Soviet Railways

GPTKB entity

Statements (78)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:state-owned_enterprise
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SZhD
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:electrification extensive, over 50% by 1991
gptkbp:founded 1922
gptkbp:gauge 1,520 mm
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet Railways
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:locomotiveType diesel
electric
steam
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Советские_железные_дороги
gptkbp:network over 147,000 km (at peak)
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
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Aurora
gptkb:Rossiya
gptkb:Red_Arrow
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 3 million (at peak)
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
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_USSR
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
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kazakhstan_Temir_Zholy
gptkb:Russian_Railways
gptkb:Ukrainian_Railways
gptkb:Belarusian_Railway
other national railways of former Soviet republics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5