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• Publication Date: November 30, 1998
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izt t~YtaaH the s: a,#:uli:?tt crrit o.i ~y~rtr wcpreer, rcil;he, a4rvlce betcrean ? occox. ant;
.,r.)?t` l+.tSS.TS`?i~ }=Y;.?S !.`f+l:.s3 l:l'? n: r traffic bct"?c:C:Y find I1hFba1'ovtk. Tho 311,mithi2-i2'
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n?"V. r'urtfi. 1"LY'W: ovrs3`;:ll !ttitict"f c rnvc; zqp;seart.d rega din(: the opr"rationc of
+,)v otv ).:ivi :tii7n; t;tt ifo3GC':; rofovts thm. diii"?.T:g l90a7, , 30 pore nt rto-.-e p&econfer.
+..nrf freight core carr.ief by ovlet. rtilrlines than in 19/G.J'
t.,, Luc in`ior ation regardiT.1,oviet tppcurr in conitcrcd btotd-
t:hc' pcrio'i covered byr t'ni.;; An Iswu.il r* ionrl broaccYtet of 16
t';-4?c;' 1941 1`oportG r cbui1 iia .; and an
? !1 w's:4F ed:Ltoxisl, brct. cie:us on 21 anr.i? 1%. 3 t., ;c:, t:u; 1. t ,c, ,~loble:a of lia aidr?.ti i
Ut:tu a.tteit of c.~;.G iR bt!cx,'Y1Sri- .rn.:YFYU~-Y SC.i..i`'..:C i 1.fl ; COi.4Ct1?? 1c^.r; eru to 11(ML$i9G
_r!_ ('o"xc ovc upon 4!,.71 :tiGtiOn of r3F.ini,
Raaeived too ).t+:. to ?~e incIuccd in the t,-,d' of this repast, ;,evict Hone Service
-c o;.i!fhtet oi' h. ra y 19i.3, quoting tiajor ucr_. C+.c.1::a}(:dza, Goputy !iet-d of .h ^'~ivil Aviation
i tt at+tsW~nt, contrine ti;c toi1ov.inr- n dd3tionsl inf2 7n.'tion on the czurrenL expux;,siori of
t,,e Soviet civil aviF.ation no trork;
,tgr ,1fir passenger and freight routes are for the tir(;t time opened bots.ecn
i4otoc end Vladi,rosto,c. Yhc p1Ync viU cover the dietrince in 25 house flying time, r.ith.
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etop4 at SVeral.;,ver, otnek, n.it:.&7avfirr::, Chekn, and i abrrovs
"Pstexr airlin.^_s.(rti1l)'.eounect oEcoW pith kbttun, :3)uryev, idolotov, Lvov,,i.tatt:ni:ni,
..^ILG UJ.a7.i" /? i -~.viwuw.y u+.vas w.. ~...+~ v ^--- - -
Leningrad and Vyrkutr -id- Archangel; irkutek t:nd Ttithkent; &Iscj+ "Arta and laovoo3.bire>t
;thrtrlcov and Si-alingred; Tashkent and Kuibyehev ; i{uibyshov and aoetov; and )Tsn/ other
points
iAo o ts` 8?
"One month a:go, dircet.paetal r.ir aoanar..5^:tion nes insutv>:'ct-rd from
ithsba rovsk, ?Tbilisi, and Simferopol. xpvede linen boty;een Mosoov.' L"nd :eisik nt,
and Alma Ate ~xfd eku wJ1 be opened shortly,.
he fast 'I1yuahin 12' pianos nnill be employed on 01 the inpertant.passer c.r
routes this year.... Last your the journey from i4oacow_to inbkabed tuck:2.5_aours or
more. Now the 'Ilyeahin 12' covars this in 15 hour.; estd 30 ctirnttoo!.
Iluoro tnar: 100 pl'.Ynes will leavta :ror.cax tomorrov,, the dray of the openirity of the
euntaer air eerrices." :'.
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b 'ro end of n ::t o r?) t the new i l c:). rout A t< mid other.jaointe
ttthi Eftrrz3nda, ~4.?oli a , Fet^p1 t>t'~a~t as?, n, thv,, 'Ytir1:41.16 line, rnd restcrr,
irrr,:y} T ho r.:cEZftl,r co::.pD ted reJ- read line in the East ;Cr*A &uvrx ~t1i basin
citapLbtod This itiVi.re4 11110 i.KS pay- of t}tz road Olich vas to Unk .trunre',F.cnt,
;lace Rybrteho7 and ctoppnd at the approaches to the (Volonsk?) Gori;er ~i'~u tec' vii the
ruck and?nadglide , rst Tort v:orle in tte, vtet .L ::Ztk 'ul ho].loav eri't,hir.. 33? 1ilo-
3,ootted on t e .thort of the inko. In 19/.6-194?, the not difficult ttaks of,.Layitig
the tra;cek were c'tomplctisd. The (Volonsk?) was pe etrtlted by 36 deq) cute in the
cliff c. Ihif3 year they rai.lroei line will be cct.^_pleted. It will greatly influence
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oocupEttion, and 175 lrrge? and mod3um Dials",, which ere being built Auer In the Latst,,
bridges. In the course of a year, cor;~je 2,004 bridges are to be placed in operation,
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