The Russian route A370 or the Ussuri Highway (named for the nearby

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) is a federal highway in

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that forms part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. It runs from

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with a total length of 760 km. Most of the route is designated as part of Asian Highway 30, with the final section from

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to Vladivostok forming part of AH6. The highway runs through the Russian regions of

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and

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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

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and the

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. The construction plans were announced at the

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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

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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, and the second from Iman to Khabarovsk. On November 4, 1935, the official Communist Party newspaper

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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

References

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