The Baikal-Amur Mainline - a nationwide construction project
"This construction is of great importance. The Baikal-Amur Mainline will cut through the centuries-old taiga, will pass where there are vast riches that must be put at the service of the motherland. A new large industrial region of the country will be created here, new cities and towns will be erected." - Leonid Brezhnev
LENGTH OF THE BAIKAL-AMUR MAINLINE RAILROAD FROM UST-KUT TO KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR - 3145 KILOMETERS
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The Baikal-Amur Mainline - a nationwide construction project
"This construction is of great importance. The Baikal-Amur Mainline will cut through the centuries-old taiga, will pass where there are vast riches that must be put at the service of the motherland. A new large industrial region of the country will be created here, new cities and towns will be erected." - Leonid Brezhnev
LENGTH OF THE BAIKAL-AMUR MAINLINE RAILROAD FROM UST-KUT TO KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR - 3145 KILOMETERS
THE AMUR SECTION OF BAM -1500 KILOMETERS