Post-war Projects of Academician V. N. Obraztsov for Development of Transport in the European North of the USSR

• Published in: World of Transport and Transportation
• Main Authors: L. P. Roschevskaya, M. P. Roschevsky, Л. П. Рощевская, М. П. Рощевский
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian; English
• Published: Russian University of Transport (RUT) 2021
• Subjects: академик В. Н. Образцов; Russian Academy of Sciences; Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Base of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the Komi ASSR; design of transport infrastructure; North-Pechora railway; Academician V. N. Obraztsov; история; Российская академия наук; Академия наук СССР; База АН СССР в Коми АССР; проектирование транспортной инфраструктуры; Северо-Печорская железная дорога; Arctic; Road River; Pechora
• Online Access: https://mirtr.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2142; https://doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2021-19-3-13

In 2024, the Russian Academy of Sciences will celebrate its three hundredth anniversary. In this regard, there is a relevant need to comprehend the contribution of Soviet scientists to reconstruction of the country’s economy after the Great Patriotic War. In 2021, Russian University of Transport where Academician V. N. Obraztsov once worked, celebrates the 125th anniversary. The scientific conceptualisation of the ways to develop the North of the country is of great importance for the development of the transport system of Russia. Hence, those factors determine the topicality of the objective of the article to study the projects for development of transport in the European North of the USSR put forward by Academician V. N. Obraztsov in the post-war period.To attain this objective, the system-structural and historicalcomparative methods were used. For the first time the activity of V. N. Obraztsov, as of an analyst and expert in the field of development of post-war railway transport, is analysed. It is concluded that having the talent of a major leader of transport projects, Obraztsov put forward research tasks adequate to the requirements of the time for reconstruction of the country’s economy after the war. Among these tasks, he considered modernisation and development of transport. In the projects of 1945, Obraztsov laid the foundations for long-term planning of railway, road, river, and air transport in the European North of the USSR for several decades ahead. The volume of the proposed construction was enormous. Even though the planned large-scale design of the transport infrastructure was not entirely feasible for implementation in a short time due to limited forces and resources of the country, it catches imagination with farreaching prospects for development of the European North and the Arctic. Academician Obraztsov’s programs for development of the north, being of great scientific value, are especially relevant in 21st century. В 2024 году будут отмечать трёхсотлетие Российской академии наук. В связи ...