The Russian route A370 or the Ussuri Highway (named for the nearby
Ussuri River) is a
federal highway in
Russia that forms part of the
Trans-Siberian Highway. It runs from
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...
to
Vladivostok with a total length of 760 km. Most of the route is designated as part of
Asian Highway 30, with the final section from
Ussuriysk to Vladivostok forming part of
AH6.
The highway runs through the Russian regions of
Primorsky Krai and
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...
.
History
On December 11, 1933, the
Council of Labor and Defense of the USSR issued a decree establishing the Road Construction Directorate of Eastern Siberia and the Far East, to be headquartered in Khabarovsk and known by the Russian abbreviation ''Daldorstroi'' (from the words for "far"
ast "road," and "construction"). It was assigned the task of building strategic highways in the regions of
Eastern Siberia and the
Russian Far East. The construction plans were announced at the
17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
The 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was held during 26 January – 10 February 1934. The congress was attended by 1,225 delegates with a casting vote and 736 delegates with a consultative vote, representing 1,872,48 ...
in 1934 as part of the second
Soviet Five-Year Plan. The plan outlined construction of the Vladivostok-Khabarovsk highway with a hard (gravel) surface and a length of .
Between December 1933 and January 1934, the
Red Army formed two brigades of road troops for Daldorstroi: the first from Rostov-on-Don and the second from Kiev, totaling about 15,000 personnel to be redeployed to the Far East. The headquarters of the first brigade would be the village of Dmitriyevka, Primorsky Krai, while the second would be the city of Khabarovsk. The first brigade carried out construction from Vladivostok to
Iman
Iman, Imann, Imaan, Eman, Emaan, or Imman may refer to:
Places
* Iman, Iran, a village in Kalashi District, Kermanshah Province
* The Iman River, the former name of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, a tributary of the Ussuri River in Russia's Primors ...
, and the second from Iman to Khabarovsk. On November 4, 1935, the official
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda published an article signed by the head of Daldorstroi, Y. F. Frumkina, announcing the completion of the construction of "the most significant highway, Vladivostok - Khabarovsk."
Gallery
File:Дорога Уссури горнолыжная трасса под Хабаровском.JPG, An alpine ski slope is visible on the slopes of the Khekhtsir ridge, seen from the A370 highway, Khabarovsk Krai
File:Река Уссури у посёлка Горные Ключи.JPG, View of the Ussuri River near the village of Gornye Klyuchi
Gornye Klyuchi (russian: Го́рные Ключи́, lit. ''mountain springs'') is an urban locality (a resort settlement) in Kirovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River near the mouth of the Draguchina River, ...
References
Roads in Siberia
Roads in the Russian Far East
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