История железнодорожного транспорта России и Советского Союза
В. Е. Павлов, М. М. Уздин (под общей редакцией)The book presents the state, development and operation activity of railway transport of Russia and the USSR in different historical periods: during the revolutionary events of 1917, the Civil War, the restoration of national economy, the prewar five-year plans and the Great Patriotic War. It describes selfless labour of railway workers and builders, evolution of technical means of railways, contribution of scientists and engineers of ways of communication to designing, constructing and operating railway mainlines and development of transport science. The system of training personnel and social surroundings of railway transport in different years is shown. Several chapters are devoted to the role of railway transport in the Great Patriotic War. The book is written for broad reading circles of railway workers and transport builders, teachers and students of transport educational institutions, as well as for those interested in the history of the country and its railways.