AIRFIELD SOUTHEAST OF SVERDLOVSK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010800280004-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Sverdlovrsk Oblast)
SUBJECT Airfield Sott.heast of Sve=?dloti'sk
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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3 march 1952
NO. OF ENCLS. 3 6 pages)
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. There was an airfield southeast of Sverdlovsk (56oOtN/60o58tE), Sverdlovsk
Oblast, about 2.5 km southeast of Koltsovo, a village located on a highway.
The road leading from Koltsovo to the airfield is crossed twice by a rail-
road track,
2. The field had two diagonal concrete runways each about 1,000 x 15 meters.
A concrete taxiway with a n uttber of concrete parking sites, 10 x 8 meters
on both sides, connected three ends of the runways. A railroad spur track
was available.,
3. Installations observed at the field included: two hangars, each 100 x 60
meters; two temporary buildings with offices and quartering; facilities for
aircraft mechanics; wooden sheds used as repair shops; one radio installation
with a mast about 10 meters high; one radio installation and weather
station housed in a new large wooden building with three antenna masts on
its roof; a fuel dump with fuel containers dug into the earth. (3)
4.. There was intensive flying at the field,. From 30 to 40 twin-engine planes
with nose wheels and landing gears retracting rearward landed at the field
daily. Fighter planes which made intermediate landings at the installation
were believed to be stationed at a field, about eig?ht Ian north of Sverdlovsk,
5. An underground cable about 5 cm in diameter was being laid from the radio
and weather station of the field to a radio installation about 5 km away.
The radio station consisted of a transmitter house, a billet and five
antenna towers resting on concrete bases set up in November and December 1948.
On top of each of the masts,, which according to a Soviet engineer were 42
meters high, was a red obstacle light, In December 1948, the radio station
was not in operation. However;, the instruments and armatures were being
installed. From each of the tourers about 70 cm above ground a cable
about
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7. Installations available at, the field included: three hangars each about
35 x 20 x 10 meters; six brick buildings, each 25 x 10 x 8 meters, nearing
completion in August 1949; two three-story brick buildings, each 25 x 15
meters; an airport hotel 50 X. 15 x 1.2 meters; a building known as a
children's home, about 50 x 15 x 12 meters; 10 dwellings for civilian
workers; a fuel dump consisting of about six fuel containers each 10 meters
long and 1.5 meters in diameter. The dump had a railroad connection.
Additional buildings were being erected or planned. (
8. The field was used by commercial passenger and cargo planes. Individual
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(2)
masts, each about 20 meters high, was located on a hill from 80 to 100
meters high about-6 km north of the radio station. Each of the masts was
connected to the DF station by a cable. The radio station and DF station
were connected by a telephone and a high-tension line. About 1,000 meters
west of the DF station there was an installation consisting of two buildings
each about ld x 6 meters., It was connected to the DF station by a telephone
line. The foundations for a third building had, been excavated there
twin-engine planes with three-man crews occasionally made short intermediate
landings at the field. According to Russians, these planes, which were
fitted with radial engines, double rudder assemblies, plexiglass noses with
a cannon station and a tail-gun position with a machine gun, a short distance
aft of the trailing edge of the wing, were stationed at a military field
about 20 km southeast of Sverdlovsk.)-----
There was a radio station with five radio towers, each 40 meters high,
located about 5km northeast of the field. Red obstacle lights were mounted
on top of these towers. A yellow and a. red light wen placed in the middle
of each tower. The radio station, vuhich was still under construction, was
surrounded by pine trees and farmland. A DF station with eight wooden
Comments.
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see Annex 1. The existence of the installs.
able information on the runways-at the installation
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intersecting `e
The diveraenc'
According to previous inforribakion., commercial: and military. planes were
stationed at the field up to 1 2. Froriv he present report the installation'
seems to have assumed the status ^of Ax_predominantly commercial airfield in
1949 - It appears that it is contirr6o`u ly being improved and that it is a
major installation. From all. i1oormatio2 furnished by returned PV/s it is
believed that this is the on airfield ins'-:he Istok area and that the
that large dwelling housewere constructed
Lion on the installati
may be due to the fs
were made at different "periods. Also, in previ
three other fields listed th this area in the- ,below mentioned USFA Chart
no longer exist.
the field in 1949.
For sketch of airfie 'supplied This sketch
which is in agree t with information contained in evious sketches epeitsh
s reports it was stated
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Shad sk railroad line. This is about 3 km north of the point' ecorded in
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existence of two runways more than 1,000 met
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1. Radio station with five towers each 40 meters high.
2. I]F station with eight masts each 20 meters high.
3. Installation connected to IMF station by telephone line.
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Legend.
1. Airfield buildings.
2;. Two runways, each 2,000 x: 35 meters.
3. Hangars.
Li. Fuel dump.
5. Airport hotel.
6. Rest house.
7. Quarters for civil flying personnel.
8. Military quarters.
9.. Old factory.
10. Radio station With five towers each 40 meters high.
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1. Two runways, each 1,000-x 15 meters.
2. Taxiway with aircraft dispersal sites.
3. Hangars and storage facilities.
Military radio installation.
5. workshops.
6. Quarters.
7. Weather and radio station,
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