Imperial Russian Railways

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Imperial_Russian_Railways
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:contributedTo expansion into Siberia and the Far East
industrialization of the Russian Empire
urbanization in Russia
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:dissolved 1917
gptkbp:employs hundreds of thousands of workers
gptkbp:founded 1842
gptkbp:gauge gptkb:Russian_gauge_(1520_mm)
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Imperial Russian Railways
gptkbp:languageOfService gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Kiev
gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
gptkb:Vladivostok
gptkb:Warsaw
gptkb:Rostov-on-Don
gptkbp:network over 70,000 km by 1917
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
gptkb:Moscow–Saint_Petersburg_Railway
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:role major transporter of goods and passengers in the Russian Empire
strategic military asset during wars
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Soviet_Railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saint_Petersburg–Vitebsk_Railway
gptkb:Helsinki–Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8