TOWN OF GORODISHCHE

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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (Belorussian SSR) REPORT
SUBJECT Town of Gorodishche DATE DISTR. 6 December 1955
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1. Gorodishcbe5pproximately N 53-20, E 26-017, a town with a population of
about 4,000, was the rayon center of Gorolishchenskiy Rayon.
2. all the buildings in Gorodishche were one-
story structures. Most of the buildings were of wood construction and some
3. Stoloviehskaya ulitsa and Novogrudakaya ulitsa, two of the main streets in
Gorodishche, were paved with cobblestone in the city and also. all the way
to Stolovichi Ze roximately N 53-10, E 26-07 and Novogrudok approximately
N 53-36, E 26-7 respectively. Traffic was quite heavy in the north-south
but east-west traffic was very light. Three buses ran daily
direct ion,
from Baranovichi C 53-08, E 26-02,) through Gorodishche and north beyond
Novogrudok. There was no east-west bus line through Gorodishche.
4. Electricity was supplied by a hydroelectric station, located approximately
five kilometers east of Gorodishche on the Skrobovo Selsovet Dam on the
Servach River. This hydroelectric station furnished electricity for the
administrative and governmental buildings and for most of the homes and
streets. Gorodishche had no water or sewerage system.
Medic 1 and sanitary goods could be purchased, and prescriptions filled, at
the p .rmacy.. A life-size statue of Stalin, built in 1945-1946, was located
in the northwest corner of the public square. Regular Sunday services were
held at the Russian Orthodox church, but the Catholic church had been con-
verted into a grain storage.
6. The militia in Gorodishche were armed only with side arms, and source did
not know lthether they had cars or trucks assigned to them. The Rayon
Militia Office was located in the same building as the MV).
7. Mail was picked up four times daily; out of town mail was transported twice
daily by truck to Baranovichi. A telephone office was located in the post
office. There was only one automatic telephone with a private booth in the
post office. The charge for a local call was 15 kopeks. Another telephone,
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located on the operator's desk, could also be used by the public. There
were no other public telephone booths in the village. Private citizens were
frequently permitted to make local calls from telephones from any of the
offices which had them.
8. The rayon newspaper was Sovetska rodina, a weekly publication printed in
Russian; its contents were almost entirely a reprint of the Baranovichi
Krasnaya zvezda. A subscription to Sovetskaya rodina cost 90 kopeks per
month.
9. The divisions of Rayispolkom included Zags, a General Complaint Department
for final appeals to the Rayispolkom, a technical section, a Rayon General
Welfare Office, a Division of Social Welfare, a Division of Kolkhozy, and
a Central Statistical Directorate.
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Legend to Sketch of Gorodishche
1. Rayispolkem.
2. Raykom.
3. Bakery.
4. Rayon Department of Public Education.
5. Rayon Industrial Combine.
6. MVD.
7. Preliminary Detention Jail.
8. Rayon Department of Roads.
9. Tea room.
10. Catholic church..
11. Rayvoyenkomat.
12. Flour mill.
13. Fire station.
14. Rayon Land Office.
15. People's Court.
16. Rayon Committee of the Komsomol.
17. Rayon House of Culture.
18. Gosbank.
19. Pharmacy.
20. Rayon Finance Office.
21. Public prosecutor's office.
22. Rayon Veterinary Office.
23. Public bath.
24. Orthodox church.
25. Belorussian secondary school.
26. Russian septennial school
27. Broadcast relay station.
28. Dispensary.
29. Post office.
30. Rayon store.
31. Editorial office of Sovetskaya rodina.
32. Hotel.
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