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  2. Russian Railways - Wikipedia

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    The old RZD logo. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation inherited 17 of the 32 regions of the former Soviet Railways (SZD). [8]In the mid-1990s, the profitability of railway transportation of the Russian Ministry of Railways fell to negative values, the bureaucratization of the ministry itself was publicly criticized, which became an occasion for reforms.

  3. Rail transport in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russian Railways Official Site (in English and Russian) Steam on Sakhalin Island ; Russian Railway in 1935 "A site about railways in C.I.S. and Baltics". Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Rail Fan Europe "Rail map of former Soviet Union". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.

  4. History of rail transport in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russian Railways Official Site (in English and Russian) Steam on Sakhalin Island ; Russian Railway in 1935 "A site about railways in C.I.S. and Baltics". Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Rail Fan Europe "Rail map of former Soviet Union". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.

  5. Ministry of Transport (Russia) - Wikipedia

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    It was reformed into the Ministry of Railways in 1946 and later expanded its authority to become the Ministry of Transport of the USSR. It was re-established as the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and received its current name when the state was renamed to ...

  6. List of railway lines in Russia - Wikipedia

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    A life size diorama of Russian track workers repairing railway tracks at the Museum of the Moscow Railway. Russian Railways is by far the largest railway company. It owns many of the other railways. East Siberian Railway. Irkutsk Railway Division; Severobaykalsk Railway Division; Tayshet Railway Division; Ulan-Ude Railway Division; Far Eastern ...

  7. Transport in Russia - Wikipedia

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    A Russian Railways Siemens Velaro Sapsan train. The transport network of the Russian Federation is one of the world's most extensive transport networks. The national web of roads, railways and airways stretches almost 7,700 km (4,800 mi) from Kaliningrad in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east, and major cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg are served by extensive rapid ...

  8. List of named passenger trains of Russia - Wikipedia

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    (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) 002А/001А 1931–present First and oldest named (firmeny) train in Russia. [59] Смена-А. Бетанкур Smena-A. Betankur Smena magazine / A. de Betancourt: RŽD: 025А/026А 1989–present [60] Экспресс Express Express RŽD: 003А/004А present [61] Невский экспресс Nevsky ...

  9. Moscow Railway - Wikipedia

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    Moscow Railway (Russian: Московская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of Russian Railways that handles half of Russia's suburban railway operations and a quarter of the country's passenger traffic. As of 2009 the railway, which has its headquarters near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow, employed 73 600 people. [1]