title: Rail Crisis on the Russian Railways during the First World War and Efforts to Overcome It
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metadata.value: Bogomazov, N. I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-08-18T08:55:38Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-08-18T08:55:38Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bogomazov N. I. ‘Rail Crisis on the Russian Railways during the First World War and Efforts to Overcome It’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 13, no. 2, 2023, pp. 272–290. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.201 (In Russian)
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43785
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the shortage of rails, fittings, and switches on the Russian railways during the
  First World War. With the beginning of the war, the necessity to repair and restore railways within the theater of
  operations became apparent, which required a large amount of railway track material. In 1914, these needs could
  still be met by the allocation of new orders to Russian factories, as well as at the expense of existing stocks. Nonetheless,
  at the beginning of 1915, it became obvious that the wartime needs significantly exceeded the capabilities
  of Russian enterprises. In the summer of 1915, the government placed a large order for track materials abroad,
  which was fully executed. Even though the Field Headquarters demanded that more rails should be ordered
  abroad, the government refused to place a new order abroad due to the need to buy foreign currency at unfavorable
  exchange rate, hoping that Russian enterprises could cover all the needs. But these plans failed, and since
  the summer of 1915 the lack of track materials had become one of the main problems of the Russian railways. The
  Ministry of Transportation was forced to take emergency measures to give the front the required number of rails,
  fittings, and switches. Firstly, the rear roads were asked to dismantle some of the secondary and inactive lines,
  then — to remove rails from fences, hitching posts and guard rails from the bridges. However, these measures,
  while worsening the general condition of the Russian railways, did not give the desired effect.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), project no. 22-78-10036 “Foreign supplies
  as a factor in solving transport problems of late imperial Russia: the experience of the First World War”,
  https://rscf.ru/project/22-78-10036/
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 13; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Railways
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Transport
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: First World War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Rail
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Order
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shortage
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Rail Crisis on the Russian Railways during the First World War and Efforts to Overcome It
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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