Tsentralnyy okrug in Moskva, Russia — Россия (Eastern Europe or Northern Asia)
Boris Pavlovich Beshchev
Photographed by Charles Berman, November 27, 2021
1. Boris Pavlovich Beshchev Marker
Министр Путей Сообщения СССP
Герой Социалистического Труда
Борис Павлович
Бещев
работал в этом здании с 1948 по 1977 год
Minister of Railways of the USSR Hero of Socialist Labor Boris Pavlovich
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1948.
Location. 55° 46.128′ N, 37° 39.045′ E. Marker is in Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva. It is at the intersection of Novaya Basmannaya Street and Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya
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Regionally, it is on the Pacific Rim. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Soviet Union and also the Russian Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Granite enclosure along the street (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Kurakin Almshouses (about 210 meters away); Golitsyn Estate—Bauman Garden (approx. half a kilometer away); E. G. Levasheva’s City Estate (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Main ward house, city section of Basmannaya Hospital (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); The House on Vasnetsov Alley (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Central Executive Committee Seat (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); City Duma Building (approx. 2.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tsentralnyy okrug.
Also see . . . Boris Pavlovich Beshev (Wikipedia, in Russian). otherwise Бещев, Борис Павлович
Excerpt (in translation): For almost 29 years (in terms of length of tenure, he is a record holder among Soviet ministers), he permanently headed the railway industry of the USSR. During this time, under Beshchev's leadership, a large-scale reconstruction of Soviet rail transport was carried out, the railways were converted from steam to diesel locomotive, and then to electric traction, manual switches were replaced with dispatcher electric centralization, automatic blocking, transportation routing were introduced, heavy-duty and double freight trains were launched for the first time in the country, design and survey work was carried out and the reconstruction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline was started. During his leadership of the industry, the freight turnover of rail transport in the Soviet Union increased 8-fold. Under Beshchev, 23.5 thousand km of new main tracks were built, and together with the second and third tracks - more than 40 thousand km...(Submitted on July 25, 2024.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. This page has been viewed 149 times since then and 31 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 22, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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