REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MINSK.
Originator: CIA
From: C/SR/CI/RESEARCH
To: OO/CONTACT DIVISION
Document date: 1964-02-17 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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C/SR/CI/RESEARCH

00/CONTACT DIVISION

TITLE

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MINSK.

DATE

02/17/64

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SUBJECTS:

MINSK INFO

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17 February 1964

MEMORANDUM FOR: 00/Contact Division

ATTENTION

THRU

SUBJECT

i Support Branch, Shirley Stetson

: DO/OS

: Request for Information on Minok

1. In support of operational research presently being conducted,

this office would appreciate recelving any 0O reports for the period

1959 to present dealing with:

a. The Institute of Scientific-Technical Information in

Minek, BSSR.

b. The State Committee for the Coordination of Scientific

Research Work (GKKNIR) of the BSSR.

d'....

c. Scientific personalities, Inturist personalities and other

personalities encountered by travellere to Minsk, BSSR.

2. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide in

this priority matter. Any questions which you may have relating to

this request should be addressed to A. W. Brasko, x-7735, Headguarters

building, Room 5 C 39.

Document Number.

833-380

for FOlA Review on

JUL 1976

Lee H. Wigren

C/SR/CI/ Research

Distribution:

Orig. & 1 - Addressee

2 - SR/CI/Research

SR/CI/Research:A WBrasko:cl

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II Septoy

Misak in the capitas as sell as

the economic and coltural

center at the Belorussian Sovlet Socialist Republic, one of the fifteen

republion comprising the Union of Soviet Socialiat Repuhlice:

18 to

altuated at 5P54 N., 21933' E., approadmately 490 mileo aouthwest

et Мовсок.

Ilo population, no el 1959, nas 509,000. Tae Sulelech

Alves, a non-anvigable tributary of toe Bernaina, rune through the

center of the siby.

& Almont complesoly destroyed daring World War la, Missh

has been Jargely reball and today it lo conoidered by the Soviets as ene

of tholy (chon cittes.*

3. Dilaole to an important Soviet industrial contet; ite chief

producte Include tractors, trachs and other beavy automotive equipment,

machine toole and precicion instrumente, radtos, phonographs and tele-

vicion deto, loathor goods, cottoa nod linen goodo and lumber and sord

produete.

Miach has sevezal lazge incticationo es highes learsing de-

cluding the Lenin State University of the 3SeR, with some 7,000 students,

* medical instito and o polytechnient institute, At aloo has a wide variety

of secondeal achools, As the not of tho Acadamy el Actences of the ESS&

vith ito mumorons aliliated seientife institutes, Minst le aloo en important

centor ot octentitie rosecrea.

The củy to ln the midt of a generally Dot mavchy area 656

feet above sos lovel. The carrounding ores is mostly woodlands inter

spersed nith marsh lands. La avarage January tomperatore la 33°5.;

the average July temperaturo is 65,59%, Precipitation averagea 24

inches anually with the greatens amount during the monthe ot July end

Augsat-

Snow coves losta as average of 1ll days anmally sit the

higheet accumulation averaging lê inchee.

Document Number

833.380

for FOlA Review on

JUL 1976

Handcarsid to Commercin,

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