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BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/BAM_(Baikal-Amur_Mainline)
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:builtBy
gptkb:Soviet_Army
prison labor
Komsomol volunteers
gptkbp:connectsTo
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
Baikal Lake region
gptkbp:constructionStartYear
1930s
gptkbp:crosses
gptkb:Amur_River
gptkb:Baikal_Mountains
gptkb:Stanovoy_Range
gptkbp:electrification
partially
gptkbp:endPoint
gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:featuredIn
Soviet propaganda
gptkbp:gauge
Russian gauge (1,520 mm)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)
gptkbp:length
about 4,300 km
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:majorConstructionPeriod
1974–1991
gptkbp:nickname
The Construction Project of the Century
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Severomuysky_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding
Amur River Bridge at Komsomolsk-on-Amur
gptkbp:notableCity
gptkb:Novy_Urgal
gptkb:Severobaikalsk
gptkb:Tynda
gptkb:Komsomolsk-on-Amur
gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:notableFeature
permafrost engineering
remote settlements
resource extraction sites
gptkbp:opened
1984
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Russian_Railways
gptkbp:parallelTo
gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
gptkbp:passesThrough
gptkb:Khabarovsk_Krai
gptkb:Buryatia
gptkb:Zabaykalsky_Krai
gptkb:Sakha_Republic
gptkb:Irkutsk_Oblast
gptkb:Amur_Oblast
gptkb:Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast
gptkbp:purpose
strategic alternative to Trans-Siberian Railway
resource development
gptkbp:startPoint
gptkb:Tayshet
gptkbp:symbol
Soviet engineering
Soviet youth movement
gptkbp:website
https://bam.rzd.ru/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Tynda
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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