SŽD (Sovetskie Schelesnye Dorogi)

The Soviet Railways (Russian Советские железные дороги (СЖД), transcribed Railway system of the Soviet Union, scientific. Transliteration Sovetskie železnye dorogi (SŽD)) was the state railway of the Soviet Union. It was founded in December 1922. The administration was responsible for its own railway ministry in Moscow .

As a whole, the SŽD was one of the largest railway networks in the world. They were organized as a community of regional railway companies whose borders were only vaguely oriented towards the borders of the Union republics. These regional railway companies acted largely independently. The designation "SŽD" was used practically only for a uniform appearance opposite railway companies of other countries and written only with cars for the international traffic.

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The Soviet Railways (Russian Советские железные дороги (СЖД), transcribed Railway system of the Soviet Union, scientific. Transliteration Sovetskie železnye dorogi (SŽD)) was the state railway of the Soviet Union. It was founded in December 1922. The administration was responsible for its own railway ministry in Moscow .

As a whole, the SŽD was one of the largest railway networks in the world. They were organized as a community of regional railway companies whose borders were only vaguely oriented towards the borders of the Union republics. These regional railway companies acted largely independently. The designation "SŽD" was used practically only for a uniform appearance opposite railway companies of other countries and written only with cars for the international traffic.

Subject ID: 72398

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