Postcards from the Past: Railway

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30 December 2017

New Year Card. USSR. 1985

Happy New Year!
Head uut aastat!
С Новым годом!

Postcard, 1985 / by V. Khmelev.
My collection

* BAM - The Baikal-Amur Mainline.
* BAM - Baikali-Amuuri Magistraal.
* БАМ - Байкало-Амурская Магистраль.
Postcards from BAM: http://aeliita123.blogspot.com.ee/search/label/BAM

20 July 2014

Kievsky Railway Terminal. Moscow

Moscow. Kievsky Railway Terminal.
Moskva. Kiievi vaksal.
Москва. Киевский вокзал.

Postcard, 1970s.
My collection.

* Kievsky Train Station (Kievsky vokzal) is located near Kievskaya metro station. This rail terminal serves Ukraine and Southeastern Europe. The station was built between 1914 and 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov. The Kievsky Train Station is the only railway station in Moscow having a frontage facing the Moskva River.

16 December 2013

"Future Railroaders"

"Future Railroaders" / N. Osenev / Russia.
"Tulevased raudteelased" / N. Osenjev.
"Будущие путейцы" / Николай Осенев (1909-1983).

Postcard, 1956.
My collection.

5 June 2013

Metro Station Komsomolskaya. Moscow. 1955

Moscow Metro Station Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line).

Moskva metroojaam "Komsomolskaja".

Станция метро "Комсомольская" (Кольцевая линия).

Postcard, 1955.
My collection.

* Komsomolskaya is a Moscow Metro station. It is on the Koltsevaya Line, between Prospekt Mira and Kurskaya stations. The station is noted for its being located under the busiest Moscow transport hub, Komsomolskaya Square, which serves Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky railway terminals. Because of that the station is one of the busiest in the whole system and is the most loaded one on the line. It opened on 30 January 1952.

* "Komsomolskaja" (Koltsevaja liini e Ringliini) metroojaam asub Moskva liiklussüdames, Komsomoli väljaku all Leningradi, Jaroslavli ja Kaasani raudteevaksalite naabruses ja on alati rahvarohke. Metroojaam avati 30. jaanuaril 1952.

* "Комсомольская" - станция Кольцевой линии Московского метрополитена. Расположена под Комсомольской площадью у Ленинградского, Ярославского и Казанского вокзалов. Открыта 30 января 1952 года.

Stamp "Moscow Metro Station Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya", 1952.

Mark "Komsomolskaja-Koltsevaja metroojaam", 1952.

Почтовая марка "Ст. м. "Комсомольская-кольцевая"", 1952.

6 February 2012

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 6.

The building of the Baikal-Amur Mainline ( (1974)

BAM-i ehitusel.
Cтроительство БАМа.

BAM. Sunrise (1974). >>>>
BAM. Päikesetõus.
БАМ. Восход.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".
My collection.

30 January 2012

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 5.

< The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). Aeroflot (1974)

* Aeroflot is one of the oldest airlines in the world, tracing its history back to 1923.During the Soviet era, Aeroflot was the Soviet national airline and the largest airline in the world.

BAM. Aerofloti abil. (1974)

БАМ. На крыльях Аэрофлота.

The Vanquisher. (1974) >

Taiga alistaja.

Покоритель тайги.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".
My collection.

16 January 2012

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 4.

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). The Geodesist (1974).
BAM. Esimesena lähevad geodeedid.
БАМ. Первыми идут геодезисты.

Evening in taiga (1974).
Õhtu taigas
В таежной стороне.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".

My collection.

3 January 2012

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 3.

BAM. Taiga and transport (1974).
"Taiga autobuss".
"Таежный автобус".

BAM. Siberian rivers (1974).
Siberi jõed.
Сибирские реки.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".

My collection.

12 December 2011

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 2.

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). Through the taiga. (1974).
BAM. Läbi taiga.
БАМ. Через тайгу.

BAM. The first foundation. (1974).
Esimene alusmüür.
Первый фундамент.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".

My collection.

28 November 2011

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) - 1.

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). We are coming! (1974)
Baikali-Amuuri Magistraal. Saabumine BAM-ile.
Байкало-Амурская Магистраль. Прибытие на БАМ.

The Beginning. (1974).
Ehituse algus.
Начало строительства.

Postcards, 1976.
From the set "BAM - the track of courage and heroism".

My collection.

* The Baikal-Amur Mainline (Baikalo-Amurskaya Magistral, BAM) is a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) broad gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km (2,687 mi) long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 480 miles) north of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian railway.

The railway was built primarily for military reasons as a backup to the Trans-Siberian, which runs quite close to the Chinese border. The first stage, from 1930 to 1953, was built largely by Gulag prisoners, including German and Japanese prisoners of war, and an estimated 150,000 people died in the process. Work halted due to Stalin's death, but started again in 1974 as a Komsomol project, this time "with clean hands only" (in Brezhnev's words). The line was officially completed in 1984, although actual work continued until 1991.

The BAM's costs were estimated at $14 billion, and it was built with special, durable tracks since much of it was built over permafrost. BAM was a huge Soviet project, and workers from all parts of the Soviet Union were brought to construct it. While traveling on the train pay attention to station buildings. Often they symbolize (in their architecture) the region from where the building crew came. - Wikipedia, Wikitravel.

21 October 2011

Irkutsk - 4.

Irkutsk. Obelisk to the Builders of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Obelisk Suure-Siberi raudteemagistraali rajatele.
Иркутск. Обелиск в честь сооружения Великой Сибирской магистрали.
Postcard, 1981.

Irkutsk. The Eternal Flame Memorial. WWII.
Irkutsk. Suure Isamaasõja memoriaal.
Иркутск. Мемориальный комплекс.
Postcard, 1978.
My collection.

5 September 2011

Steam Locomotives of Russia

First Russian locomotive, Y. A. and M.Y. Cherepanov, 1833-34.

Steam locomotive of type 1-3-0 series D, 1845.

First passenger steam locomotive of type 2-2-0 series V, 1845.

Steam locomotive of type 0-3-0, series Gv, 1863-67.

Passenger steam locomotive of type 2-2-0 series Bv, 1863-87

Stamps, USSR, 1978.
My collection.

* Cherepanov, Yefim Alekseyevich (1774–1842) and Miron Yefimovich (1803–1849), Russian inventors and industrial engineers, father and son. In 1833-34 they built the first Russian steam locomotive, and then in 1835 – the second one, more powerful.

* Tšerepanovite vedurid olid esimesed Venemaal ehitatud vedurid. Jefim ja Miron Tšerepanov olid isa ja poeg. Esimese veduri ehitasid nad Nižni-Tagili tehastes 1833. aastal ja katsetasid seda 1834. aastal. 1833. a oli Miron Tšerepanov käinud Inglismaal ja näinud seal Stephensoni vedurit. Inglise insener ja mehaanik George Stephenson oli maailma esimese auruveduri ehitanud 1814. a.

9 August 2011

100th anniversary of Russian postage stamps. 1958

100th anniversary of Russian postage stamps. Postal history of Russia. 1858 - 1958.

100 aastat Vene postmarke. Venemaa posti ajalugu. 1858 - 1958. /Postmargid, NSVL 1958/

Сто лет русской почтовой марки. История почты. 1858 - 1958. Почта СССР, 1958.

Stamps, 1958.
My collection.