Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ
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Name (Latin)
Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ
Other forms of name
Kazakhstan. Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ
Qazaqstan temīr zholy. Turkestano-Siberian Railroad
Qazaqstan temīr zholy. Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ
Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga
Turkestano-Sibirskaia magistral
Kazakhstan. Turkestan-Siberian Railroad
Turksib
Turkestano-Siberian Railroad
Turkestan-Siberia Railway
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Bolsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡., 4th ed., 1977:v. 26, p. 339 (Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga; Turksib; part of the Kazakhskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga)
- Mat︠s︡kevich, O. Rozy chernykh gor, 1985:p. 4 (...Turkestano-Sibirskoĭ magistrali)
- Stalin's railway, c2001:ECIP t.p. (Turksib) galley (Built from December 1926 to January 1931 at a cost of 161,343,462 rubles and a peak work force of nearly 50,000, the Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects (stroiki) of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan)
- http://turksib.com/history-e.html:(In 1958, the Turkestan-Siberia Railway was merged with the Karaganda Railway [no publs. in LC data base]. The new entity was dubbed the Kazakh Railway. In 1960, a new branch was opened from Aktogai station to the Soviet-Chinese border, to station Druzhba ("Friendship"). However, the time of friendship with China was soon over, and the branch line become a strategic corridor to quickly move troops to the Chinese border in case of a military conflict. The imminent war was avoided, and in 1985 the railway was extended West to Sayak and further East to Urumuqi in China. Now, it is considered the modern reincarnation of the ancient "Silk Road". In 1971, the Alma-Ata Railway [no publs. in LC data base] was extracted from the Kazakh Railway. It was the direct descendant of the legendary Turksib, and existed till 1996, when all Kazakstani railways were merged into one state-owned unitary enterprise "Kazakstan Temir Zholy")
- LCN
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Wikipedia description:
The Turkestan–Siberian Railway (commonly abbreviated as the Turk–Sib, Kazakh: Түрксіб, romanized: Türksib, pronounced [tʉrksɪ́p]; Russian: Турксиб) is a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) broad gauge railway that connects Central Asia with Siberia. It starts north of Tashkent in Uzbekistan at Arys, where it branches off from the Trans-Aral Railway. It heads roughly northeast through Shymkent, Taraz, Bishkek (on a spur) to the former Kazakh capital of Almaty. There it turns northward to Semey before crossing the Russian border. It passes through Barnaul before ending at Novosibirsk, where it meets the West Siberian portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The bulk of construction work was undertaken between 1926 and 1931.
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