The Soviet Union was heavily dependent on rail transport, not least during the Russian Civil War and World War II, but also for industrialization according...

Transport in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was an important part of the nation's economy. The economic centralisation of the late 1920s...

railways in C.I.S. and Baltics". Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Rail Fan Europe "Rail map of former Soviet Union". Archived from the original...

Rail transport in Belarus is owned by the national rail company BŽD / BČ (be: Bielaruskaja Čyhunka / ru: Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga). The railway network...

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Rail transport in Azerbaijan is operated by the national state-owned railway company Azerbaijan Railways (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları). The...

under the Soviet Union and kept on working in the post-Soviet states. There were 13 metro systems in 7 of the 15 Soviet republics just before the dissolution...

Zakarpattia region) History of rail transport in Russia History of rail transport in Poland Rail transport in the Soviet Union List of populated places established...

While the former Soviet Union got a late (and slow) start with rail electrification in 1926 it eventually became the world leader in electrification in terms...

Rail transport in Russia runs on one of the biggest railway networks in the world. Russian railways are the third longest by length and third by volume...

Railways (Soviet Union). Ministry of Transport (Russia) Rail transport in the Soviet Union Министерство путей сообщения (in Russian). Archived from the original...

colleges/universities/higher-educational-institutes in the Russian empire, the Soviet Union, and the Post-Soviet states. Railway colleges are higher educational...

Rail transport in Europe has diverse technological standards, operating concepts, and infrastructures. Common features are the widespread use of standard-gauge...

interested in rail transport can learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. The world's...

St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation History of rail transport in Russia The EMU pages. ER200. "Экскурсии...

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1926. March 14 - El Virilla train accident in Costa Rica kills 248 people. May 1 -...

Russian "elektrichka" in its branded online schedule services. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the term "Elektrichka" is not in use with non-Russian...

Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859...

north of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Soviet Union built the BAM as a strategic alternative route to the Trans–Siberian Railway, seen...

infrastructure declined significantly in the post-Soviet era due to low investment and poor maintenance. Air transport was the only branch that received substantial...

entry into the European Union in 2004, major financing has been made available by European financing institutions to improve both the Polish rail network...

occurs when three cars transporting hexogen to Kazakhstan explode on the railway crossing in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast of the Soviet Union, killing 91 people...

Rail transport in Latvia is done on 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge. The main railway company is the state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), with...

Public Domain. On the Legendary Turksib railway; Qazaqstan Tarihy порталы, 19 September 2018. Video: Turksib (1929). Classic Soviet rail documentary. Short...

viina) was the name for a World War II action of Soviet partisans and the German Kampfgruppen des NKFD as their auxiliary force in the Soviet Union, especially...

of urgent loads. Rail line restoration began in the winter of 1924-1925 from the reconstruction of the Khabarovsk Bridge due to the importance of resuming...

Soviet Union Pyatakov, Georgy Return to Table of Contents Rabinovich, Grigory Racism in the Soviet Union Radio in the Soviet Union Rail transport in the...

built in the 1890s leads to the Afghan border at Gushgy, and the main line carries on to Turkmenabat (Chärjew). From there, a branch built in the Soviet period...

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volunteer units to be dispatched to the front (20 railmen would be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union), found resources for repairing military...