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Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6 it possible to carry on construction in the main by standard projects. To render technical aid, more than 300,000 copies of standard projects for houses, 200,000 copics of projects for farm buildings, and 50,000 posters on construction problems have been sent to rural localities of the Russian Federation alone. More than 600 general plans for collective farm communities have been drawn up in Moscow Region alone. The architectural studio headed by I. V. Zholtovsky, member of the Acad- emy of Architecture of the USSR, to- gether with other similar organizations, is engaged in drawing up projects for rural housing. This work has resulted in the elaboration of a number of stan- dard projects for brick houses in rural communities. In their architectural lines, intetior layout, inclusion of halls, attractive en- trances, glassed verandas, and sanitary equipment, these houses have been plan- ned with due account to the enhanced cultural requirements of the collective farmers, and they provide for substan- tial improvements in living conditions, bringing the rural dwelling much closer to the urban home. Construction, improvement, and plan- ning of rural communities, conducted on a vast scale in the USSR, have inten- sified research in the architecture of rural construction and have drawn into this work a large number of scientists RURAL SAWMILL. The Pobeda Collective Farm uses its electric saw for making lumber used in its new construction program. and scientific organizations. A scientific research institute of rural and collective farm construction has been set up at the Academy of Axchitec- ture of the USSR. It is charged with the elaboration of planning, architectural, technical, and economic problems per- taining to ural construction, The estab- lishment of a special institute makes it possible to unite the efforts of scien- tists and increase the scale of research. UNLOADING BRICKS. The Pobeda Collective Farm makes its own brick for the buildings it is constructing from local materials. 594 The institute has started work on the rational solution of laying out, building, and improving collective farm settle- ments and the compilation of experi- mental projects for different types of public buildings and homes. Experi- mental projects have already been elab- orated for collective farm dwellings from fireproof materials, and the use of lighter brick walls in collective farm construction has also been proposed. The movement for larger collecti farms which will make them economic- ally stronger opens new prospects for the reconstruction of the Soviet country- side. Big communities of an urban type, noted for their improvements, will arise in place of the old, small settle- ments. The first steps in this direction have already been taken. A case in point is the Timiryazev Collective Farm, Gorky Region, where 30 scattered small settlements have united into three im- proved communities. The program of construction on the collective farms is part of the state plan for the restoration and development of the national economy. The large scope of rural construction facilitates the rise in the wealth of the collective farms and the advance in the material and cultural standards of the population, and enables the collective farmers to enjoy all the benefits of modern technology, science, and culture. USSR INFORMATION BULLETIN Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6