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Product Description : 1977 Soviet Union Railroad Railway 4 Billion 45th Anniversary Train Rail Badge - A pretty souvenier pin badge from the former Soviet Union State Railway SZD ( Sovetskie Zheleznye Dorogi ). The badge is 3.3cm wide and has a safety clasp style fastener.
Celebrating the 45th anniversary and claiming a landmark of 4 billion (tonnes of cargo?) The Soviet Railways (SZhD) ( Sovetskie Zheleznye Dorogi) was the state owned national rail carrier of the Soviet Union, headquartered in Moscow. The railway started operations in December 1922, shortly after the formation of the USSR. It operated until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.[1] The Soviet Railways were the largest unified railway in the world and the backbone of the USSR's economy. SZD greatly upgraded and expanded the Russian Imperial Railways to meet the demands of the Union. The railway was directly under the control of the Ministry of Railways in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the USSR, the Soviet Railways were split into 14 different national railways belonging to the respective countries. However after the end of the SZD, rail transport in the former USSR states greatly declined and have not recovered to their former efficiency to this day.[2] The Russian Railways are widely considered as the primary successor of the SZhD.
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