И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева



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TEXT A. SOVIET RAILWAYS
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(1) The Soviet Union is often spoken of as a great rail power because it has the largest railway system in the world. The total length of Soviet railways is over 143,000 km. Soviet Railways (SZD) carries 1 an enormous volume of home traffic — nearly 66 per cent of freight and 37 per cent of passengers.

(2) The Soviet state got from the tsarist regime a poorly - organized and poorly - developed railway network greatly damaged in the First World War. By 1917 the railway network was 70,000 km long and most of it (85 per cent) was in the European part of the country. The freight trains ran at a speed of 30 kph and the passenger trains reached 45-50 kph.

(3) However, old Russia could be proud of its railway scientists and engineers who constructed good steam locomo­tives and the passenger cars produced in Russia were the best in Europe. The Trans-Siberian Railway was thought of as a very important means of communication between Europe and Asia. The trains built for regular service on that line were made up of richly-decorated sleeping cars which provided many comforts for passengers.

(4) After the Great October Socialist Revolution the Com­munist Party and the Soviet Government took steps to reconstruct the railways of the country. The development of railway transport was closely connected with the GOELRO Plan. Initiated by V. I. Lenin, the GOELRO Plan was worked out in 1920. It provided for the construction of numerous power plants and a whole network of electrified railways. In 1926, an electric train started its first run on the suburban line between Baku and Sabunchi.

(5) Another very important step was the development of the diesel locomotive. It was in the Soviet Union that the world's first main-line diesel locomotive was built and put into service on November 6, 1924. When reconstructed, SZD became a highly-developed and a safe means of trans­port in the country.
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(6) Nowadays, Soviet Railways carries about 50 per cent of the world's rail traffic. Most traffic is carried by powerful diesel and electric locomotives. Automation and computers are introduced into many branches of railway engineering. Particular attention is paid to high-speed running. Speeds of 120—150 kph are practical for the express trains. In the near future Soviet trains will run at 200 kph. The first high-speed train in the USSR has been developed in Riga. It is this train that is designed to run the high-speed service between Moscow and Leningrad.

(7) The international railway exhibitions held in the Soviet Union usually attract the attention of railway spe­cialists and businessmen from abroad. The Soviet equipment exhibited includes modern locomotives and cars, efficient track-laying machines, automatic telecommunication sys­tems, 2 powerful cranes and other railway equipment.

(8) The construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway (BAM) is of great importance for the economic development of the USSR. The building of this line was necessary to open up new areas in Siberia for the exploitation of coal, ore, oil and other mineral resources and shorten the way to the Pacific Ocean by hundreds of kilometers.

(9) The building of the BAM Railway was carried out in very hard topographical and geological conditions. Per­mafrost and severe climate made the work of the railwaymen extremely difficult. Besides, the line was laid through a totally impassable taiga and crossed a great number of large and small rivers. It was written about as "the project3 of the century". Thousands of young people eagerly respond­ed to the Communist Party's call and took an active part in the gigantic project of the country. It is thanks to the joint efforts made by all Soviet people that the realization of the project has become possible.

ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ
1. Soviet Railways (SZD) carries — глагол-сказуемое употребляется в единственном числе, когда термин «советские железные до­роги » имеет значение «единая транспортная система»

2. telecommunication system — система дистанционной связи

3. project — зд. стройка, строительный объект

СЛОВА ДЛЯ ЗАПОМИНАНИЯ


1. total [ 'toutl ] а весь, полный, общий

2. length [ leŋθ ] n длина, протяженность; long [ loŋ ] a длинный; ant. short [ ∫o:t ]

3. over [ 'ouvə ] adv сверх, более; prep над

4. traffic [ 'træfik ] n движение, перевозки; carry the traf­fic осуществлять перевозки; volume




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