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Megapolis (passenger Train)
This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Russia. List Gallery P-vrn-msk.jpg, Воронеж (''Voronezh'') train Vyatka train.jpg, Вятка (''Vyatka'') train Demidovskiy164.jpg, Демидовский экспресс (''Demidovskiy express'') train Krasnaya Strela 2.jpg, Красная стрела (''Krasnaya strela'') train Trans-Siberian train. Moscow-Vladivostok.jpg, Россия (''Rossiya'') train P-express-3.jpg, Экспресс (''Express'') train Yantar2.jpg, Янтарь (''Yantar'') train Белогорье (поезд).jpg, Белогорье (''Belogorie'') train Роза Донбасса 2.JPG, Now defunct Троянда Донбасу (''Troyanda Donbasu'') train in 2008 References {{Reflist Russia Named passenger trains In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. The following is a list of named trains. Lists of these have been organized into geographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Named Passenger Trains
In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. The following is a list of named trains. Lists of these have been organized into geographical regions. Trains with numeric names are spelled out. For example, the 20th Century Limited is listed under "Twentieth Century Limited". Named trains are sometimes identified through a train headboard (train), headboard, Drumhead (sign), drumhead, lettering on the locomotive or passenger cars, restoration photos of cars lettered for the Texas Special or a combination of these methods. Africa *List of named passenger trains of Africa Asia * List of named passenger trains of Bangladesh *List of trains run by Indian Railways, List of named passenger trains of India * List of named passenger trains of Indonesia * List of named passenger trains of Japan * List of named passenger trains of Pakistan * List of named passenger trains of Russia * List of named passenger trains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhny Novgorod Railway Station
Nizhny Novgorod railway station ( until 2010 Gorky-Moskovsky ) is a central station in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It was opened on August 2, 1862. History The station in Nizhny Novgorod was built in 1862, when the Moscow-Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir railway was extended. On August 2, 1862, traffic was opened on the section Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod. The station became the final point for the Gorky Railway, Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod railway. It consisted of three two-storey buildings connected by passages to the lobby in the center, waiting rooms, mail, telegraph, buffets and restaurants. A clock was installed on the central tower. Inside the building walls were decorated with mosaic panels on heroic themes. In 1894, the imperial (tsardom) pavilion was built for the arrival of imperial persons in the city. The architect Dmitry Chichagov, a representative of the famous dynasty of Russian architects, designed both the building and the interiors. The hall of the pavilion was decorated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penza
Penza (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura (river), Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 36th-largest city in Russia. Etymology The city name is a hydronym and means in () from ''pen'' 'end of (genitive)' and ''sa(ra)'' 'swampy river'. Geography Urban layout This central quarter occupies the territory on which the wooden fortress Penza was once located, therefore it is sometimes called the Serf. The architectural concept of the old fortress, erected on the eastern slope of the mountain above the river, predetermined the direction of the first streets. The direction and location of the first streets were set by the passage towers of the fortress and the orientation of its walls. This is how the first six streets of the city were formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara Railway Station
Samara-Passazhirskaya () is a major railway station of the Kuybyshev Railway in Samara, Russia. Main information The new station was built in 2001 and is the tallest station building in Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ... with height including the spire 101 meters. History The current station in Samara is the second in the history of the city. The first railway station in Samara was built in 1876, and it operated for 120 years. The total area of the old station was 3380 m2, capacity. In the summer of 1996, on the eve of Railway Workers' Day, the first brick was laid in the foundation of a new railway station. Construction work was carried out without interrupting the movement of passenger and commuter train station through the Samara at the time developed tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterinburg Railway Station
Yekaterinburg–Passazhirsky () is the central passenger railway station in Yekaterinburg, a major transportation hub, located on the Trans-Siberian main line and Sverdlovsk Railway. The station complex consisting of 4 buildings, provides 60 per diem departure passenger and commuter trains more than 180. Routes Yekaterinburg station is a junction station on the Trans-Siberian main line. The current building was built in 1915. In the period from 1997 to 2001 the station was reconstructed and completely renewed. Yekaterinburg station trains haul in seven directions, following in Abakan, Anapa, Adler, Almaty, Astana, Barnaul, Baku, Bishkek, Blagoveshchensk, Brest, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Izhevsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kislovodsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Minsk, Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhny Tagil, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Novorossiysk, Novy Urengoy, Orenburg, Beijing, Perm, Petropavlovsk, Samara, St. Petersburg, Severobaykalsk, Severouralsk, Solikamsk, Tashkent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (; 1738–1821) was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education. He was from the Demidov family. Life A grandson of Nikita Demidov, he created the mineralogical museum in Moscow in 1775. (now known as the Vernadsky State Geological Museum or the Museum of Earth History),Described by Fischer von Waldheim, ''Le musée Demidoff'', Moscow, 1806–1807, 3 vol. In 1821 Waldheim also composed ''Panegyricus memoriae piae defuncti P.G.Demidow.'', a Latin elogy of Pavel Demidov. in 1803 the Demidov Lyceum at Yaroslavl, and in 1805 the Demidov Scientific Institute at Saint Petersburg. He was also the founder of the university of Tobolsk, Moscow's Botanical Gardens (the Neskuchny Gardens), the Demidov chair in Natural history at Moscow University and an annual prize for Russian literature, awarded by the Academy of Sciences. In total, he gave 1.1 million roubles to scientific institutions. The bronze Demidovsky Pillar was set up as a memorial to him at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tynda
Tynda () is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in recent years: Etymology The name is of Evenk origin and is roughly translated as "on the river bank". History The settlement of ''Shkaruby'' was founded in 1917 on the present site of Tynda, as a rest stop and winter camp on the route from the Amur to the newly discovered gold fields on the Timpton River, a tributary of the Aldan. In 1928, in conjunction with construction of the highway to Yakutsk, it was renamed ''Tyndinsky'' (). In 1932, plans for what would eventually become the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) named Tynda as a possible future hub station. A long rail line, connecting Tynda with BAM station (known as ''Bamovskaya'') near Skovorodino on the Trans-Siberian Railway was constructed between 1933 and 1937, although this was then dismantled dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoveshchensk
Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благовещенск, p=bləɡɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur River, Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe. Population: The Amur has formed China–Russia border, Russia's border with China since the 1858 Aigun Treaty and the 1860 Treaty of Peking. The area north of the Amur belonged to the Manchu Qing dynasty by the Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 until it was ceded to Russia by the Aigun Treaty in 1858. History Early history of the region The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daur people, Daurs and Duchers. An early settlement in the area of today's Blagoveshchensk was the Ducher town whose name was reported by the Russian explorer Yerofey Khabarov as Aytyun in 1652, as Aigun from 1683 to 1685, and as Aigun Old Town from 1685 until 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilyuy River
The Gilyuy () is a river in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Zeya, and is 545 km long, with a drainage basin of 22,500 km2. The river has its sources on the southern slopes of the Stanovoy Mountains, passes near Tynda and flows southeast into the Zeya Reservoir. Its main tributaries are the Mogot and the Tynda. See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ... References Rivers of Amur Oblast {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirov Railway Station
Kirov Railway Station is the primary passenger railway station for the city of Kirov in Russia and an important stop along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Trains Major domestic routes * Moscow — Vladivostok * Moscow — Beijing * Moscow — Ulaanbaatar * Moscow — Perm * Moscow — Novy Urengoy * Moscow — Khabarovsk * Novosibirsk — Minsk * Moscow — Ulan Ude * Kirov — Saint Petersburg * Adler — Vorkuta Vorkuta (; ; Nenets languages, Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin a ... International routes References Railway stations in Kirov Oblast Trans-Siberian Railway Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1899 1899 establishments in the Russian Empire Gorky Railway {{Russia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal
Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station () is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square (close to the Kazansky and Leningradsky Stations), Moscow Yaroslavskaya has the highest passenger throughput of all nine of the capital's main-line terminuses. It serves eastern destinations, including those in the Russian Far East, being the western terminus of the world's longest railway line, the Trans-Siberian. The station takes its name from that of the ancient city of Yaroslavl which, lying 284 rail kilometres (176 miles) north-east of Moscow, is the first large city served by the line. History The early history of Yaroslavsky railway station is mainly linked to the construction of a number of railway lines in the north of the European part of Russia. These routes, which connect cities such as Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Arkhangelsk or Vologda with Moscow and each other, all emerged in the second half of the 19th century, during a railway construction bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyatka (river)
The Vyatka is a river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Kama (river), Kama. Great Soviet Encyclopedia It is long, and its drainage basin covers .«Река Вятка» Russian State Water Registry The Vyatka begins in the northern parts of Udmurtia. It freezes over in the early November and remains so until the second half of April. The Vyatka teems with fish, including bream, Rutilus, roach, tench, sheat fish, Esox, pike, European perch, zander, etc. The Vyatka is navigable from its river mouth, mouth to the city of Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Kirov, upriver. Kirov was formerly kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
