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The Trans-Siberian Railway also played a very direct role during parts of Russia's history, with the Czechoslovak Legion using heavily armed and armored trains to control large amounts of the railway (and of Russia itself) during the Russian Civil War at the end of World War I. [28] As one of the few fighting forces left in the aftermath of the ...
The Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" is awarded to employees of the railways who worked flawlessly in the industry for 20 years or more, as well as to other citizens of the Russian Federation who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Trans-Siberian railway.
The Trans-Siberian Railway connecting European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces on the Sea of Japan was built between 1891 and 1916. The Russian-built system included the Chinese Eastern Railway, short-cutting across China's Manchuria; later on, its southern branch was connected with other Chinese
Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km (2,687 mi)-long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 480 miles) 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 as vulnerable especially along the sections close to the ...
The Severomuysky Tunnel (Russian: Северому́йский тонне́ль) is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Northern Muya Range it cuts through. The tunnel is 15.34 kilometres (9.53 mi) long, the longest in Russia (excluding metro lines). [1]
The Amur River Tunnel (Russian: Тоннель под Амуром, during its construction — стройка No.4) is a 7.2km long railway tunnel on the Trans-Siberian Railway, in Khabarovsk, Russia. It was built between 1937 and 1942 to provide an alternate route for the Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur River.
The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) broad gauge Amur Railway [a] is the last section of the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, built in 1907–1916. The construction of this railway favoured the development of the gold mining industry, logging, fisheries and the fur trade in Siberia and Russian Far East.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, railway traffic in Russia sharply declined [77] and new major electrification projects were not undertaken except for the line to Murmansk which was completed in 2005. [78] Work continued on completing the electrification of the Trans-Siberian Railway, but at a slower pace, finishing in 2002. [79]