TURKISTAN-SIBERIA RAILROAD

abbreviated as Turk-Sib, important railroad in Central Asia, providing the shortest link between Siberia and Central Asia. Completed in 1931, it runs from the Trans-Siberian RR at Novosibirsk SW to the Trans-Caspian RR, which it joins N of Tashkent. Its principal stations are Barnaul in Russia and Semey, Almaty, Taraz, and Shymkent in Kazakhstan. A spur of the railroad reaches Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. The railroad is of vital economic importance.

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The Soviet Union Today: A Concise Handbook
Book by Kenneth R. Whiting; Praeger, 1966
Subjects: Soviet Union
...large cities in Western Siberia has greatly increased...called the "Chicago of Siberia." Located at the intersection...the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Ob River, it...terminus of the Turksib Turkistan-Siberian Railroad...populous segment of Western Siberia, favored the development...


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Turkistan-Siberia Railroad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TURKISTAN-SIBERIA RAILROAD abbreviated as Turk-Sib, important railroad in Central Asia, providing the shortest link between Siberia and Central Asia. Completed in 1931, it runs from...
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Trans-Siberian Railroad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD rail line, linking...The completion of the railroad greatly affected the...Russia by opening up Siberia to development. The...also linked with the Turkistan-Siberia RR...
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Trans-Caspian Railroad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRANS-CASPIAN RAILROAD transportation line linking the countries of Central Asia to one...The Trans-Caspian line connects at Arys with the more recent Turkistan-Siberia RR and the Kazalinsk line to Orenburg. It was formerly also known...
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Almaty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau. A terminus of the Turkistan-Siberia RR, Almaty is the industrial, financial, and cultural...meatpacking, tobacco processing, and the repair of railroad equipment. Most of the inhabitants are ethnic Russians...


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