Soviet railways

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:train
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SZhD
gptkbp:connectedTo gptkb:China
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_countries
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Mongolia
gptkb:North_Korea
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Soviet_ruble
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:electrification extensive
gptkbp:employs over 3 million people
gptkbp:founded 1922
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet railways
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Советские_железные_дороги
gptkbp:notableBrand gptkb:Luhansk_Locomotive_Works
gptkb:Kolomna_Locomotive_Works
gptkb:Novocherkassk_Electric_Locomotive_Plant
gptkb:Tver_Carriage_Works
gptkbp:notableEvent postwar reconstruction
mass evacuations during WWII
railway accidents (various)
transport of Gulag prisoners
gptkbp:notableProject Electrification of main lines
Baikal-Amur Mainline construction
Trans-Siberian modernization
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
gptkb:Baikal-Amur_Mainline
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:peakPeriod over 147,000 km
gptkbp:role military logistics
passenger transport
freight transport
gptkbp:rollingStock diesel locomotives
steam locomotives
electric locomotives
freight wagons
passenger coaches
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kazakhstan_Temir_Zholy
gptkb:Russian_Railways
gptkb:Ukrainian_Railways
gptkb:Belarusian_Railway
Other post-Soviet national railways
gptkbp:trackGauge 1520 mm
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EO_class_electric_locomotive
gptkb:Ем-514
gptkb:Ем-548
gptkb:Ем-549
gptkb:Ем-569
gptkb:Ем-574
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7