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Sakhalin Tunnel
russian: Строительство № 507 , image = Profile_of_Sakhalin_tunnel.jpg , image_size = 250 , caption = Planned profile of the Sakhalin Tunnel , line = Baikal-Amur Mainline and Sakhalin Railway , location = Russia (Sakhalin Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai) , coordinates = , system = OAO RZhD , status = Postpone project , crosses = Nevelskoy Strait , start = Cape Lazarev , end = Cape Pogibi , stations = , startwork = September 6, 1950 , opened = , closed = May 26, 1953 , owner = , operator = , traffic = Railway , character = freight , length = , linelength = , tracklength = , notrack = single-track , gauge = (Russian gauge) , el = , speed = , hielevation = , lowelevation = , height = , grade = , map = The Sakhalin Tunnel (russian: Сахалинский тоннель) is an incomplete and currently postponed construction project, which after completion would connect the island of Sakhalin with mainland Russia via a tunnel of approximately under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Ferry
A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as distinguished from "auto ferries" used to transport automobiles. The wharf (sometimes called a " slip") has a ramp, and a linkspan or "apron", balanced by weights, that connects the railway proper to the ship, allowing for tidal or seasonal changes in water level. While railway vehicles can be and are shipped on the decks or in the holds of ordinary ships, purpose-built train ferries can be quickly loaded and unloaded by roll-on/roll-off, especially as several vehicles can be loaded or unloaded at once. A train ferry that is a barge is called a car float or rail barge. History An early train ferry was established as early as 1833 by the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. To extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur River
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, and has a drainage basin of . ''mizu'' ("water") in Japanese. The name "Amur" may have evolved from a root word for water, coupled with a size modifier for "Big Water". Its ancient Chinese names were ''Yushui'', ''Wanshui'' and ''Heishui'', formed from variants to ''shui'', meaning "water".The fishes of the Amur River:updated check-list and zoogeography'' The modern Chinese name for the river, ''Heilong Jiang'' means "Cardinal_directions#Cultural_variations, Black Dragon River", while the Manchurian language, Manchurian name ''Sahaliyan Ula'', the Mongolian names " Amar mörön " (Cyrillic: Амар мөрөн) originates from the name " Amar " meaning to rest and ''Khar mörön'' (Cyrillic: Хар ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (civil Engineering)
In civil engineering a shaft is an underground vertical or inclined passageway. Shafts are often entered through a manhole and closed by a manhole cover. They are constructed for a number of reasons including: * For the construction of a tunnel * For ventilation of a tunnel or underground structure, aka ventilation shaft * As a drop shaft for a sewerage or water tunnel * For access to a tunnel or underground structure, also as an escape route Construction There are a number of methods for the construction of shafts, the most significant being: * The use of sheet piles, diaphragm walls or bored piles to construct a square or rectangular braced shaft * The use of segmental lining installed by underpinning In construction or renovation, underpinning is the process of strengthening the foundation of an existing building or other structure. Underpinning may be necessary for a variety of reasons: * The original foundation isn't strong or stable enough. ... or caisson sunk to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosmetrostroy
OJSC Mosmetrostroy ( rus, Мосметрострой, abbr. of "Moscow Metro Construction epartment) is a major Russian construction company, which deals with solving engineering problems related to performance of a wide range of under and above-ground works. The company is the successor of the Metrostroy Department formed in 1931 to set a new branch of construction industry — metro and tunnel construction. In eight decades Mosmetrostroy has constructed 180 metro stations in Moscow along with implementing its projects throughout the post-Soviet space and abroad. At the present moment Mosmetrostroy acts as general contractor building metro stations in Moscow and has won a contract to construct a segment of Mumbai Metro Rail's underground line. via a joint venture with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. Earlier it had been awarded two contract packages to performing tunnelling and station construction in consortium with Gammon India Ltd. in Chennai, India. However it abandoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Railways (Soviet Union)
The Ministry of Railways (russian: Министерство путей сообщения (МПС) Российской империи/СССР/ РФ or Народный комиссариат путей сообщения (НКПС), more correctly translated as Ministry/People's Commisariat of Transportation) oversaw Soviet Railways, which operated the railways of the Soviet Union. It was divided into 32 agencies, which among them had millions of employees. The ministry was responsible for centralized departments (such as electrification), which applied to all subsidiaries. Before 1946 the ministry was known as the People's Commissariat for Railways, although the term "Ministry of Railways" had been used by the pre-Soviet ministry (founded in 1865). Commissars and Ministers The following persons headed the Commissariat/Ministry as commissars (narkoms), ministers, and deputy ministers during the Soviet era: ''Source'': * Ivan Kovalev (19.3.1946 - 5.6.1948) * Boris Beshchev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskaya Gavan
Sovetskaya Gavan (russian: Сове́тская Га́вань, lit. ''Soviet harbor'') is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north with the Sea of Japan in the south. Population: It was previously known as ''Imperatorskaya Gavan'' (until 1922). Name The name of the town is often informally abbreviated to "Sovgavan" (). History On May 23, 1853, Lt. Nikolay Konstantinovich Boshnyak of the Russian-American Company ship ''Nikolay'' discovered the bay on which Sovetskaya Gavan is located and named it Khadzhi Bay. On August 4, 1853, Captain Gennady Nevelskoy founded a military post named after Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin, and renamed the bay to ''Imperatorskaya Gavan'' ('Emperor's Harbor' or 'Port Imperial'). The bay was also known to the English as Barracouta Harbour. Nikolay Boshnyak was appointed the commander of the post, which became the first Russian settlement in the area, and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smirnykh
Smirnykh (russian: Смирных) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Smirnykhovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island. Population: History During the period of Japanese rule over the southern half of Sakhalin from 1905-1945, its name was . During fighting between Soviet and Japanese forces on the island during World War II, Battalion Commander Leonid Smirnykh and Sergeant Anton Buyukly were killed; the localities of Smyrnikh, Leonidovo, and Buyukly are named in their honor. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Smirnykh serves as the administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ... of Smirnykhovsky Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Internal Affairs (Russia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enforcement in Russia through its agencies the Police of Russia, Migration Affairs, Drugs Control, Traffic Safety, the Centre for Combating Extremism, and the Investigative Department. The MVD is headquartered in Zhitnaya Street 16 in Yakimanka, Moscow. The MVD claims ancestry from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire founded in 1802 by Tsar Alexander I which became the interior ministry of the Russian Republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and the Soviet Union. The MVD was dissolved and reformed several times during the Stalin era until being established as the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in 1946. The current MVD was formed in 1990 from the Russian branch of the MVD of the USSR shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is located on the Baikal-Amur Mainline, northeast of Khabarovsk. Population: Geography The city and its suburbs stretch for over along the left bank of the Amur River. The river at this point is up to wide. Lake Khummi is located southeast of the city.Google Earth The distance to Khabarovsk—the administrative center of the krai—is ; to the Pacific Ocean—about . The nearest other major town is Amursk, about south. It is about east of Moscow, and lies at the eastern end of the Baikal-Amur Mainline, BAM Railway. History The future site of Komsomolsk-on-Amur was conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, becoming part of the Mongol Empire under the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. It was later held by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selikhino
Selikhino ( rus, Селихино) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Komsomolsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: Geography Selikhino is located by lake Khummi, on the Baikal-Amur Mainline railway, shortly after the railway leaves Komsomolsk-on-Amur towards Sovetskaya Gavan. History Selikhino was the junction station for a railway built in the early 1950s by the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ..., intended to link to a tunnel to the island of Sakhalin. Construction of the tunnel was abandoned after Stalin's death; however, the railway had already been built as far as Chyorny Mys; this section was kept open for logging industry traffic until the 1990s. References {{Authority control Rural localities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
