| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:state-owned_enterprise 
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                                | gptkbp:abbreviation | gptkb:SZhD 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Soviet_Union 
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                                | gptkbp:dissolved | 1991 
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                                | gptkbp:electrification | extensive, over 50% by 1991 
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                                | gptkbp:founded | 1922 
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                                | gptkbp:gauge | 1,520 mm 
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                                | gptkbp:headquarters_location | gptkb:Moscow 
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                                | gptkbp:industry | gptkb:rail_transport 
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                                | gptkbp:locomotiveType | diesel electric
 steam
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainLanguage | gptkb:Russian 
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                                | gptkbp:nativeName | gptkb:Советские_железные_дороги 
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                                | gptkbp:network | over 147,000 km (at peak) 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | dissolution and division among successor states in 1991 electrification drive in 1950s-1980s
 introduction of high-speed trains in 1980s
 mass evacuation during World War II
 postwar reconstruction and expansion
 transportation of military equipment during Great Patriotic War
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStation | gptkb:Aurora gptkb:Rossiya
 gptkb:Red_Arrow
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfEmployees | over 3 million (at peak) 
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                                | gptkbp:operates | gptkb:Moscow_Railway gptkb:Armenian_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Azerbaijan_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Belarusian_Railway_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Estonian_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Georgian_Railway_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Kyrgyz_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Latvian_Railway_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Lithuanian_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Moldovan_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Tajik_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Turkestan–Siberian_Railway
 gptkb:Turkmen_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Ukrainian_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Uzbek_Railways_(as_part_of_USSR)
 gptkb:Far_Eastern_Railway
 gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
 gptkb:October_Railway
 gptkb:Baikal-Amur_Mainline
 gptkb:Baltic_Railway
 gptkb:Central_Asian_Railway
 gptkb:Transcaucasian_Railway
 gptkb:South_Caucasus_Railway
 freight trains
 passenger trains
 
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                                | gptkbp:parentOrganization | gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_USSR 
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                                | gptkbp:servesCity | gptkb:Baku gptkb:Bishkek
 gptkb:Chisinau
 gptkb:Kiev
 gptkb:Leningrad
 gptkb:Minsk
 gptkb:Moscow
 gptkb:Riga
 gptkb:Tallinn
 gptkb:Tashkent
 gptkb:Tbilisi
 gptkb:Vilnius
 gptkb:Vladivostok
 gptkb:Yerevan
 gptkb:Alma-Ata
 gptkb:Ashgabat
 gptkb:Novosibirsk
 gptkb:Dushanbe
 Samarkand
 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Kazakhstan_Temir_Zholy gptkb:Russian_Railways
 gptkb:Ukrainian_Railways
 gptkb:Belarusian_Railway
 other national railways of former Soviet republics
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works gptkb:ESB-4
 gptkb:M62
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Soviet Railways 
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