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    Transport in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was an important part of the nation's economy. The economic centralisation of the late 1920s...
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    The Soviet Union was heavily dependent on rail transport, not least during the Russian Civil War and World War II, but also for industrialization according...
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    infrastructure. Rail transport in the Soviet Union Russian Railways History of rail transport in Russia Transport in the Soviet Union Industrial railway...
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  • under the Soviet Union and kept on working in the post-Soviet states. There were 13 metro systems in 7 of the 15 Soviet republics just before the dissolution...
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    strategies in the war was to use trains to transport small contingents of troops, which allowed the Russians to win the Soviet–Ukrainian War and defeat the Volunteer...
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    in the Soviet Union was a process of accelerated building-up of the industrial potential of the Soviet Union to reduce the economy's lag behind the developed...
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    are regulated by the Ministry of Transportation of Azerbaijan Republic. For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union. There are 2,932 km...
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    The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991...
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  • For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union. total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge:...
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    The State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Госуда́рственный флаг Сою́за Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик Gosudárstvenny...
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    the former Soviet Union got a late (and slow) start with rail electrification in the 1926 it eventually became the world leader in electrification in...
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    The All-Union Congress of Soviets (Russian: Всесоюзный съезд Советов) was formally the supreme governing body of the Soviet Union from its formation (30...
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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dissolved on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme...
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    The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the...
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  • colleges/universities/higher-educational-institutes in the Russian empire, the Soviet Union, and the Post-Soviet states. Railway colleges are higher educational...
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    Railways (Soviet Union). Ministry of Transport (Russia) Rail transport in the Soviet Union Министерство путей сообщения (in Russian). Archived from the original...
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    During its 69-year history, the Soviet Union usually had a de facto leader who would not necessarily be head of state or even head of government but would...
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    of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was a: country Population of the Soviet Union: Area of the Soviet Union: Atlas of the Soviet Union Soviet Union was...
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  • transportnykh sredstv, lit. 'Registration Plates of Vehicles') were used in the Soviet Union for registrations of automobiles, motorcycles, heavy machinery, special-use...
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    this article: Treaty on Creation of the Soviet Union The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Декларация...
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    Agriculture in the Soviet Union was mostly collectivized, with some limited cultivation of private plots. It is often viewed as one of the more inefficient...
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    Railways Baku Metro Transport in Azerbaijan Trams in Baku Trams in Ganja, Azerbaijan Trams in Sumqayit Rail transport in the Soviet Union Zangezur corridor...
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    Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War...
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    The history of the Jews in the Soviet Union is inextricably linked to much earlier expansionist policies of the Russian Empire conquering and ruling the...
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    before and after the Second World War During the Second World War on the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union lost an approximate at this time the population started...
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    Zakarpattia region) History of rail transport in Russia History of rail transport in Poland Rail transport in the Soviet Union List of populated places established...
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    major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between the DRA, the Soviet Union and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen...
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    The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet...
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    land. Belavia Transport in the Soviet Union Vehicle registration plates of Belarus  This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook...
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    Censorship in the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced. Censorship was performed in two main directions: State secrets were handled by the General...
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