PROBABLE AGRICULTURAL STORAGE AREA NEAR PESKI, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300100014-7
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 1, 1961
• Content Type: BRIEF

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PR?BABLE A.(:~RICULTUR.AL STORAGE AREA. NEA.:R. PESKI, USSR
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This area, covered by photography of
i.s located at 53-12N 66?-48E, 6 nautical mi es nrn sou ,west o es.c~ an
250 nm southwest of Omsk, It was referred to in PYO/JMCI-7/60 a.s a
possible future industrial site. 1/ Further analysis indicates that it is a
probable agricultural storage area.
General Description
The area includes the fallowing facilities d,item numbers are keyed
to B?igure 1 ~ .
1. Probable storage site containing tanks or small structures,
.served by a rail spur.
2. Starage site containing eight large warehouses and two possible
warehouses under construction, served by a rail spur.
FIGURE 1. PROBABLE AGRICULTURAL STORAGE AREA NEAR PESK1, USSR,
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3o Long .r.a,i.l spu:~? which passes parallel to the warehouses of item
29 continues no:rtheastward9 and then turns .east and. terminates in a
c~?ow`s -foot; of sho~?t spurs near the Islaim Rivera No const:~uc~:ion i.s
apparent at the end of: this spu~? o
4o Tu:~?ning wye v~ri.th several shoat spurs (not shown on la'igure loo
5 a Two open storage sites o
6e ?ne large a.nd th~~?ee small housing sites conta.:~ning approximately
150 si.ngle~~famil-am dwellings o
Terrain and Zieg~:tation
The area lies in a.n extensively cultivatede lows level pl.ain9 characm
terized by numerorzs sma.11 l.a,k.es and very few t:re~es o
The major part of the area appears complete, although a few small
areas of earth scarring indicate possible future construction,
Utilities
Water is a.vailabl.e from the nearby Ishim R.Y.ver, No pi.peli.n~;s 8
steam lines or power lines are discernible4 The presence of an inter-
nal or external power source could not be determinedo
Transport
The area is adjacent to a highway-railway junction, The :rai.l. lane;
extends west from Kol~chetav to ~ustanaye passing just south o.f F'es1~i9
{see ~?igu:~^e 2~0 It is visibl.e9 on photography, from Kol?:cheta;v to
app:roximatel.y 40 nm west of Peskie fo:r a total of 135 nm; z:louds ob~-
scure the remaindero This rail lines reported as new in T1VIC1-7/60 2/e
is shown in ITS 269 Section 3.1 (~anaza:ry 1959~~ 3/
Security
Th.e extent of physical. security oould not. be determined; howeve~:9
no fence lines were discernibleo
Near. est Majos~ Airfield
CJms:~ Southwest A.imfiel.d i.s 250 nm to the no-r?theasta This field. ha.s
a conc. rate runway 89500 by~ 270 feet and two minor concrete :runways 9
38450 by 270 feet and 29600 by 270 feeto
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FIGURE 2, MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF PROBABL E AGRICULTURAL STORAGE AREA NEAR PESKI AND
SIX SPUR-SERVED STORAGE AREAS,
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c~~ola~ ~raorl~ eras being st~??ted on f.he ~ons~x?ue;t~on of a. large gain
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?ther Spu.r~Se~~ved S~:c~.~~e A_r~y:~.s. ~.n I3.e~gion
1Tilest and no:~?thanort~h~xrest of Pe.s~. are; sip: p~~?c~bable ag:ricul~:u~al
storage areas se,r~~ed b}Y ;ail spins use,; Figure 2~. ~~,e;h a_;r~ea contains
long ~~srarehouse buildings similar to these a.t the area near ~'esiki.and from
20 to 70 single~~~:a.m:i.l~ dwellings. ~h?; rail. slaurs +rary in length front ap~-
p:~s~xima,tel~r 2~0~0 feed; to ~d0[10 feet. lolo s