This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Russia.
Russian name | Transliterated name | Name meaning | Railroad | Train endpoints | Train number | Operated | Note | Ref |
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Аврора | Avrora | Aurora | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St.Petersburg Glavny | 741/742, 743/744 | 1963–2010 | Returning to service 19th December 2024 | ? |
Арктика | Arktika | Arctic | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Murmansk | 015А/016А | present | [1] | |
Баргузин | Barguzin | Barguzin river | RŽD | Irkutsk – Zabaykalsk | 321И/322И | present | [2] | |
Белогорье | Belogorie | Belogorye | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Belgorod | 072В/071В | 2004–present | [3] | |
Белые ночи | Belye nochi | White nights | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Vologda | 617Я/618Я | present | [4] | |
Волга | Volga | Volga river | RŽD | St.Petersburg Glavny – Nizhny Novgorod | 059Г/059А | 1976–present | [5] | |
Волгоград | Volgograd | Volgograd | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Volgograd | 001Ж/001И | present | [6] | |
Воронеж | Voronezh | Voronezh | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Voronezh | 025В/025Я | 2001–present | [7] | |
Вятка | Vyatka | Vyatka river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Kirov | 031Г/032Г | present | [8] | |
Гилюй | Gilyuy | Gilyuy river | RŽD | Blagoveshchensk – Tynda | 081Э/081Ч | 1994–present | [9] | |
Демидовский экспресс | Demidovskiy express | P. G. Demidov express | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Yekaterinburg | 071Е/072Е | 2003–present | [10] | |
Дневной экспресс | Dnevnoy express | Daily Express | RŽD | Samara – Penza | 109Й/110Й | present | [11] | |
Енисей | Enisey | Yenisey river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Krasnoyarsk | 055Ы/056Ы | 1993–present | [12] | |
Жигули | Zhiguli | Zhiguli mountains | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Samara | 009Й/010Й | 1965–present | [13] | |
Ингушетия | Ingushetiya | Ingushetia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Nazran | 146Э/145С | 2013–present | [14] | |
Иртыш | Irtysh | Irtysh river | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Omsk | 088Н/087Н | present | [15] | |
Италмас | Italmas | globeflower | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Izhevsk | 025Г/026Г | present | [16] | |
Кузбасс | Kuzbass | Kuznetsk Basin | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Kemerovo | 029Н/030Н | present | [17] | |
Лев Толстой | Lev Tolstoy | Leo Tolstoy | VR Group, RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Helsinki | 031А/032А | 1975–present | [18] | |
Лотос | Lotos | Lotus | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Astrakhan | 005Г/005Ж | present | [19] | |
Марий Эл | Mariy El | Mari El | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Yoshkar Ola | 058Э/058Г | 1993–present | [20] | |
Мордовия | Mordoviya | Mordovia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Saransk | 041Й/042Й | 1995–present | [21] | |
Нижегородец | Nizhegorodets | Nizhegorodian | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Nizhny Novgorod | 035Г/036Э | present | [22] | |
Саратов | Saratov | Saratov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Saratov | 009Г/009Ж | present | [23] | |
Фирменный | Firmenniy | Deluxe train | RŽD | Nizhny Novgorod – Izhevsk | 051Г/051Э | present | [24] | |
Новокузнецк | Novokuznetsk | Novokuznetsk | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Novokuznetsk | 013Н/014Н | 1996–present | [25] | |
Обь | Ob | Ob river | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Novy Urengoy | 125Н/125Е | present | [26] | |
Океан | Okean | Ocean | RŽD | Vladivostok - Khabarovsk | 005Э/006Э | 2000–present | [27] | |
Омич | Omich | "of Omsk" | RŽD | Omsk — Nizhnevartovsk | 115Н/115Е | present | [28] | |
Оренбуржье | Orenburzhie | Orenburg Oblast | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Orenburg | 031Е/032Й | 1977–present | [29] | |
Карелия | Kareliya | Karelia | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Petrozavodsk | 017А/018А | 1996-2007, 2012–present | [30] | |
Поволжье | Povolzhye | Volga region | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Kazan | 133Г/133А | present | [31] | |
Полярная стрела | Polyarnaya strela | Polar Arrow | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Labytnangi | 022Я/021Н | 2004–present | [32] | |
Поморье | Pomorie | Pomorie region | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Severodvinsk | 116М/115Я | 2013–present | [33] | |
Moscow Yaroslavsky – Arkhangelsk | 118М/117Я | [34] | ||||||
Приосколье | Prioskolie | Oskol river region | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Stary Oskol | 057Ч/057В | 2005–present | [35] | |
Псков | Pskov | Pskov | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Pskov | 010А/010Ч | present | [36] | |
Россия | Rossiya | Russia | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Vladivostok | 002Щ/001М | 1966–present | The longest single passenger train journey in the world [37] | [38] |
Самара | Samara | Samara | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Samara | 107Й/107Ж | 2005–present | [39] | |
Северная Пальмира | Severnaya Palmira | Northern Palmyra | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Adler | 035А/036А (035В/036С) | 2016–present | [40] | |
Северный Урал | Severnyi Ural | Northern Ural | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Serov | 084М/084Е | 1984–present | [41] | |
Сура | Sura | Sura river | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Penza | 051Й/052М | 1966–present | [42] | |
Сыктывкар | Syktyvkar | Syktyvkar | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Syktyvkar | 034М/034Я | 2006–present | [43] | |
Тамбов | Tambov | Tambov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Tambov | 031Ч/031В | 1994–present | [44] | |
Томич | Tomich | "of Tomsk" | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Tomsk-2 | 037Н/038Н | present | [45] | |
Тюмень | Tyumen | Tyumen | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Nizhevartovsk | 059Е/060У | present | [46] | |
Ульяновск | Uliyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Ulyanovsk | 021Й/022Й | 1993–present | [47] | |
Урал | Ural | Ural | RŽD | Kislovodsk – Yekaterinburg | 045Е/045С | 1964–present | Until 2009 operated on the Moscow – Yekaterinburg line. | [48] |
Чувашия | Chuvashiya | Chuvashia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Cheboksary | 053Ж/054Г | present | [49] | |
Шексна | Sheksna | Sheksna river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Cherepovets | 126Ч/126Я | present | [50] | |
Южный Урал | Yuzhny Ural | South Ural | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Chelyabinsk | 013У/014Е | 1965–present | [51] | |
Юность | Yunost | Youth | RŽD | Khabarovsk – Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 667Э/667Ж | 2011–present | Yunost (№ 023/024) previously operated on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line (–2009) | [52] |
Ямал | Yamal | Yamal | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Novy Urengoi | 011Е/012Я | 2003–present | [53] | |
Янтарь | Yantar | Amber | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Kaliningrad | 029Ч/030Ч | 1961–present | [54] | |
Кавказ | Kavkaz | Caucasus | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Kislovodsk | 003С/004М | 2017–present | [55] | |
Иван Паристый | Ivan Paristiy | Ivan Paristy | RŽD | Moscow Kiyevsky – Bryansk | 737А/738А 739А/740А 741В/742В | 1998–present | Named "Desna" until 2006 after the Desna river. Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny) | [56] |
Красная стрела | Krasnaya strela | Red Arrow | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 002А/001А | 1931–present | First and oldest named (firmeny) train in Russia. | [59] |
Смена-А. Бетанкур | Smena-A. Betankur | Smena magazine / A. de Betancourt | RŽD | 025А/026А | 1989–present | [60] | ||
Экспресс | Express | Express | RŽD | 003А/004А | present | [61] | ||
Невский экспресс | Nevsky Express | Neva river | RŽD | 747/748 | 2001–2008, 2010–present | Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny) | [62] | |
Гранд Экспресс | Grand Express | Grand Express | private company | 054Ч/053Ч | 2005–present | First privately owned named train in Russia. | [63] | |
Мегаполис | Megapolis | Megapolis | private company | 019У/020У | 2006–present | [64] | ||
Сапсан | Sapsan | Peregrine falcon | RŽD | 2009–present | High-speed train | [65] | ||
Алле́гро | Allegro | Allegro (music) | Karelian Trains | Helsinki Central – St. Petersburg Finlyandsky | 781М/782М, 783М/784М, 785М/786A, 787М/788М | 2010–present | High-speed train | [66] |
Ласточка | Lastochka | Swallow | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Veliky Novgorod, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, | present | High-speed train | [67] | |
Стриж | Strizh | Swift | RŽD | Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow – Berlin Ostbahnhof | present | High-speed train | [68] | |
Славянский экспресс | Slavyansky Express | BČ | Moscow Belorussky – Brest | 2006–2010 (Moscow – Minsk) 2011–present | ||||
Таврия | Tavriya | Tavria | private company | Moscow Kazansky – Simferopol, St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Sevastopol | 028Ч/028С 007А/008С | 2019–present | [69] | |
Татарстан | Tatarstan | Tatarstan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Kazan | 001Г/002Й | 1993–present | Premium category since 2009 | [70] |
Кубань | Kuban | Kuban | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Novorossiysk | 030Й/030С | present | Premium category since 2009 | [71] |
Ти́хий Дон | Tikhiy Don | And Quiet Flows the Don | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Rostov-on-Don | 020С/019С | 1966–present | Premium category since 2009 | [72] |
Сочи | Sochi | Sochi | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Adler | 102С/102М | 1964–present | Premium category since 2009 | [73] |
Московия | Moscovia | Muscovy | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Adler | 104Ж/104В | 2001–present | Premium category since 2010 | [74] |
Текстильный край | Textil'ny krai | Textile Land | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Ivanovo | 045Я/045А | 2011–present | [75] | |
Николаевский экспресс | Nikolaevsky Express | Nikolay II | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 005А/006А | 2015–present | [76] | |
Атаман Платов | Ataman Platov | Matvei Platov | RŽD | Rostov-on-Don – Adler | 642С/642Ж | 2009–present | Previously running on the Moscow – Rostov-on-Don line | [77] |
Тверской экспресс | Tverskoy Express | Tver | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Astrakhan | 109Ж/109А | present | [78] | |
Савва Мамонтов | Savva Mamontov | Savva Mamontov | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Yaroslavl | 105Я/106Я 103Я/104Я 101Я/102Я | present | [79] | |
Балтийский экспресс | Baltisky Express | Baltic sea | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Tallinn | 034/033 | present | International train | |
Baltija (Baltics) | RŽD, LDz | St. Petersburg Vitebsky – Riga | present | International train | ||||
Белый аист | Bely Aist | BŽD | Minsk Main – Kyiv Main | present | International train | |||
Bulgaria Express | Moscow Kiyevsky – Sofia | present | International train | |||||
Kazakhstan | RŽD, KTŽ | Saratov – Almaty | present | International train | ||||
Kirghizia | KTJ | Moscow Kazansky – Bishkek-2 | present | International train | ||||
Latvijas Ekspresis (from Latvian: Latvian Express) | RŽD, LDz | Moscow Rizhsky – Riga | present | International train | ||||
Летува | Lietuva | Lithuania | RŽD, BŽD, LG | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Vilnius | present | International train | ||
Mayak | Lighthouse | RŽD, BŽD, UZ | St. Petersburg Vitebsky – Kyiv Main – Odesa | present | International train | |||
Moldova | RŽD, UZ, CFM | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv Main – Chişinău | present | International train | ||||
Odesa | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv Main – Odesa | present | International train | ||||
Moscow Express/Berlin | DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD | Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Moscow Belorussky | present | International train | ||||
Polonez | RŽD, BŽD, PKP | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna | present | International train | ||||
Pridneprovie | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kursky – Dnipro | present | International train | ||||
Sodruzhestvo | Commonwealth | RŽD, UZ, CFM | Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv (Main) – Chişinău | present | International train | |||
Tajikistan | TDŽ | Moscow Kazansky – Dushanbe | present | International train | ||||
Uzbekistan | UTI | Moscow Kazansky – Tashkent | present | International train | ||||
Vltava | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna – Prague Main | present | International train | |||||
Восток | Vostok | East | RŽD, CR | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Beijing Main | present | International train | ||
Vostok-Zapad Express | East-West Express | RŽD, BŽD, PKP | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna | present | International train | |||
Юрмала | Yurmala | Jūrmala | RŽD, LDz | Moscow Rizhsky – Riga | present | International train | ||
Афанасий Никитин | Afanasiy Nikitin | Afanasy Nikitin | RŽD | 037А/038А | 1991–present | |||
Алтай | Altay | Altai | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Barnaul | 036М/036Н | not named since 2011 | ||
Байкал | Baikal | Lake Baikal | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Irkutsk | 1964–2013 | [80] | ||
Башкортостан | Bashkortostan | Bashkortostan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Ufa | 039Й/040Й | 1965–2017 | [81] | |
Belomorie | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Arkhangelsk | present | |||||
Белоруссия | Belorussia | Belarus | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main) | present | |||
Буревестник | Burevestnik | Petrel | RŽD | Moscow (Kursky) – Nizhny Novgorod | 153Г/154Г | discontinued since 2014 | [82] | |
Chelyabinsky Express | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Ladozhsky) – Chelyabinsk | present | |||||
Черноморец | Chernomorets | Blask Sea | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Novorossiysk | discontinued since 2019 | |||
Даурия | Dauriya | Transbaikal | RŽD | Zabaikalsk – Chita | 650Ч/649Ч | discontinued | ||
Две столицы | Dve stolitsy | Two Capitals | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 063А/064А | discontinued | [83] | |
Il'men' | RŽD | Moscow (Leningradsky) – Veliky Novgorod | present | |||||
Кама | Kama | Kama river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Perm | 017Е/018Е | 1967–2010, 2016–2019 | ||
Kyiv | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) | discontinued since 2014 | International train | ||||
Kostroma | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Kostroma | present | |||||
Красный Яр | Krasniy Yar | Krasnoyarsk | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Krasnoyarsk | 085Ы/086Ы | 2006–discontinued | [84] | |
Krym | Crimea | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) – Kharkov – Simferopol | discontinued since 2014 | ||||
Липецк | Lipetsk | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Lipetsk | 029В/029М | discontinued | |||
Lybid' | RŽD, BŽD, UZ | St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) – Kyiv (Main) | present | |||||
Магнитка | Magnitka | Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Magnitogorsk | discontinued since 2010 | |||
Малахит | Malahit | Malachite | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Nizhny Tagil | 1976–2017 | [85] | ||
Minsk | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main) | present | |||||
Neman | BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) – Grodno | present | |||||
Nikolay Konaryov | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kursky – Kharkov | discontinued since 2019 | |||||
Николай Никольский | Nikolay Nikolskiy | Nikolay Porfirievich Nikolsky | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Krasnoyarsk | 083Н/084Н | discontinued | [86] | |
Osetia | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) – Rostov-on-Don – Vladikavkaz | present | |||||
Peresvet | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Bryansk | present | |||||
Репин | Repin | Ilya Repin | VR Group | Helsinki Central – St. Petersburg Finlyandsky | 1974–2010 | International train. | ||
Рыбинск | Rybinsk | Rybinsk | RŽD | Moscow Belorussky – Rybinsk | 601Я/602Я | not named since 2012 | ||
Саяны | Sayany | Sayan Mountains | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Abakan | present | |||
Serebryanye Klyuchi | Silver Springs | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) – Sergach | present | ||||
Seym | RŽD | Moscow (Kursky) – Lgov | present | |||||
Сибелиус | Sibelius | Jean Sibelius | VR Group | Helsinki (Central) – St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky) | 1992–2010 | International train | ||
Сибиряк | Sibirjak | Siberian | DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ | Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Adler Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Nur-Sultan Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Chelyabinsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Kazan Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Moscow Belorussky Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Novosibirsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof – St. Petersburg Vitebsky Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Ufa | discontinued since 2013 | |||
Сибиряк | Sibiryak | Siberian | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Novosibirsk | 025Н/026Н | discontinued since 2014 | ||
Slava | Glory | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Volgograd | present | ||||
Смоленск | Smolensk | Smolensk | RŽD | Moscow Belorussky – Smolensk | 033Ж/034Ж | present | [87] | |
Соловей | Solovey | Nightingale | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Kursk | discontinued since 2014 | |||
Sozh | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) – Gomel | present | |||||
Столичный экспресс | Stolichny Express | Capital Express | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv Main | 001Я/002Л | 2005–2015 | [88] | |
Sumy | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Sumy | operates as add-on through-coaches to the train Kharkiv-Moscow | |||||
Svisloch | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main) | present | |||||
Tissa | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) – Uzhhorod (Central) | discontinued since 2014 | |||||
Троянда Донбасу | Troyanda Donbasu | The Rose of Donbas | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) – Donetsk | discontinued since 2014 due to war in Donbas | International train. Previously named "Donbas". | ||
Тургенев | Turgenev | Ivan Turgenev | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Oryol Moscow Kursky – Simferopol | 603М/604М 029/030 | 2006–2014 | [89] | |
Ugolyok | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) – Donetsk | discontinued | |||||
Ukraine | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) | discontinued | |||||
Вологодские зори | Vologodskie zori | Vologda Sunrises | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Vologda | 059Я/060Я | 1978–2014 | [90] | |
Volyn | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) – Kovel | since 2014 operates as a regular train | |||||
Эльбрус | Elbrus | Mount Elbrus | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Nalchik | 061С/062Ч | discontinued | [91] | |
Yarmarka | Fair | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) – Nizhny Novgorod | present | ||||
Yugra | Yugra | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Yekaterinburg – Nizhnevartovsk | present | ||||
Zauralie | Transurals | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) – Petropavlovsk | present | ||||
Zvezda | Star | RŽD, BŽD | St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) – Minsk (Main) | present |
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The 2013 British Columbia general election took place on May 14, 2013, to elect the 85 members of the 40th Parliament of British Columbia to the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government during the 39th Parliament prior to this general election, initially under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell then after his resignation, Christy Clark. The British Columbia New Democratic Party under the leadership of Carole James, and then Adrian Dix, formed the Official Opposition. The BC Green Party under the leadership of Jane Sterk and the BC Conservative Party under John Cummins were also included in polling, although neither party had representation at the end of the 39th Parliament.
The Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Union or EAEU Customs Union is a customs union of 5 post-Soviet states consisting of all the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union which initially became effective on January 1, 2010 at the date of implementation of the common external tariff (CET) as the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community or Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It was inherited from the Eurasian Economic Community and is now regulated by Part Two of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, EAEU Customs Code, other international agreements and by decisions of supranational bodies as Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, Intergovernmental Council and Eurasian Economic Commission.
The 2ES10 is a twin section electric locomotive manufactured from 2010 by Ural Locomotives. RZD ordered 221 units in 2010. Ukrainian Railways ordered 50 units in 2013. These units are primarily used to pull freight trains.
Alexander Sergeevich Misharin is the former governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region in Russia. He was appointed in 2009 after resignation of the previous governor, Eduard Rossel and resigned on May 14, 2012. Prior to his governorship, he made a career in the railway industry, rising to Russia's Deputy Railway Minister. He was appointed first vice-president of Russian Railways and head of Skorostniye Magistrali, the Russian high-speed rail developer and operator on November 28, 2012.
Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev is a Russian actor, TV-host, musician, showman and radio host. In 1991, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute Of Theater, Music And Cinematography.
The Lastochka is a German/Russian commuter intercity electric multiple unit train used across multiple Russian cities, based on the Siemens Desiro design and manufactured by Siemens and Ural Locomotives.
The Strizh is a Russian locomotive-hauled, low-floor, high-speed express train.
Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway, also known as VSM-1 is a high-speed railway line under construction in Russia.
Voronezh-1 is the main railway station in Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is a junction station of South Eastern Railway.
Pro-democratic and pro-Ukrainian partisan movements have emerged in Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War. These resistance movements act against the authoritarian government of Vladimir Putin in Russia, as well as against civilian supporters of these authorities and the armed forces, with the aim of stopping the war.
Stop the Wagons is a Russian anti-war movement that engaged in sabotaging Russian railways in various ways to prevent the transport of equipment, fuel, ammunition and other supplies to the war in Ukraine.