Russian Imperial Railways

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russian_Imperial_Railways
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:ceased_operations after Russian Revolution (1917)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:dissolved 1917
gptkbp:employs over 1 million people (by 1917)
gptkbp:founded 1842
gptkbp:gauge Russian gauge (1,524 mm)
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:historicalSignificance military logistics during World War I
facilitated migration to Siberia
major role in industrialization of Russia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Imperial Railways
gptkbp:infrastructure railway stations
railway bridges
railway depots
gptkbp:languageOfService gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nationalized late 19th century
gptkbp:network over 70,000 km (by 1917)
gptkbp:notableEvent opening of Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway (1851)
completion of Trans-Siberian Railway (1916)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Moscow–Kursk_Railway
gptkb:Warsaw–Vienna_Railway
gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
gptkb:Moscow–Saint_Petersburg_Railway
gptkb:Moscow–Nizhny_Novgorod_Railway
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Franz_Anton_von_Gerstner
gptkb:Nikolai_P._Petrov
gptkb:Pavel_Melnikov
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:predecessor private railway companies
gptkbp:purpose passenger transport
freight transport
gptkbp:rollingStock steam locomotives
freight wagons
passenger carriages
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Soviet_Railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polish_State_Railways_(historically)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6