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Connecting Line
The Connecting Line (russian: link=no, Соединительная ветвь) is a historical railway line in the southern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia, that may be considered as initial element in the process of forming the whole Rail transport in Russia, Russia's railway networking system. It was constructed in 1853 and started operation in 1854. Before that, forming Russian railways consisted only of several separate lines connecting few major cities. Decades later, in the 1st half of the 20th century, the line was merged with later-built neighboring Putilovskaya Line (Путиловская ветвь), also known as the Port Line (Портовая ветвь), and was prolonged to the city's northern territories finally forming so-called Northern Semi-Ring (Северное полукольцо) and the consequent massive Saint Petersburg railway hub. Premises In the 19th century Saint Petersburg was the capital of Russian Empire and residence of Russian tzars who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Gauge
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') * Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages * Russian alphabet * Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series * Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace * Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
