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The first railway tracks of Russia
<space=1em><b>Different widths</b>
<space=1em>The track gauge of most railways <nobr>in the world is </nobr><nobr>1,435 mm.</nobr> This is the distance between the wheels of Roman chariots. The wider the track gauge, the more cargo and passengers can be transported. It is by this feature that railways are divided into broad-gauge, normal-gauge and narrow-gauge.
<space=1em><b>Started with a tree</b>
<space=1em>In <nobr>1763–1764</nobr> at the Kolyvanovo-Voskresensky plants in Altai, mining engineer Kozma Frolov designed the first sleeper road in Russia. It consisted of wooden scaffolding, sleepers and <nobr>"dogs" —</nobr> carts that were driven by a water wheel.
<space=1em><b>In Father's Footsteps</b>
<space=1em>In <nobr>1788</nobr> a cast-iron railway was built at the Aleksandrovsky Cannon Factory in Petrozavodsk. Hence the name "chugunka", which in Russia for a very long time meant a railway. Kozma Frolov's son Pyotr improved his father's design and in <nobr>1806-1809</nobr> built the first domestic horse-drawn railway at the Zmeinogorsk mine, <nobr>1,867 m</nobr> long. On this road, one horse could move a load that had previously been pulled by twenty-five.
<space=1em><b>To the Tsar's Residence</b>
<space=1em>The first passenger railway in Russia was built according to the design of Franz von Gerstner in <nobr>1836-1838</nobr>. It ran between St. Petersburg and Pavlovsk. The length of the road was about <nobr>27 km</nobr>. <nobr>October 30</nobr> (<nobr>November 11</nobr> new style) <nobr>1837</nobr> the section between St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo was opened to traffic.
<space=1em><b>Strategic Affairs</b>
<space=1em>Russia and a number of neighboring countries use a track width of <nobr>1,520 mm</nobr>, which was chosen by engineer Pavel Melnikov during the construction of the first <nobr>St. Petersburg - Moscow</nobr> highway. The choice of the distance between the rails sometimes decided the fate of entire states. For example, the lack of a single track with Europe and China has repeatedly helped Russia in numerous military conflicts.
ID экспоната:
206
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Блоки описания:
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Модель (деталка):
The first railway tracks of Russia
Заголовок (деталка):
Museum installation
Mnemonic code:
206
Code in external DB source:
444
Name:
The first railway tracks of Russia