskaya GES is reported completed, it is estimated that at least one
power line is in service. These power lines are not believed to carry
220 kv, since available USSR circuit diagrams.of 220-kv and higher volt-
ages for the national grid do not indicate any plans for 220-kv circuits to
be tied into this power plant.
Power Lines Serving Bagaryak
Possible power lines tied to a possible substation (Item 40, Table 2)
in the northern section of Bagaryak (56-1.3N 61-30E) are seen on KEY-
HOLE photography (see Figure 5). Considerable activity is indicated by
the many tangental traces radiating from this small community. _ Limited
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 collateral information indicates the production of graphite in the vicinity
of Bagaryak. Clouds and haze, however, prevent analysis. There are
indications that a large structure is situated south of the possible sub-
station site.
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Railroad Electrification
Several substations serving electrified sections of railroads in the
Ural region additional to those identified from TALENT are now.identified
on KEYHOLE. These railroads include the north-south line generally
paralleling the eastern flank of the Ural range and the east-west line be-
tween Chelyabinsk and Ufa (Figure 2). :Also, there are visible indications
that electrification is under way or possibly completed on the eastern
cloud-free portions of the Sverdlovsk-Perm' line as far west of Sverd-
lovsk as Kuzino (57-01N 59-27E,).
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TABLE 1. POWER PLANTS ON URAL GRID
(These power' plants are keyed to Figure 2.)
Source: T = TALENT; K = KEYHOLE; Co = Collateral.
rep - reported; est - estimated
Name, Description, and Location
Capacity
(MW)
Source
Krasnoturinskaya TETS. Thermal power
plant in. Bogoslovsk (on far oblique).
325 (rep)
T, Co
59-46N 60-13E *
Serovskaya GRES. Thermal power plant
(on far oblique, mostly obscured by
400 (rep)
T, Co
clouds). 59-37N 60-47E *
Thermal power plant in Novaya Iyalya.
12-13 (est)
T
59-03N 60-39E *
Thermal power plant in Korelino.
11 (est)
T
58-43N 60-23E *
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Item Name, Description, and Location Capacity Source
(MW )
E Nizhnvava Turinskava GRES. important 550 (est) T, Co
thern?a1 power plant in north Ura1_
re intl. Switching yard also r_:evves
as switching substation for north Ural
220-kv power lines, Power plant a1_so
ewes: _Niz.hnvava Tura. AE installa-
tion. i_/ 53-37N 5?-51_ F
F Nizhniy Tagil's:l aya TETS. Thermal pow- '7 (rep) T, Co
er plant in Novo Tagil attached to
Kaganovich' Railroad and Car and
Tani Plant, Probably tied into 110-
kv power lines. 57-50N 60-04E
G Nizhniy Tagil_'skava TETS- 1 Thermal 100 (rep) T, Co
power plant probabiy tied to 1;10-1_:v
power lines. (partial_l_y obscured by
clouds) 57-5LIIN 60-02E
H Nizhniv l agil'sk_ava TETS. Kuybyshev. 1.5 (est) T, Co
Small thermal_ power plant serving
Nizhniy Tagil. Probably tied to 110-
kv power lines. (haze) 57-541N_50-57E
Srti all thermal power plant in Kirovgrad. under T. Co
Tied to 11_0-kv power line: through, 25 (rep)
adjacent substation (not.llisted in List
of Sub.,,-tat-ions). 57-25N 60-04E
J Verkhne-Tagil's.kaya GRES. Significant 800 plus:
--F Co
thermal powc-r plant principally ser- 200 u/c
wing Vurkh--Nevvinsk GaL:eo u s.Diffu-
sion P1ant. Ticd to 110-kv power
lines. 57-21N 5U-57E
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Item Name, Description, and Location Capacity Source
(MW)
K SUGRES. Important thermal power plant
in Sredne-Ural 'sk, serving Sverdlovsk
and Verkh-Neyvinsk plant through
-110-kv power lines. No change in-.
dicated on KEYHOLE coverage.
57-OON 60-29E
Sverdlovsk Power Center power plants,
(see text). (56-50N 60-23E)
L Solikamskaya TETS, small thermal power
plant attached to cellulose plant in
Borovsk. Tied to 110-kv power lines.
59-41N 56-40E
Beieznikovskaya TETS. Thermal power
plant in Berezniki. Tied to 110-kv
power lines.** 59-24N 56-44E *
N Bereznikovskaya TETS, BMZ. Thermal
power plant in Berezniki. Tied to
110-kv power lines. **
-~59-24N 56-44E *
O Yayvinskaya GRES. Important thermal
power plant reported under construc-
tion. ** 59-18N 57-18E (Yava)
P Thermal power plant in Kizel. Tied to
110-kv power lines. **
59-03N 57-36E *
Q Kizelskaya GRES-1. Thermal power plant
in Gubakha tied to 110-kv power
lines. 1958 Seven Year Plan indi-
cates planned construction of 220-kv
power line from Chusovoy to Guba-
kha. ** 58-52N 57-33E
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234 (est)
K, T
Co
124 (total)
24 (rep)
K, T
Co
105 (rep)
Co
100 (rep)
Co
300 to
Co
600 u/c
(1959)
60-(rep)
Co
98 (rep)
Co
(1958)
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Item Name, Description, and Location Capacity Source
(MW)
R Shirokhovskaya GES. Small hydroelec- 28 (rep) Co
tric power plant on Kos'va River.
Tied to 110-kv power lines.
58-50N 57-33E *
KamGES. First major hydroelectric pow- 504 (rep) Co
er plant completed on Kama River.
Tied to 110-kv power. lines and to
Yuzhnaya Substation, Sverdlovsk, by
two 1-circuit 220-kv power lines in
-parallel traces. ** 58-08N 56-20E
T Permskaya TETS ACP. Reported tied to n. a. Co
110-kv power lines. ** 57-59N 56-14E
U Permskaya GRES-2. Reported tied to 6.5 (rep) Co
110
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ines.
60-011N,50-10E
V Krasnokamskaya. TETS, Zakam. Impor- 150 (rep)
tant thermal power plant serving
Krasnokamsk and Perm' area. Tied
to 110-kv power lines. **
58-05N 55-40E
W Votkinskaya GES. Second major hydro- 1, 000 u/c Co
electric power plant under construc- (1961)
tion on Kama River. Planned to be
tied to Yuzhnaya Substation, Sverd-
lovsk, by 1-circuit,' 500-kv power
line. 56-46N 54-OOE *
Beloyarskaya AES. Significant nuclear 200 u/c Co
power plant under construction. To plus 200 (1961)
be tied to Sverdlovsk and Chelya- planned
binsk power centers by I- circuit 220-
kv powerlines: *** 56-51N 61-23E
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Item Name, Description, and Location Capacity Source
(MW)
Y Small thermal power plant- in Asbest. under 25 Co
Probably tied to 110-kvepower lines. - (1959)
*** 57-011N 61-30E*
YeGRES. Thermal power plant in Yegor- 46 (rep) Co
shino, north of Artemovsk. Probably (1959)
tied to 110-kv power lines. 57-22ND
61-52E
AA Kamensk-Ural'skaya TETS. Significant 400 (rep) Co
thermal power plant tied to 220-kv
and 110-kv power lines. Probably-
provi,les the area around Bagaryak
with power through 110-kv power
line. *** 56-21N 61-59E
BB Argayashskaya TETS. Important thermal 300 (rep) Co
power plant tied to 220-kv and 110-
kv power lines.*** 55-28N 60-53E *
For Chelyabinsk Power Center power 300 (total) T, Co
plants, see text. 55-ION 61-24E
CC Yuzhno-Ural'skaya GRES. Thermal power 600 (1959) Co
plant in south Ural area. Tied to plus 400
220-kv and 110-kv power lines; also u/c (rep)
by a 2-circuit 154-kv power line to
Zlatoust. A future 1-circuit 500-kv
power line reported transmitting 2~0
kv. 54-53N 61-18E * -
DD Troitskaya GRES. * * * * Significant ther- 1,300 u/c Co
mal power plant reported under con-
struction to serve 500-kv and 220-kv
power lines.*** 54-03N 61-34E *
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Item Name, Description, and Location Capacity Source
(MW)
EE Rudnaya TETS. Thermal power plant re- 100 u/c Co
ported under construction and to be
tied to south Ural power lines through
large substation (67). Whether this,
power plant will be completed is
questioned in some collateral.
FF Magnitogorskaya TETS. Thermal-power 273 (rep) T, Co
plant attached to Magnitogorsk Me_-~-
tallurgical Combine. Tied probably
to 110-kv and possibly to 220-kv
power lines through 35-kv power lines
and substation in north Magnitogorsk
(64). 53-26N 59-02E
GG Magnitogorskaya TETS. Thermal power 100 (rep) T, Co
plant attached to Magnitogorsk Me-
tallurgical Combine. Tied to TETS,
item FF, by 35-kv power lines and
to substation, item 64.
53-23N 59-02E
HH Sterlitamakskaya TETS, New. Thermal 50 (rep) Co
power plant tied to Ural area through (1959)
110-kv power line. to Ufa power cen-
ter. 53-37N 55-58E
II Small thermal power plant at Ishimbay. under 25 Co
Probably tied to Sterlitamakskaya
TETS (HH) through 110-kv power line.
53-28N 56-02E *
JJ Salavatskaya-TETS. Thermal powerplant 150 (rep) Co
tied to Ural area by 110-kv power (1959)
line to Ufa power center.
53-21N 55-55E
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Item
Name, Description, and Location
KK
Zlatoustovskaya
TETS.
Small thermal
power plant,
possibly
tied to 110-kV
power lines
(haze).
55-12N 59-40E
Capacity Source
(MW)
25 (rep) K, Co
LL Small thermal power plant in Asha. Pos- 4 (est) K
sibly tied to 110-kv power lines (haze).
MM Pavlovskaya GES. Hydroelectric power 170 (rep) K, Co
plant on Ufa River. Tied to Ufa pow-
er center by two probably 110-kv
power lines. 55-24N 56-34E
Ufa power plants, see text.
54-44N 55-57E
Approximate geographic coordinates (plus or minus 2 minutes).
Cloud covered on TALENT.
Cloud covered on Nla"IIOLE.
Cloud covered on and I:EYIIOLE. -
288 (total)
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TABLE 2. SUBSTATIONS ON URAL GRID
(Items refer to. numbers . on Figure 2.)
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Known
Location and Voltage
Item qoordinates Description (kv)-
Severoural'sk Transformer substation. 220
60-07N 59-50t* Terminus of 1-circuit
220-kv power line from
Nizhnyaya Tura
( (far oblique).
Transformer substation 220
59-37N 60-47E* on Nizhnyaya Tura to
Severoural''sk 220-kv
power line.
Karelino
58-43N 60-23E*
Is
58-48N 59-43E
Transformer-rectifier 110
substation, serving elec-
trified railroad (454-b; 7/).
Transformer-rectifier sub- 110
station, serving electrified
railroad (454-b; 7/).
Transformer-rectifier sub- 110
station, serving electrified
railroad (454-b; 7/).
Transformer-rectifier sub- 110
station, serving electrified
railroad (454-b; 7/).
Transformer and switching 110
substation, serving atomic
energy complex.
Transformer substation. '110
Transformer substation, 110
serving atomic energy
complex.
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10 Promyskla
58-34N 59-10E
11 Stantsiya
Yevropeyskaya
58-27N 59-16E
14 Kushva
58-17N 59-47E
18 Levikha
57-38N 59-55E
Description
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Transformer substation. 110
Transformer-rectifier sub- 110
station serving Perm' -
Kushva electrified railroad
(452-a; 7/).
Transformer-rectifier 110
substation serving
Sverdlovsk to Nizhnyaya
Tura electrified railroad
(454-a; 7/).
Transformer and switching 110
substation; probably feeds 35
35-kv power to Sverdlovsk
- Nizhnyaya Tura electri-
fied railroad (454-b; 7/).
Probable transformer sub- 110
station (haze and far
oblique).
Large transformer substa- 110
tion; ties Nizhniy Tagil
industrial complex to Ural
110-kv power lines. No
visible tie to 220-kv Verkh-
Neyvinsk - Nizhnyaya Tura
power lines (haze).
Transformer substation. ** 110
Transformer and switching 110
substation; probably feeds 35
35-kv power to.Sverdlovsk
- Nizhniy Tagil electrified
railroad (454-a; 7/).
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20 Stantsiya Transformer-rectifier sub-- 35 T
Byn'govskiy station, serving Sverdlovsk
57-35N 60-06E - Nizhniy Tagil electrified
Orailroad (454-a; 7/).
21 TsemEmtnyy Transformer substation, 35 T
57-25N 60-10E serving cement plant.
22 Neyvo-Rudyanka Transformer and switching 110 T
57-21N.60-10E substation, with possible
rectifier equipment to serve
Sverdlovsk - Nizhniy Tagil
electrified railroad (454-a;
7/).
equipment for Sverdlovsk
to Nizhniy Tagil- electri-
fied railroad (454-a; 7/).
Transformer substation. 110 Co
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Known
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(1945)
Planned significant switch- 220 Co
ing and probably trans- (1958)
former substation to (serve
planned 220-kv power lines
for north Ural region
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en sustaton
serves local industry,
being fed 35-kv power.
Transformer substation, 110 K
dge
Item Coordinates Description (kv) Source
19 Karpushika Possible transformer sub- 110 T
57-30N 59-55E station; may possibly con-
tain rectifiers to feed dc
power to electrified rail-
road.
23 V
erkh-Neyvinsk seven substations- Six 220 K
C -
, 116
Location and
N uu06E tfih
-ransormer, swtcing, 110 T
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Known
Voltage
Item Coordinates Description . (k;v) - Source
27 Chusovoy Transformer and switching 110 Co
58-21N 57-49E * substation. tied to 110-kv (1945)
power lines in north Ural
area.
28 Bizert' Transformer substation.
56-52N 59-04E
Revda
60-48N 59-56E
Pervoural'sk
56-56N 59-54E
110 K,T
Transformer substation. * * 110
Possible transformer and 110
principal switching sub-
station for 110-kv power
lines west of Sverdlovsk
in central Ural region.
. T, Co
31 Bilimbay Possible transformer-rec- 110 K
56-57N 59-47E tifier substation, serving Co
electrified section of (1958)
Pervoural'sk - Kuzino rail-
road; may be in process of
electrification. Power line
trace continues toward
Kuzino (410-zh; 7/).
32 Sverdlovsk Yuzhnaya substation. Prin- 400 K
56-44N 60-36E cipal transformer and (500) T
switching substation for 220 Co
Sverdlovsk and central 110
and north Ural areas.
Terminus of 400
(500)-kv power ne from
Volzhskaya GES (near
Kuybyshev) through Bugul'-
ma, Ufa, Zlatoust, and
Chelyabinsk, and of two
1-circuit, 220-kv power
lines from KamGES (S).
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Location and Known
Item Coordinates Voltage
Description (kv) Source
33 Stantsiya Transformer substation 110 T
Kosulino with possible rectifier
(Dubrovinskiy) equipment for serving
56-45N 61-02E Sverdlovsk - Tyumen elec-
trified railroad (410-z; 7/).
34 Mikhaylovskiy Transformer substation tied 110 K,. T
56-27N 59-08E to 110-kv power lines.
KEYHOLE discloses new
trace in direction of Arti
area.
35
Degyarka
Transformer substation
56-43N 60-02E.
.
36
Polevsk'oy
Transformer and switching
56-29N 60-15E
substation tied to 110-kv
power lines southwest of
Sverdlovsk.
110 K, Co
110 T, Co
37 Stantsiya Probable transformer- 110 K
Poldnevaya rectifier substation serving
56-18N 60-17E Sverdlovsk - Chelyabinsk
electrified railroad (462-g;
7/).
38 Verkhniy Ufaley Major transformer and 110
56-03N 60-13E switching substation tied
to 110-kv power lines be-
tweeiA Sverdlovsk and Che-
lyabinsk; possibly has
rectifier equipment serving
Sverdlovsk - Chelyabinsk
electrified railroad (462-g;
7/).
39 Nyazepetrovsk Transformer substation tied 110
56-02N 60-17E to 110-kv power lines.
KEYHOLE discloses a new
power line trace in direction
of Arti area.
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Bagaryak
56-13N 61-30E
41
Kyshtym
55-42N 60-33E *
42
Kas-li
55-53N 60-32E
43
Vermikulit
55-59N0-40E *
44
Stantsiya
Shagol, '
7 miles NW of switching substation in 220 (1958)
Chelyabinsk south Ural region on Kuy- 110 /
55-14N 61-17E byshev to Sverdlovsk '400 00
(500)-kv power line; tied 0
also to 220-kv and 110-kv 0
power lines. Only partially i
in service (TALENT), some
switching equipment and - 0
transformers not yet in-
stalled
(surrounded by clouds
in TALENT).
45 Karabash Transformer substation tied 110 T, Co
55-29N 60-13.E * to 110-kv power lines (haze-
on TALENT). ***
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Possible transformer sub- 110 K 00
station tied to Kamensk (poss) 00
and to Sverdlovsk by pos- 04
sibly 110-kv power lines.
00
00
Important switching and 110 Co /
probably transformer sub- (1958) 00
station tied.to 110-kv power 000
0
lines between'Sverdlovsk 00
and Chelyabinsk. * * * * 00
00
00
Transformer and switching 110 - T, Co
substation of possible sig- 0
nificance to atomic energy i
installations in the Kyshtym 00
area; tied to 110-kv power 00
00
lines.
s
Transformer substation; ter- 110 T, Co 00
minus of 110-kv power line 35 00
from Kasli; serves Sungul' 00
Institute through probable / 00
35-kv power line. 00
s
Chelyabinskaya substation. 400 T- 00
00
Principal transformer and (500) Co 04
Known 00
Voltage
Description (kv) Source 10
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Location and
Coordinates
-Description
Known
Voltage
(kv)
Source
Zlatoust
Major transformer and
154
K
(North of
switching substation'on
110
Co
urban area)
'
110-kv power lines west
(1945)
55-10N 59-42E
of Chelyabinsk and tied to
Yuzhno-Ural'skaya GRES
(CC) by 2-circuit 154-kv
power line; probably tied to
(1948)
Zlatoustinskaya Substation
(47). * *
Zlatoust
Zlatoustovskaya Substation.
400
K
(South of
Principal switching and
(500)
Co
urban area)
transformer, substation
110
(1958)
55-09N 59-40E
serving Zlatoust area on
Kuybyshev to Sverdlovsk
1-circuit 400 (500)-kv
power line. **
Kusa
Transformer substatio
11
55-17N 59-37E
n.
Terminus of probable
110-kv (possibly 35-kv)
power line from Zlatoust
0
T, K
(haze on KEYHOLE).
Stantsiya
Tundush
Transformer-rectifier
substation servi
Uf
110
K
55-11N 59-24E
ng
a -
Zlatoust electrified rail-
road (435-zh; 7/)
.
Near Stantsiya
Zhukatau on
Berdyaush to
Transformer-rectifier
substation serving Ufa to
electrified railroad
110
K
Druzhino rail-
road (452-b; 7/)
(435-zh; 7/).
55-09N 59-12E-
Satka
Transformer sub
t
ti
58
*
s
a
on tied
110
T
-02N 59-03E
to 110-kv power lines west
Co
of Chelyabinsk. * * * (cloud
19
5
covered on KEYHOLE')
(
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Location and
Item Coordinates
Transforriier- rectifier 110
substation, serving Ufa -
53 Asha
55-00N 57-15E
Zlatoust electrified rail-
road (435-zh; 7/).
110
Description
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Known
Voltage
(kv) Source
Transformer-rectifier i'
substation serving Ufa -
Zlatoust electrified rail-
road (435-zh; 7/).
Tavtimanovo Possible transformer-
54-54N 55-40E rectifier substation serving
Ufa - Zlatoust electrified
railroad (435-zh; 7/).
55 / Ufa Planned principal transform- 400 - Co
ij. er and switching trans- (500) (1958)
former substation on Kuy-
byshev to Sverdlovsk
1-circuit 400 (500)-kv
power line. Status-not
available; may be under
construction, partially or
completely in service.
56 Buzul'ma Principal transformer and 400
54-29N 52-45E switching substation on (ODU)
Kuybyshev - Sverdlovsk 220
1-circuit 400 (500)-kv
power line, Bugul' ma oil
field.
57 Miass
54-59N 60-07E *
Transformer substation 110
tied to 110-kv power lines
west of Chelyabinsk. ****
Transformer substation. 110
Transformer substation, 110
terminus of 110-kv
1-circuit power line from
Magnitogorsk- (see item 64).
Co
(1945)
Co
(1945)
Co
(1945)
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Location and
Item Coordinates
60 Kustanay
53-16N 63-36E
61 Rudnyy
(Sarbay area)
62 Lisakovka
(near Raz"yezd
Lisakovka)
52-32N 61-16E
63 Dzhetygara
52-13N 61-13E
64
65
terminus of Sarbay-
Lisakovka-Dzhetygara
power line. Construction
may have begun.
Magnitogorsk
Principal transformer and
53-28N 59-03E
switching substation in
Magnitogorsk tied to 110-
kv power lines in south
Ural region. (No evidence
of any 220-kv equipment
on TALENT).
Davlekanovo
Transformer substation tied
54-12N 55-04E
to 110-kv power lines south
of Ufa. May have rectifier
equipment for Kinel' -Ufa
electrified railroad
(435-e; 7/).
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Known
Description
Voltage
(kv)
Significant transformer sub-
(500)
station believed to be re-
220
ceiving 220-kv power from
Troitsk over future 500-kv
power line.
Source
Co
(1958)
Large transformer and (500) Co
probable switching sub- 220 (1960)
station, believed to be 110
receiving 220-kv power
from Troitsk over
1-circuit future 500-kv _
power line.
Reported transformer sub'- 220 Co
station on Sarbay-Dzhety- (1960)
gara 220-kv power line.
Construction may have
begun.
Reported planned trans- 220 Co
former substation to be (1960
)
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Location and Voltage
Item Coordinates Description (kv) Source
66 Belebey Same as 65. 110 Co
54-13N 54-07E (1959)
54-06N 54-07E *: (1959)
Approximate geographic coordinates (plus or minus 2 minutes).
Cloud covered on TALENT.
Cloud covered on KEYIIOLF..
Cloud covered on TALENT and KEYHOLE.
MAPS AND CHARTS
The latest editions of the AMS maps Series N501 and N502 and Air
pilotage charts covering this area were used in this report. In addition
to Sheet No 41 of AMS series 1301, WACs 156, 164, and 165, and USAF
Jet Navigation Charts, Sheet JN-11 were also used. The highest classifi-
cation on these maps is CONFIDENTIAL.
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1. Army, ACSI. PIR-41-S Military Aspects of the Urals Area, F.
Summary of Mission 4125, Nov 59, passim. (TSC)
2. CIA. SI 51-59, Availability of Electric Power to Soviet Atomic En-
er Installations in the Urals, 4 Jun 59 (S/Noforn
4. CIA. NIS 26, USSR, Chapter. VI, Section 62 D, ''Electric Power,'' data
of Jan 59, ;Figures 62-141 and 62-154 (S/Noforn)
5. CIA. OSI-SD/60-15, Scientific Intelligence, 8 Aug 60 (S)
6. Morozova, A. A. Prof, ed. Turbinnoye Oborudovaniye Gidroelektro-
stantsiy; Moscow, 58, pp 338-354, item 22, and p 411 (U)
7. OFITSIAL'HYY UKAZATEL' PASSAZHIRSKIKH SOOBSHCHENIY, LE-
TO 1957 FODA (1957 Summer Passenger Timetable) Moscow 57 (U)
In addition, collateral data covering electrical developments during
the current USSR seven-year plan, 1958-1965, including schematic circuit
diagrams of power lines of 220 kv or higher voltages, from the files of
USSR newspapers and magazines were studied.
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
In Figure 2 (on page 6), the power line shown east of Beloyarsk as
11400(5 00) KV" should be corrected. to read "planned 220 KV.
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