The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство транспорта Российской Федерации) is a ministry of the

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responsible for

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. The Ministry of Transport oversees

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, inland waterway transport, and urban metro systems in Russia. The ministry develops public policies and legal regulations, and also oversees the surveying, mapping, and naming of

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s. The Ministry of Transport is headquartered in

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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. The Ministry of Transport was created in 1809 as the Ministry of Railway Transport of the

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and later became the People's Commissariat for Railways of the

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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

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after the

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in 1991 and received its current name when the state was renamed to the Russian Federation on December 25, 1991. The Ministry of Transport was combined with the Ministry of Communications and Information for a brief period as short-lived Ministry of Transport and Communications from 9 March to 20 May 2004. Vitaly Savelyev has been the Minister of Transport since 10 November 2020.

Subordinate agencies

* Federal Service for Supervision of Transport ("Rostransnadzor"; Федеральная служба по надзору в сфере транспорта, Ространснадзор). Formed in 2004. *

Federal Air Transport Agency The Federal Air Transport Agency (russian: Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта - ''Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta'', ''FAVT''), also known as Rosaviatsiya (russian: Росавиац� ...

(FATA) ("Rosaviatsia"; Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта, Росавиация). Formed in 1964 as Ministry for Civil Air Transport in

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, responsible for Inspection over the Civil Air Transport. Previous names: Department for Air Transport under the Transportation Ministry (1991-1995), Federal Air Service (1996-1998), Federal Service for Air Transport (1999), State Service for Civil Aviation (2000-2003), Since 2004 is carrying the current name. * Federal Road Agency ("Rosavtodor"; Федеральное дорожное агентство, Росавтодор) * Federal Rail Transport Agency ("Roszheldor"; Федеральное агентство железнодорожного транспорта), formed in 2004 on basic of the previous Railways Ministry which was dissolved. * Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation ("Rosmorrechflot"; Федеральное агентство морского и речного транспорта, Росморречфлот).

Ministers of Transport of the Russian Federation

References

External links

Ministry of Transport official website

Legal acts of the Ministry of Transport
Organizations based in Moscow

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Subordinate agencies

Ministers of Transport of the Russian Federation

See also

References

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