Transport in Russia

1950

During the late 1950s OAF trucks were imported from the West, and Berliet T60 dump trucks were imported in 1969 to open the mine and ore-processing plant of Ai in the Orenburg Oblast.

1969

During the late 1950s OAF trucks were imported from the West, and Berliet T60 dump trucks were imported in 1969 to open the mine and ore-processing plant of Ai in the Orenburg Oblast.

1970

Tractors from Volvo and Mercedes-Benz NG were imported during the 1970s for the road-transport organization Sovtransavto.

Fawn ballast tractors were imported from 1970 to the 1980s, and Komatsu dump trucks began to be imported in 1979.

1975

Magirus bonneted flatbed trucks and dump trucks were used in 1975 for the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM). By the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, priority was given to smaller cars (such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class W116) as police cars, taxis and vans.

1979

Unic-Fiat tractors were imported in the mid-1970s for the port of Leningrad, and Unit Rig and International Harvester Paystar dump trucks and cement mixers were used for the construction of irrigation canals from 1979 to 1983.

Fawn ballast tractors were imported from 1970 to the 1980s, and Komatsu dump trucks began to be imported in 1979.

1980

Fawn ballast tractors were imported from 1970 to the 1980s, and Komatsu dump trucks began to be imported in 1979.

Magirus bonneted flatbed trucks and dump trucks were used in 1975 for the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM). By the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, priority was given to smaller cars (such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class W116) as police cars, taxis and vans.

1983

Unic-Fiat tractors were imported in the mid-1970s for the port of Leningrad, and Unit Rig and International Harvester Paystar dump trucks and cement mixers were used for the construction of irrigation canals from 1979 to 1983.

1988

However, most vehicles were Soviet-made cars: Moskvitch, GAZ-M20 Pobeda, GAZ, ZiL, VAZ, Izh and ZAZ automobiles, UAZ and LuAZ jeeps, RAF and ErAZ vans, GAZ, Kamaz, ZiL, MAZ, KrAZ, UralAZ, BelAZ and KAZ (Colkhides) trucks, KAvZ, PAZ, LiAZ and LAZ buses and ZiU trolleybuses. In 1988, the free sale of trucks and buses was permitted.

1990

Since the 1990s, many new and used cars have been imported.

1992

Established in 1992, it employs an estimated 950,000 people, and accounted for 2.5% of the entire national GDP in 2009.

2000

During the 2000s, foreign companies began to build factories in Russia or enter into agreements with existing assembly plants. Currently, European and Asian parts of Russia have different fleets.

The situation started improving during the middle of the first decade of the 2000s due to growth in air transportation and increasing demand.

2002

Construction was launched on 1 September 2014 in Yakutsk by president Putin and Chinese deputy premier minister Zhang Gaoli. ==Air transport== As of 2002, there were 2,743 airports in Russia. Since 2013, the Russian government subsidizes about 140 domestic air routes covering 12 airports.

2003

According to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service the road network expanded by 504,000 kilometers between 2003 and 2015, though this is largely due to the registration of previously ownerless roads. ===Road safety=== Road safety in Russia is poor, with a road accident rate higher than in Europe or the United States.

2004

Those with the least are Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Asiatic Russia (73.1) and the Republic of Ingushetia in European Russia (130.0). ==Waterways== According to the data from the Maritime Board (Morskaya Kollegiya) of the Russian Government, in 2004, 136.6 million tons of cargo were carried that year over Russia's inland waterways, the total cargo transportation volume being 87,556.5 million ton-km.

2005

On 12 May 2005, the Russian Ministry of Transport adopted the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation to 2020.

A consolidation programme launched in 2005 led to the creation of the United Aircraft Corporation holding company, which includes most of the industry's key companies.

2007

The government anticipates that between 2007 and 2030, the measures included in its 2008 transport strategy will increase the export of transport services to a total value of $80 billion, a sevenfold increase on its 2008 value.

2008

Three years later, on 22 November 2008, the Russian government adopted a revised strategy, extending to 2030. The export of transport services is an important component of Russia's GDP.

The government anticipates that between 2007 and 2030, the measures included in its 2008 transport strategy will increase the export of transport services to a total value of $80 billion, a sevenfold increase on its 2008 value.

Increasingly harsher penalties for traffic violations were imposed after 2008, but the level of corruption among traffic law enforcement authorities limits their effectiveness in reducing the number of accidents.

2009

Established in 1992, it employs an estimated 950,000 people, and accounted for 2.5% of the entire national GDP in 2009.

2011

In 2011, Russia was 4th by number of absolute recorded road deaths.

2012

Today, it is the largest principal artery for the transportation of Russian (and Kazakh) oil across Europe. On 29 October 2012 president Vladimir Putin instructed the general manager of Gazprom to start the construction of the pipeline.

2013

Construction was launched on 1 September 2014 in Yakutsk by president Putin and Chinese deputy premier minister Zhang Gaoli. ==Air transport== As of 2002, there were 2,743 airports in Russia. Since 2013, the Russian government subsidizes about 140 domestic air routes covering 12 airports.

2014

In July 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree banning foreign technical purchases (including public transport) for state and municipal needs.

On 21 May 2014, Russia and China signed a 30-years gas deal which was need to make the project feasible.

Construction was launched on 1 September 2014 in Yakutsk by president Putin and Chinese deputy premier minister Zhang Gaoli. ==Air transport== As of 2002, there were 2,743 airports in Russia. Since 2013, the Russian government subsidizes about 140 domestic air routes covering 12 airports.

2015

According to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service the road network expanded by 504,000 kilometers between 2003 and 2015, though this is largely due to the registration of previously ownerless roads. ===Road safety=== Road safety in Russia is poor, with a road accident rate higher than in Europe or the United States.

2019

Foreign cargo weight transported is expected to increase from 28 million tonnes to 100 million tonnes over the same period. ==Rail transport== Russia has the world's third-largest railway network, behind only the United States and China, with a total track length of as of 2019.

2020

On 12 May 2005, the Russian Ministry of Transport adopted the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation to 2020.




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